# What Happens if You Let Your Grass "Go To Seed"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-let-your-grass-go-to-seed/105382>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 24, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-let-your-grass-go-to-seed/105382 "2002-04-24T16:29:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-let-your-grass-go-to-seed/105382/1 "2002-04-24T16:29:05Z")

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I ask this because I’m getting tired of cutting the damn lawn-it’s been rainy and sunny here, so the grass has been growing like crazy! If you were to allow the grass to reach a height where it would flower and put out seed, would you be harming your lawn? Just wondering!  
As an aside-I once read that lawn grass was the biggest cash crop in the USA (in terms of money spent to grow the stuff)-what a deal-you spend all kinds of money to grow the stuff, then your big problem is how to get rid of the clippings!

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**Author:** ![Pergau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@Pergau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pergau)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-let-your-grass-go-to-seed/105382/2 "2002-04-24T17:42:10Z")

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If you let the grass go to seed, when you eventually cut it the lawn will look like tufts of grass and it will talk a lot of work, or re-seeding, to get it looking nice again.

There’s only one type of grass that should be let flower.