Bringing Down Height of Cut in your Bermuda Lawn

[@timborski1210]

Just got my new mower, Revolution 26 and I LOVE IT! Finally able to get my yard down to one inch like I want it. Next year is full on leveling project with this new house.

[@shermantx]

Hey Rhett, great job. Your front Elm is starting to really take off… keep on mowing!

[@keithgranado1101]

Can’t wait to see the next video, been keeping my yard short. Thinking of raising it up a bit since I still get scalp marks when mowing. Running a regular push mower.

[@fourpressmedia2674]

That's crazy that you're not getting more rain. We've had 10 inches of rain in DFW just since May!

[@jamesblack8166]

Watching you do all that work makes me want to rip out my Bermuda and install artificial turf!

[@LawnInsider]

Yep. The necessity to scalp every so often is the worst part about Bermuda imo. I hate cutting grass and getting a scalp mark. Kills the good mow vibes.

[@shermantx]

Wow… big job!

[@ProbstfeldCreative]

Hey! Do you use any PGRs?

[@plucio0912]

What are the steps after scalping? What do I apply?

[@chadcochran4654]

Well if you built your own verticutter, we gonna need a rundown on that puppy.

[@LawnInsider]

Haha well I built the reel for it. It was a flailing reel. I replaced it with a fixed blade reel that I assembled based off an old manual I found online and a forum post I used as a reference.

[@nickdobbs3702]

Should I only do a HOC reset if my lawn is to thick/tall?

[@johnblevins2248]

Are you sure there dry spots could be fungus

[@tanktexas]

Hey brother you think it's too late to reset. I'm in Crowley Texas

[@dwightlewis2363]

I'm new to lawn care. Would something like this break the pre-emergent seal? If so, do you have to stay on top of your post emergent treatment after scalping the yard? Asking because I think I need to scalp my yard and do some leveling myself. That said, I laid down some pre-emergent on my lawn about 7-8 weeks ago.

[@ImStuckInStockton]

Perfect timing- I've kept mine at 2" this year, thought I've been pretty good about mowing but I got some scalp marks the last 2 cuts. I think I'll take down to 1" before the next rain. This is the best my lawn has looked so I'm scared lol.

[@adamc1706]

I usually end up starting the season at about 1.5”, slowly go up to 2, and then 2.5 is usually when I do a height of cut reset. It’s a lot of work but it’ll recover in like 9-14 days.

[@ImStuckInStockton]

@@adamc1706 How long are you able to keep it at a certain height before you move up? Maybe I should just raise to 2.5? We're going to get less rain and more heat coming up so maybe I should do that if the length looks good

[@adamc1706]

@@ImStuckInStockton it kinda just depends on the situation imo, I’d say there’s nothing wrong with bumping it up a notch and seeing how you like it. I’ve went up to 3” before and honestly it looked fine. It’s just the scalp next spring was a nightmare due to the amount of material.

[@ImStuckInStockton]

@@adamc1706 That makes sense. I'm going to just bump it up. Thank you sir

[@melmagsino5350]

Man! That's a lot of work! Do you think you could've just done the HOC reset and verticutting and avoided scalping altogether? I bet it's going to look great again once everything greens up but man, that's a lot of sweat equity. Good thing you're not dealing with a massive lawn.

[@ryned5861]

How are you getting your gm 1000 to cut that down? I can barely get mine to do it even after a fresh backlap

[@Larius91]

T-nex user from Waco here. I find I’m having to reapply at least every 4 weeks. How often you apply and what oz per thousand are you applying?

[@lawnpanda]

You're neighbor re-sodded! Time to dominate!

[@JayCub85]

If you maintain at current height the grass will adapt and green up at that point. Reset HOC just eliminates the wait time.

[@robertlevy4613]

I was on vacation and my yard hasn’t been mowed in 12 days - I was maintaining 1 inch HOC, and now it looks like a jungle. Time to reset I guess

[@SouloOnTheBeat]

Why not just mow over your lawn 2 or 3 times lowering the level each time instead of doing a full blown scalp?

[@PaulGosselinsr]

First like!

[@jagboy69]

Why not just take care of that narrow strip that belongs to your neighbor? It would make your yard look even better! I've got a neighbor that doesn't really take care of his part so I just do it. He's never said a word.

[@nickdobbs3702]

Should I only do a HOC reset if my lawn is to thick/tall?