DaveL wrote:
Bill Freeman wrote:

Is your mower a mulching mower? Does it have a discharge chute
attachment that forces the discharge back onto the blade? Just adding a
mulching blade will not make a mower "mulch," per se. What's your brand
etc.?

Yes. It's a Simplicity Regent Hydro12, with 36" cut. (somewhere around
a 1996 model year) It has a 'mulching kit' on it, which really consists
of just a plate across the discharge chute. Worked well at first, but
for the last few years just will not chop up those clipping.


Has it lost blade speed? Is there some way the blades could be turning
backwards (not likely, but possible with a few mowers)?

Austin