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To mow or not to mow?  

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Aditya
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June 09, 2005, 10:36:40 AM
I've been letting my grass grow unmowed for the last three weeks and I'm actually enjoying the thick, green, untamed, healthy look.  I haven't watered outside of the generous rain that's been falling (twice the normal annual average), and the lawn is largely more shaded than sunlit, though every part gets at least a little sun in the day.  The grass is a mix of Scotts tall, fine and red fescue, bluegrass and ryegrass.  I fertilized once in the early spring along with the seasonal overseeding and sprayed one application of Ortho Weed-B-Gon three weeks ago to fight the weeds leaking in from my neighbors' unkempt, patchy low-mowed lawns on either side.  I generally mow with a manual Craftsman push mower at about 2.5 to 3 inches height, except for the last three weeks.  The grass stalks are starting to grow seeds at the top now.

Is there a reason, other than cosmetic, for me to go back to mowing the lawn?
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