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Mulching leaves into lawn...?
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28-10-2004, 04:33 PM
Stephen M. Henning
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(Jay Chan) wrote:
Exactly, if there is a lot of leaves, mulching alone will still leave
a layer of mulch leaves on the grass; they just cannot decompose fast
enough -- not good.
Do you shovel the snow from your grass also?!?! It is the same idea.
When the temperatures are cool and the grass is covered by leaves or
snow, it goes dormant. By spring the snow and leaves are all gone and
the grass is greener than ever. I have been mulching leaves for 40
years and the lawn loves it. By mid winter there is no sign of any
leaves. After we have snow, the lawn snaps back greener than ever. For
this to work best you need to leave a little length to the grass.
Leaving mulched leaves on a putting green doesn't work as well, but
cutting grass short like a putting green is the worst thing you can do
to normal grass (fescue, rye & bluegrass).
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