"Travis M." wrote:
Steveo wrote:
"Warren" wrote:
Srgnt Billko wrote:

That caught my attention. Why avoid mulching while wet ?
They break down quicker when wet. When I used to use a
shredder I kept a hose going continuously on the output.

The key here is you kept the _output_ wet. If the leaves are
wet
before you try to shred them, they don't shread as well.

Also, whether or not it's suitable to just shred and leave
them
on the lawn depends on how many of them there are. I vac and
shred the leaves from my biggest tree, and they produce a
pile of
shredded leaves that's 10'x10', and about 9" deep. The area
that
they fall in is about three times that area, but that would
still
mean I'd have a 3" layer of shredded leaves covering that
part of
my lawn. If all I did was run the mulching mower over them,
by
the mid-point of leaf season I wouldn't have the strength to
push
the mower through the remains, and it would probably
stall-out,
anyway.

On the other hand, in my back yard I have a lot of smaller
trees,
and it does just fine with the mulching mower.

Now if someone thinks I'm exaggerating, next fall they're
welcome
to come over and demonstrate how a mulching mower would be
enough
on my front lawn, as long as they're willing to post a bond
large
enough for me to have the damage repaired in the spring.

Hi Warren.

I have 14 big tree canopy's over my immediate lawn, there's no
flippin' way I could consider mulching all those leaves where
they
fall down. It would destroy the turf in one season.

These general questions are tough to answer with one size fits
all.

How do you even get a lawn to grow with that much shade?

Lawn grows well, it's a big lawn so the shade is not as bad as it sounds,
and it has automatic irrigation.

The leaves -alone- would ruin it if I attempted to mulch all of them back
in.

YMMV