Trending David added: “If it’s pulling it up, you’re compacting the soil as you’re walking on it, it’s hard work for you. “The best thing to do is wait until it dries off a bit, another couple of weekends like we’ve had or if you’ve got free draining soil, and when it’s dry, that’s the time to cut.” David also explained how to cut your grass when it is ready to be. He said: “Cut it quite high, you can see on the side of mowers, you’ve got these adjusters here, you want to cut it up to no less than three inches, so put it on its maximum for the first cut.