Can I mow the lawn in December??

[evilharpy]

I realise this is probably a stupid question but for various boring reasons our lawn is very overgrown and looks terrible. Can I mow the lawn at this time of year without killing/damaging it? It's about 11 degrees today and dry. I've googled and the answer appears to be both yes and no.

I know there is absolutely no way I could mow mine at the moment. It’s wet underneath and the lawnmower would just chew it up.

If the soil underneath is dry enough that the lawnmower won’t chew it up, as pp said, and the blades of grass are dry enough they won’t stick and gum up the blades.

You could try a little bit and see what happens.

Our soil is pure clay, it doesn't tend to get boggy. I might give it a try. It just looks incredibly untidy!

I personally wouldn't risk killing it for the sake of it looking a bit untidy.

If it's not too wet you can. The weather is warm enough that there isn't much risk of damaging the grass, but you'd be best to adjust the blades to the highest setting.

Grass gets chewed by livestock all year round. You won't kill it.

In fact, if it is long and unkempt, giving it a trim will get rid of the dead stuff and let light in, so I say go for it. As another pp says, set the blades on the highest setting, and only cut if the grass is dry enough.

I did mine in November. Gardening neighbour said I could do it if I put the blades up high so that it just skimmed the top. It looks lovely now and nothing bad has happened to it!

Done, I didn't cut it too short. It was pretty dry and definitely needed it, it's looking a bit yellow now and needed the sun!

You are not supposed to do the final mow of the year with a high blade setting. Just a small cut is ok.

Or do I mean a low blade lol. The important thing is to not take too much off.

I tend to do last mow in November if the ground is firm and no frost is due, long cut to even the length.

Grass tends to grow at 10⁰C+ so there will be a little growth at present.

I'm going to run the mower over mine (on a higher setting than usual) if I get a dry enough day. It's looking very untidy.

I did mine mid Nov. I didn't even check if it was wet underneath. Some bits did chew up. But its been fine since. It was so bad it was annoying me. Haha
I tend to throw new seed on top each year anyway for any patches.

I’d like to run a mower over mine but the ground is far too wet. My soil holds on to the water.