Creation of Seeds Drains Energy from Grass – Each grass blade exerts significant effort to produce the blossoming seed. When you allow your grass to go to seed, you allow it to redirect the energy it would typically need to grow strong and healthy towards blossoming.
When grass goes to seed, will it spread?
Once the grass reaches the planting stage without being mowed, grasses that require seeds to reproduce will fill in the bald patches. Raking helps distribute seeds to bare patches of the lawn. Yes, this sort of grass can spread naturally to create bald patches.
What happens to grass if it is not mowed?
Excessive Grass Clippings – If you wait until the grass is tall to mow your lawn, the excessively long grass clippings will cluster over the turf, preventing sunlight from reaching the grass and slowing its development. Without raking, the clumped grass clippings might damage the lawn.
