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06-04-2006, 11:02 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden

wrote:
Jos. Wheeler said:

I've got a well established 31 tall fescue lawn growing in Atlanta's
hot clay soil (nicest one in the neighborhood, actually). I've always
used the grass catcher on my mower but I'm getting tired of emptying
the bag all the time.

If I just let the clippings spray out onto the lawn, would I get thatch
build-up---

Yes. Very much so.

Nope. Clippings aren't thatch. Clippings will smother the turf long before
they become part of the thatch layer.