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Thanks @ColinTheBald @hugo7, I’ve cut the lawn at the highest setting on the mower.
As I was doing my first pass I was thinking that in subsequent trips that I establish grass borders uncut for wildlife and sow wildflowers for contrast and grass height, I can’t be arsed to dig borders against each side fence with herbaceous plants.. I will just mow a rectangle in the middle to create something like this, it won’t be established this year but wild flowers to October would be ace .. then mow the lot before the frost returns
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I have been getting to get wild flowers going on my lawn and I have to say it's quite a struggle if you don't peel the lawn up at all and just sow seeds. I'm in my 4th year and only just getting some results (and mostly a mono culture tbh)
At the very least I would say try and heavily rake before sowing
Belagerent
For a newly turfed lawn I would generally say keep it moist for a month (the last month looked after that), then mow on a high cut for the first time. Lower the cut height on subsequent mowings. Note: it will grow like buggery in year 1 because soil seeded for turf is heavily fertilised, less so after that.