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We had heavy rain for 3 days in a row, my lawn at this point is 6 days uncut. There is a minor break in the weather. A couple of hours of sunshine with storm clouds rushing in. I decided to wait until the weather broke for longer thinking that mowing drier longer grass would be better than knocking a half an inch off wet grass. Looks like it will be nice and dry on the weekend to mow and probably only 3/4" to maybe 1" over the 2 3/4" I cut it at.

Thoughts?

I would prefer longer dry grass. I never mow wet grass.

I would rather mow longer as opposed to wet grass, wet grass makes a mess. You can always raise the blade and cut, then lower it to its normal position and re-mow. :thumbsup:

My thoughts exactly but I was just looking to the experienced. I went from an anemic craftsman to a quite competent Toro that could handle the wet grass but in the interest of making the mower last a couple of decades and the lawn looking pristene I err on the side of caution.

I have to agree to mow it long as opposed to wet. The wet gets so thick and sometimes will kill the lawn mower because it get clogged.

In the Pacific Northwest at this time of the year you get both: Tall and wet grass. If you wait 'till the rain stops for a few hours, you can get some of it cut but it will be wet. If you wait for the summer to mow, you will be into mid-July.
Best approach in this area: Mow whenever you can.
Rich

I would rather mow wet grass because when it is long it holds in the moisture. Just my opinion.

Early morning when the dew is heavy as possible. Cooler on me, cooler on the engine, cooler on the transmission and no dust. With a constant fog of moisture vapor exiting the discharge there is very little cleaning to remain and the wash port finishes that job very well. If it wasn't for lightning I'd mow in the rain.

You guys must have a different kind of grass than we do around here. If I mow in the wet, whether it's early in the morning or during a storm, the grass will clog up the deck. It doesn't matter what kind of mower you're using either.

mullins87 said:

You guys must have a different kind of grass than we do around here. If I mow in the wet, whether it's early in the morning or during a storm, the grass will clog up the deck. It doesn't matter what kind of mower you're using either.

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Yeah, it's like saying you like to paint your house in the rain because it's cooler.

soulman said:

Yeah, it's like saying you like to paint your house in the rain because it's cooler.

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I don't know about the rest of the country, but, here in the northwest we have two distinctly different seasons:
1. The rainy season
2. August

If you don't mow when the grass is wet, by the time it dries out, you are pretty much SOL.
Rich

rmancini said:

I don't know about the rest of the country, but, here in the northwest we have two distinctly different seasons:
1. The rainy season
2. August

If you don't mow when the grass is wet, by the time it dries out, you are pretty much SOL.
Rich

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I know about that, lived in Oregon near the coast years ago but I've never heard of anyone actually preferring to mow wet grass.

soulman said:

I know about that, lived in Oregon near the coast years ago but I've never heard of anyone actually preferring to mow wet grass.

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I don't think anyone in this area prefers to mow wet grass. It's just something you have to do now and then.
Rich

rmancini said:

I don't think anyone in this area prefers to mow wet grass. It's just something you have to do now and then.
Rich

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Read posts #7 and #8.

soulman said:

Read posts #7 and #8.

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#7 Pennsylvania ---- #8 Oklahoma.
As I said in my earlier post, I don't know about the rest of the country but I do know about my area.
No one WANTS to mow when the grass is wet but often times - you have to.

I try not to mow wet grass, but there are times that I just do. The classic of course, is to clog up the deck, burn the belts, and put the thing away and wait for another day. On long grass, I don't remove more than a third of the blade at any one cut. It's always a moving target when time available, weather, and machinery are combined.:biggrin::wink:

i like to mow early morning or later evening when the due is on or setting in for the night i have no problems with clogging the deck or grass building up under the deck i clean my deck out once a year and treat with liquid graphite and have never had a problem although it does make more of a mess of the mower but thats what i have the pressure washer for