![]() Some rotary mowers offer multiple options, allowing you to use standard discharge to mulch clippings or to collect clippings in a bagging unit for composting. Doing so will not only save you time and energy, but will also return valuable nutrients to the lawn. Mulching mowers are specifically designed to finely chop grass clippings so that clippings can easily enter the canopy and return nutrients to the soil. Recycle the grass clippings by leaving them on the lawn. Microbes will digest the clippings and thus release the nutrients. The key is to mow often enough so that the clippings can infiltrate back into the lawn canopy. In essence, leaving these clippings allows your turfgrass plants to take up some of these nutrients, reducing your lawn’s fertilize requirements by about 25% a year - and saving you time and money in the process.Ī standard discharge lawn mower, with either a rotary or reel type blade, can be used for recycling grass clippings. Every 100 pounds of dried grass clippings has the capability of releasing approximately anywhere from three to four pounds of nitrogen (good for growth and green color), a half-pound of phosphorus (good for rooting) and one to two pounds of potassium (good for reducing environmental stress) which can be taken up by the lawn. Grass clippings act as a natural fertilizer for your lawn. Some municipalities even charge tipping fees to discourage the bagging of clippings. ![]() ![]() These old-fashioned, environmentally friendly mowers have no motor or engine. Manual, or reel mowers, rely on your own muscle power to push the mower. Our top pick, the Ryobi 20-Inch Push Mower, runs on a 40-volt battery. Bagging the clippings will prevent the spread of disease in your lawn especially when mowing a wet. While there are cordless mowers powered by an 18-volt battery, most use 40 volts or more. Yard waste, including grass clippings, make up more than 10% of solid waste in our landfills. If the lawn has disease, such as brown patch fungal disease. In fact, collecting and bagging clippings is actually counterproductive. This process helps lawns thrive - and many of the healthiest lawns are maintained through clippings left behind after every mowing. Art Bruneau, professor emeritus at North Carolina State University, has been calling this concept "grasscycling" for years and highly promotes leaving clippings where they fall.
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