Which grass is noted to thrive with close cutting?

Which grass is noted to thrive with close cutting?

• A. Bermuda grass
• B. St. Augustine
• C. Bentgrass
• D. Kentucky bluegrass

Answer: (D)

Close cutting rewards grasses that stay dense and recover quickly when cut short. Kentucky bluegrass has a fine, dense growth habit and vigorous tillering, so it can be kept at relatively low mowing heights while still forming a uniform carpet and resisting weed invasion. In cool-season lawns, mowing it to typical low heights—around two to three inches—yields a neat, resilient turf with good recovery when cared for with proper irrigation and fertility. Bentgrass can handle very close mowing, but it’s high-maintenance and usually reserved for golf greens; Bermuda tolerates close cutting but is a warm-season grass not well suited to NYC’s cool winters; St. Augustine generally requires taller mowing. So the grass noted to thrive with close cutting is Kentucky bluegrass.

Close cutting rewards grasses that stay dense and recover quickly when cut short. Kentucky bluegrass has a fine, dense growth habit and vigorous tillering, so it can be kept at relatively low mowing heights while still forming a uniform carpet and resisting weed invasion. In cool-season lawns, mowing it to typical low heights—around two to three inches—yields a neat, resilient turf with good recovery when cared for with proper irrigation and fertility. Bentgrass can handle very close mowing, but it’s high-maintenance and usually reserved for golf greens; Bermuda tolerates close cutting but is a warm-season grass not well suited to NYC’s cool winters; St. Augustine generally requires taller mowing. So the grass noted to thrive with close cutting is Kentucky bluegrass.