Cut the lawn WTF its March!! I hold out as long as I can, usually late April. I can say I have one of the nicest lawns in the neighborhood. I water, fertilize, and mow it high. Nothing more. In Kansas, cut it short and the hot summer sun will toast it.
Their old mower would destroy it when cut short. They got a new mower last year and always cut too short now in my opinion...The ‘kid’ doesn't live at home anymore, but still cuts it. So buzz it short and wait till its too high...