lynx wrote:
TG'sFM wrote:

lynx wrote:

Jen wrote:

"TG'sFM" wrote in message
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"The grass clippings left behind by a mulching mower essentially
function as a lawn fertilizer, as if you were applying compost to the
lawn.

Compost gets to very high temperatures, that's another reason compost/grass
clippings should be composted first.

As for fertilising, like someone else said, dead organic matter takes
nutrients *out* of the soil until it's properly composted.

We're not talking about compost or grass clippings tho. The mulch
produced by mulching mowers is extremely fine. It doesn't need composting.


Look who's backpedalling now.

Not backpedalling at all dickhead. In any case, I'm only stating the
consensus on the matter. I don't claim to be any sort of expert.

It doesn't matter how fine it is, it is still bad for the lawn.

Only says you. Provide some proof.

Besides, if you cut 1 inch off your grass, the
mulching mower will at best produce two (2) equal half inch pieces of
grass.

Really? Since when did mulching become an exact science? Have you even
ever used a mulching mower?

I know it's not an exact science. That's why I said "at best". In
futurer, it'd be swell if you read what is typed, and not what you
THINK is typed.

And we won't even go off on a tangent about how the lawn will
then require dethatching every few months if you do this - otherwise
you are going to have to mow your "lawn" higher and higher each time.



LOL! Never used a mulching mower have you.

Of course I haven't. As I said earlier, they should be banned. Ask
the next mowing contractor you see and he'll tell you why he doesn't
use them either.