First cut of new grass - what's best to use?

[wanabechippie]

Hey.

Sowed grass seed a week ago and; bugger me! It grew! (may seem unsurprising but i've been know to kill plastic plants!)

New grass shot up to about 10mm pretty much overnight so I'm guessing it'd be couple of weeks before its first cut (at 3in or so?)

I've got a petrol mower, an electric strimmer and could get my hands on a fly-mo thingy. What's the best to use to cut it for the first time? Don't want to subject it to tornado-esq force in its infancy.

Cheers.

 

[2scoops0406]

Personally I'd use a petrol mower, high cut, you definitely don't want to scalp the lawn.

 

[Sonny88]

Wait till it's at least 2-3" tall.
then cut the top off, but as already said not tooooooooooo short, or it will pull the new ones out by the root.