Ric
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Ric, I sense you know your stuff and take it your heights have been confirmed but the bluegrass (and other grass) height seem low to me - particularly allowing for summer mowing. The ranges appear to be mnimums. Here's information provided by Purdue U.:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FrjUOySoxXVinhTcw&sig2=KAOIx4MPDWOq1pa0mXnyWg
Most of these charts are of recommended optimum cutting heights and depending on location and time of year cutting heights can vary greatly. Use the charts as a starting point and adjust for your location and conditions. If I used the cutting heights from those Purdue or those other places like that or from the postings here on this and other forums I'd probably be out of business in a short period of time.
Cutting grass is basically common sense, I mean really grass that's cut too short is more susceptible to weed invasion, drought and heat damage etc. Let your grass grow too long between cuttings and you run a good risk of creating a habitat for insects like mosquitoes, mole crickets, chinch bugs and critters like voles, mice and snakes etc.