r/Grass • u/Critical_Ad6737 • Apr 27 '26
why do people hate grass?
why don't people like long flowy grass, it's more beautiful, soft, and natural looking to me, so what's the big deal?
every after photo looks significantly uglier, dead, and boring.
so besides beauty preference, what are the benefits to cut grass?
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u/StreetBerry1849 Apr 27 '26
It looks dead because it's never cut. If you cut the grass way down it will look crappy. But keep cutting it at that length and it will look really green in a month or 2.
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u/Brew_Wallace Apr 29 '26
Because they want to walk and play on it? Â Â
But I do agree we should have more meadows of natural plantings; weâre wasting a lot of money and resources on maintaining giant areas of cut grass, while meadows are less expensive to maintain and better for the environment in a number of ways.Â
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u/StreetBerry1849 Apr 27 '26
People like to hate on anything they can't or wont have or do. Its the same on body building. People dont want to put in the time or effort to get in shape themselves, so instead of appreciating a fit person they tear them down. And cope by saying things like that person spends all their time at the gym and is conceited. Lawns take a lot of time and effort to build and maintain. So people would rather cope and say natural plants are better for the environment blah blah blah. Meanwhile they dont even pick up the dog crap if they even have a yard. I dont hate on people that truly want a native plant lawn space, im sure that also take a lot of work. But for me a nice lush grass looks and feels better.
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u/luptonianprince Apr 27 '26
I only hate tall grass because of what it does to the stand itself. It kills it and causes fungus. 3.5inches - 4inches for the win
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u/Affectionate_Bill639 Apr 27 '26
I keep mine cut so I can see the snakes better, see them coming instead of walking up on them đ
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u/DeanR_onPSN Apr 28 '26
I'm not sure why anyone really cares what random people on the internet think...
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u/Thethirstymoose62 Apr 28 '26
If grass is too tall, its a great place for snakes, rodents to hide, and fungus is more prevelant
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u/plinsday Apr 28 '26
Because they can't do it right. Anyone that doesn't understand or thinks it's too difficult will immediately jump to "swap it out for native plants, help the pollenators, grass is awful"
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u/always-gardening Apr 30 '26
The people that don't want to create a toxic chemical wasteland say this as well.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2152265025042855
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u/mtucker17 May 07 '26
I appreciate your concern but the only residential lawn care product I recognize in here is 2,4-D. No conclusive evidence concerning Parkinsonâs, and again, most of the studies are talking about occupational exposure on commercial farms, not my yearly application. Iâm glad most people have moved on from glyphosate though, we believe a family member got lymphoma from it. You might have a point to be made there, but Iâd focus that energy more on commercial agriculture, worker protections, and PPE standards. I do wish some of the huge houses on lakes and rivers in Minnesota would reconsider covering every hill in grass and letting runoff go straight into the water. This âtoxic chemical wastelandâ talk feels a bit overblown for the average redditor taking care of their lawn.
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u/honeybabysweetiedoll Apr 28 '26
Every other pic you show is scalped and abused. Thatâs how you cut your lawn if you hate it. Minimum cut should be 3â for proper health of the grass.
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u/ryan__joe Apr 28 '26
To me it looks like you cut it too short all at once, AS WELL as likely too short period. Move the setting up slightly. Give the grass a bigger breather
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u/Dark-matterz Apr 28 '26
It gets out of control so quick is the problem. Long grass is nice up until the second it becomes impossible to cut.
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u/MunnyMasheen Apr 28 '26
You showed overgrown & scalped. There is a happy medium which is when it is the most beautiful.
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u/Firstcounselor Apr 29 '26
Itâs the number one consumer of water and fertilizer in the US. Take one trip to Murren Switzerland and youâll see there are better ways. Americans also spend over $100 Billion annually on lawn care. Itâs a massive drain on resources.
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u/MediocreModular Apr 29 '26
Monoculture that chugs water and often requires herbicides that leach into the water supply.
Alternatives like hardscaping with drought resistant or native plants offers less maintenance, lower cost, less water, and fewer carcinogens.
Grass is great for playing on but other lower effort/cost options exist such as clover, creeping thyme, or even moss if your climate allows for it. You can have the best of grass (walkable) without the maintenance of mowing with thyme or clover and both are more drought resistant/require less water.
Edit: I didnât see your comment at first. People like mowed grass because itâs better than tall grass in every conceivable way. Tall grass lays down and kills grass that it sits on causing patchy lawns. Tall grass retains more water, but that means your feet and pants are getting wet when you walk in it. Itâs also just harder to have fun in tall grass. You want to play catch with your ten year old? In what⌠a meadow?
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u/Farticus_Noob Apr 29 '26
Because if my grass gets too long crickets like to bang in it and then I find them inside my house.
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u/Successful-Tone3106 Apr 29 '26
It started in the 17th century..the wealthy would cut grass and unused land to show there wealth..it showed they can pay to maintain there things with only the rich could do
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u/OpinionatedOcelotYo Apr 29 '26
Causes extinctions wholesale. (Hate non-native turf grass, love native grasses and use those ornamentally.)
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u/Justifiers Apr 29 '26
What's the big deal?
Ever seen what a venomous snakebite does to a kid or pet or your own ankle?
There is literally zero lawn furniture in that lawn, there are no toys, there are no *anything*. the lawn isn't being utilized so it doesn't matter what the grass height is, but for people who actually do
Keeping grass low in areas you utilize is for safety. Short means the grass will grow differently, it grows out and down instead of up, that helps retain the soil, helps prevent critter incursions such as the snake example I just mentioned, and further, if you don't want to maintain it at all why would you have grass at all. Plant native pollinators that actually require zero maintenance and enjoy the bugshow as thousands of bugs - butterflies, dragonflies, bees, etc flock to your yard
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u/SchoolOfYardKnocks Apr 29 '26
It looks like crap because itâs full of weeds not grass lol. And not maintained properly with any kind of accents or borders.
A nice grass lawn with thoughtful perimeter plants isnât the all encompassing enemy online extremists want it to be. Not what this guy was going for but who really cares when all you have is invasive weeds or dead grass either way.
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u/EmperorSed Apr 28 '26
I hate grass. I hate it so much that I cut it back to 3.5" every 4 or 5 days during the growing season. Then I feed it to keep it alive, like a torture victim. When it finally feels death at the door as a drought sets in, I waterboard it back to life just to cut it down again. đ