New Turf Lawn - How Long To Leave It?

[MondeoMan1981]

Moved into a new build two weeks back. Grass had just been laid the previous week.

Grass is clearly growing like mad already and is loving the 95% wet weather we've had up here recently.

Builder said dont stand on it for 2 weeks and dont cut it for 12 weeks.

What say the greenfingered PHers?

[riskyj]

If it’s a new build the lawn will probably turn into a swamp soon anyway.

[sam.rog]

I waited until the roots had taken hold.
I tried lifting the grass in random areas. When I couldn’t lift any part I waited a week before doing the first cut.

No idea if this was correct or not but the grass didn’t die and is still looking good today (one year on).

[Simpo Two]

sam.rog said:

I waited until the roots had taken hold.
I tried lifting the grass in random areas. When I couldn’t lift any part I waited a week before doing the first cut.

That's a good idea.

If the roots are down then you could give it a high cut on a nice day but put planks down to spread your weight.

[scjgreen]

Wait for the Leatherjackets to come take care of the Grass, no need to cut it

[roadie]

My advice is not to let it get too long before being cut.

We had a new build lawn laid last summer during perfect growing conditions and the grass went crazy. Holiday meant we couldn't cut it for at least 3 weeks and it was extremely difficult to cut due to its length and thickness. As a result we ended with up quite a lot of dead grass and thatch after cutting that meant it is now quite thin.