Every Little Bit Helps

August 13, 2025

Mowing height came up during a conversation with a superintendent who experienced some stress following a tournament at his course. As most turf managers would do, mowing height was raised after the stress was observed. When asked what height of cut the mowers had been moved up to, the response was from 0.08 to 0.09 inches. How can 0.01 inches increase in mowing height help? Maybe it doesn't, but an increase of 0.015 inches resulted in significantly less anthracnose on…