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Isn't it funny how...
Oz wrote:
"TG'sFM" wrote in message ups.com... Jen wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ps.com... "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. That's correct, yet our resident member of The Australian Society of Horticultural Science doesn't even know the basics it seems. Maybe you better have a good long think there, Mulching mowers dont leave large clumps of dead matter on the lawn, it is cut up very finely and because of this it is deposited below the growth line of the lawn, it acts as a mulch to the inhibit evaporation and breakes down VERY QUICLKY ===== this is the important bit. Right. Large masses of static organic matter break down very slowly, they generate a lot of heat and amonia during the decaying process, the debris left by a mulching mower is very small and very fine particles, spread in a thin layer throughout the lawn, when they break down they produce vurtualy no heat and vurtualy no amonia, instead they contribute their nutrients to the top soil much faster than if the same organic matter was caught and stored in a pile to break down. Right again. In fact the particles are so fine, they really don't have to 'break down'. as I said, 10 years working as a greenskeeper, doing the Greenkeeper trade course as well as doing the Horticultural certificate at the same time, then getting other post graduate qualifications, plus another 10 years on top of that working in the industry has taught me a thing or two about lawn maintenance. one of the first things you learn with Bowling greens for an example , is when you rest them, you take the catcher off the cylinder mower and it gets turned into a very fine mulch that is left on the green to help speed up the recovery process, the only reason that we catch the clippings on a green that is in use, is because the bowlers complaine about all the clippings sticking to their balls. the same is also true for cricket pitches and golf greens. so your personal expirence in the Lawn maintenance industry is???? -- rgds, Pete ===== http://pw352.blogspot.com/ 'Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else' |
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lynx wrote: Oz wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ups.com... Jen wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ps.com... "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. That's correct, yet our resident member of The Australian Society of Horticultural Science doesn't even know the basics it seems. Maybe you better have a good long think there, Mulching mowers dont leave large clumps of dead matter on the lawn, it is cut up very finely and because of this it is deposited below the growth line of the lawn, it acts as a mulch to the inhibit evaporation and breakes down VERY QUICLKY ===== this is the important bit. Right. Large masses of static organic matter break down very slowly, they generate a lot of heat and amonia during the decaying process, the debris left by a mulching mower is very small and very fine particles, spread in a thin layer throughout the lawn, when they break down they produce vurtualy no heat and vurtualy no amonia, instead they contribute their nutrients to the top soil much faster than if the same organic matter was caught and stored in a pile to break down. Right again. In fact the particles are so fine, they really don't have to 'break down'. If they don't have to break down, how are the nutrients released? You didn't think that one through before hitting the 'send' key did you buddy? |
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I dont really worry about how this stuff works, as long as I dont have to
rake up the grass, or empty the catcher. Nature takes care of the rest. Unless you are a thoroughly out of reality type gardeners, its not really a worry. Are you going to enter your lawn in a contest?Stop bickering about crap. There's more important stuff than this to worry about. Like how am I going to avoid those lousy cricket commentaries.... "TG'sFM" wrote in message ps.com... lynx wrote: Oz wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ups.com... Jen wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ps.com... "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. That's correct, yet our resident member of The Australian Society of Horticultural Science doesn't even know the basics it seems. Maybe you better have a good long think there, Mulching mowers dont leave large clumps of dead matter on the lawn, it is cut up very finely and because of this it is deposited below the growth line of the lawn, it acts as a mulch to the inhibit evaporation and breakes down VERY QUICLKY ===== this is the important bit. Right. Large masses of static organic matter break down very slowly, they generate a lot of heat and amonia during the decaying process, the debris left by a mulching mower is very small and very fine particles, spread in a thin layer throughout the lawn, when they break down they produce vurtualy no heat and vurtualy no amonia, instead they contribute their nutrients to the top soil much faster than if the same organic matter was caught and stored in a pile to break down. Right again. In fact the particles are so fine, they really don't have to 'break down'. If they don't have to break down, how are the nutrients released? You didn't think that one through before hitting the 'send' key did you buddy? |
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"Jonno" wrote in message
u... I dont really worry about how this stuff works, as long as I dont have to rake up the grass, or empty the catcher. Nature takes care of the rest. Unless you are a thoroughly out of reality type gardeners, its not really a worry. Are you going to enter your lawn in a contest?Stop bickering about crap. au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! There's more important stuff than this to worry about. Like how am I going to avoid those lousy cricket commentaries.... listen to the abc radio cricket commentary instead! :-) kylie |
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0tterbot wrote: "Jonno" wrote in message u... I dont really worry about how this stuff works, as long as I dont have to rake up the grass, or empty the catcher. Nature takes care of the rest. Unless you are a thoroughly out of reality type gardeners, its not really a worry. Are you going to enter your lawn in a contest?Stop bickering about crap. au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! There's more important stuff than this to worry about. Like how am I going to avoid those lousy cricket commentaries.... listen to the abc radio cricket commentary instead! :-) kylie The problem with that is that you have to put up with Kerry O'Keafe laugh at his own jokes. |
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"TG'sFM" wrote in message
ups.com... 0tterbot wrote: "Jonno" wrote in message u... I dont really worry about how this stuff works, as long as I dont have to rake up the grass, or empty the catcher. Nature takes care of the rest. Unless you are a thoroughly out of reality type gardeners, its not really a worry. Are you going to enter your lawn in a contest?Stop bickering about crap. au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! There's more important stuff than this to worry about. Like how am I going to avoid those lousy cricket commentaries.... listen to the abc radio cricket commentary instead! :-) kylie The problem with that is that you have to put up with Kerry O'Keafe laugh at his own jokes. jonathan agnew is all the consolation you will ever need!! (i see your point, though). kylie |
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On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:33:00 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:
au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! And finally a Victa will emerge.....!!!!! (I personally believe that was one of my better efforts)..... |
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David Springthorpe wrote:
On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:33:00 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote: au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! And finally a Victa will emerge.....!!!!! (I personally believe that was one of my better efforts)..... i will even tip my hat to that one. |
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David Springthorpe wrote: On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:33:00 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote: au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! And finally a Victa will emerge.....!!!!! (I personally believe that was one of my better efforts)..... That was actually very funny. But I wonder how many thin-skins and uneducated morons will not see the funny side. A bit like how they don't get David Tench. |
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On 7 Dec 2006 14:55:28 -0800, "TG'sFM" typed
furiously: David Springthorpe wrote: On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:33:00 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote: au contraire - flame wars about mulch mowers are a very important thing! And finally a Victa will emerge.....!!!!! (I personally believe that was one of my better efforts)..... That was actually very funny. But I wonder how many thin-skins and uneducated morons will not see the funny side. A bit like how they don't get David Tench. I got David Tench once, he was insulting rather than funny so I didn't bother again. -- Regards David fundamentalism (n.): fund = give cash to; amentalism = brainlessness |
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Isn't it funny how...
TG'sFM wrote:
lynx wrote: Oz wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ups.com... Jen wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ps.com... "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. That's correct, yet our resident member of The Australian Society of Horticultural Science doesn't even know the basics it seems. Maybe you better have a good long think there, Mulching mowers dont leave large clumps of dead matter on the lawn, it is cut up very finely and because of this it is deposited below the growth line of the lawn, it acts as a mulch to the inhibit evaporation and breakes down VERY QUICLKY ===== this is the important bit. Right. Large masses of static organic matter break down very slowly, they generate a lot of heat and amonia during the decaying process, the debris left by a mulching mower is very small and very fine particles, spread in a thin layer throughout the lawn, when they break down they produce vurtualy no heat and vurtualy no amonia, instead they contribute their nutrients to the top soil much faster than if the same organic matter was caught and stored in a pile to break down. Right again. In fact the particles are so fine, they really don't have to 'break down'. If they don't have to break down, how are the nutrients released? You didn't think that one through before hitting the 'send' key did you buddy? Duh! It's relative, numb nuts. They don't need to break down anywhere near the extent that clippings do. -- rgds, Pete ===== http://pw352.blogspot.com/ '(A)bort, (R)etry, (P)anic (D)eny this ever happened!' |
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lynx wrote: TG'sFM wrote: lynx wrote: Oz wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ups.com... Jen wrote: "TG'sFM" wrote in message ps.com... "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. That's correct, yet our resident member of The Australian Society of Horticultural Science doesn't even know the basics it seems. Maybe you better have a good long think there, Mulching mowers dont leave large clumps of dead matter on the lawn, it is cut up very finely and because of this it is deposited below the growth line of the lawn, it acts as a mulch to the inhibit evaporation and breakes down VERY QUICLKY ===== this is the important bit. Right. Large masses of static organic matter break down very slowly, they generate a lot of heat and amonia during the decaying process, the debris left by a mulching mower is very small and very fine particles, spread in a thin layer throughout the lawn, when they break down they produce vurtualy no heat and vurtualy no amonia, instead they contribute their nutrients to the top soil much faster than if the same organic matter was caught and stored in a pile to break down. Right again. In fact the particles are so fine, they really don't have to 'break down'. If they don't have to break down, how are the nutrients released? You didn't think that one through before hitting the 'send' key did you buddy? Duh! It's relative, numb nuts. They don't need to break down anywhere near the extent that clippings do. Oh, I see. Why then didn't you actually say that then? That way you wouldn't need to be backpedalling right now. |
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