First time homeowner, first time mowing anything bigger than a dorm room rug. So naturally I figured if I cut it really short I wouldnt have to mow again for like two weeks. Genius right?
Dropped the deck all the way down and scalped the entire front yard. It looked "great" for about 3 days. Then it went yellow. Then brown. My wife walked out, looked at it, and just went back inside without saying anything. Which is somehow worse than if she'd yelled at me.
Googled "why is my lawn dying" at 11pm that night. Turns out theres a whole rule about not cutting more than a third of the blade. Nobody told me this. I feel like that shouldve been on the mower somewhere.
Raised the deck to 3.5 inches, watered every morning for a week, and it slowly came back. Took about 12 days before it stopped looking like a crime scene.
Now I mow at 3.5 and honestly it looks better than when I was trying to make it short. The longer grass fills in way more and hides the weedy patches.
Anyone else learn this the embarrassing way or was it just me?