I live in southern (seacoast) NH and last week just cut my grass for (what I hope is) the last time before the winter.
Usually, I keep the mower set to its highest setting because I'd rather have long healthy grass than scalped, struggling grass.
However, for this last cutting I dropped the mower down to a much lower setting with the thinking that a grass plant with less leaf would be able to concentrate on bolstering its root system for the winter.
Is cutting the grass really short before the winter a good practice?
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