Late Season Lawn Care October 2021 

My lawn in a common bermuda. Since I have been mowing with a reel mower, I mowed at about 3/4 inch for most of the season, but later in the summer I gradually increased the mowing height to where I was mowing at about 1 1/2 inches by late September. If you have tiff 419, most sources recommend mowing this grass at 1/2 inch with a reel mower. If you are using a rotary mower, you may not have that low of a setting. If you have been mowing at 3 inches, most bermuda types will tend to look thin and stemmy at that height. In order to have a thicker texture to your bermuda lawn, you should mow lower and more frequently. The frequent low mowings cause the bermuda to grow outward rather than upward which allows it to become much thicker.