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Sonya Harris is an award-winning gardening expert with two decades of experience teaching and sharing her extensive knowledge about small space gardening. She is a Master Gardener and founder of the award-winning Bullock Garden Project in New Jersey. Sonya has written for Martha Stewart Living, won South Jersey Magazine’s One to Watch Award, and is also a member of The Spruce Gardening and Plant Care Review Board. How high you should allow the grass on lawns to reach before cutting it is perhaps the most frequently asked question about lawn care that people have. It is very fair to want to know how much of the grass blade should be removed when cutting grass. Let's review before you make one of the biggest lawn care mistakes. A Rule of Thumb How high should you cut the grass when you mow? The general rule of thumb for determining what the grass height should be on your lawn for a cool-season grass generally is about 2 1/2 inches. And at each mowing, only remove about the top 1/3 of the grass blade. Consequently, a good time to mow lawns is when your grass is about 3 2/3 inches high. The Spruce / Jayme Burrows Explanation of the Rule of Thumb Why are 2 1/2 inches an optimal grass height, generally? Well, what you are striving for is a balance. On the one hand, mowing the grass is like "pinching" a garden plant to stimulate rugged growth. So if you are letting the grass get tall, you are not mowing very much, which means you are passing up opportunities to stimulate good gra...

Use the right mower for your lawn. Gas-powered push mowers tend to be the most common choice for the typical suburban home lawn, but you actually have several options: • Manual reel mowers are powered only by you pushing them, and are an affordable and environmentally-friendly choice for very small, flat lawns. • Electric push mowers are quieter and cost less to operate than gas models, but they're also heavier and more expensive. Corded models in particular are best suited to small lawns (0.25 acres or less). • Gas walk-behind mowers come in both push-propelled and self-propelled varieties. Either is suitable for lawns up to about 0.5 acres in size. • Keep your mower blades sharp and clear of debris. Dull mower blades cause jagged cuts in your grass blades, which create brown tips and invite grass diseases. If your lawn looks ragged after a mow, it’s probably time for a blade sharpening. X Research source • You can expect to need to sharpen them 1-2 times per year. • You can remove and • Even if your blades don’t seem to need sharpening, inspect them for damage every 3-4 mows, and brush or rinse away any built-up grass debris on the blades and underside of the mower. Set your mowing height based on your grass type(s) and climate. Many people mow their lawns too short in an effort to reduce how often they need to mow. This, however, leads to brown lawns and more weeds. Ideal mowing heights vary based on several factors, but usually fall within the range of 2 to 3 inches (5...

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Highlights • Most lawn care professionals charge somewhere between $50 and $250 to mow a lawn. • If you add maintenance costs, your rates may increase to $125–$450. • Calculate your mowing time and the lawn size to determine prices. • Per hour is the most reliable method that factors in the unexpected. Find pros Pricing lawn mowing fairly and competitively comes down to knowing how much lawn care professionals are charging in your area. And you won’t want to price all jobs the same, or you’ll risk losing money. It can take a bit of time to figure out how much to charge to mow a lawn in a balanced way that perfectly serves all parties involved, but we’ve got expert insight to help take away some of the guesswork. Take a look at a few factors that determine the average cost of lawn care and how you should figure out pricing for your services. How Much to Charge for Lawn Care Services On average, professionals charge between $50 and $250 for lawn mowing. When it comes to more specialized landscape maintenance costs, like weed control, trimming, aeration, fertilization, and pesticide treatment, most pros charge between $125 and $450. When customers book complete lawn jobs, they understand they're paying for both time and expertise. As a lawn professional, your experience can turn lawns into park-like settings using the right equipment, blades, and edging techniques, making your work valuable. The pricing chart and lawn mowing pricing models further below can help you get a bet...

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my Use this calculator to estimate how long it will take to mow your lawn, given the size of your mower and the mower speed (or walking speed if it’s a push mower). We're sorry but mowcalc doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue. How to Save Time Mowing If you want to cut down on the time it takes to mow your lawn, you have to either get a larger mower (riding mower), go faster (riding mower or zero turn mower), or both (zero turn). And now there is another option – robot mowers. They don’t actually mow the lawn that fast, but they don’t require you to do any work at all. This effectively means you can mow your lawn in literally no time. Of course zero turn mowers and robot mowers can be quite expensive. But the price of each is falling quickly. And if you really hate to mow, or would really rather be doing something else, they are well worth the cost. Time to Mow a One Acre Lawn If you mow your lawn, you might be considering ways to cut down the time it takes you to do so. To save time, it helps to have a good idea of how much time it takes to mow and how big the lawn area you are working with. There are a couple of variables in play: method of mowing and the equipment being used. Factoring all of these things together can help you figure out how to more effectively mow your lawn. The size of your mowing property and the nature of your terrain will be the prominent factors in startin...