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I hear it's good to do that.

Should I do that?

2007-04-30 05:04:07 · 9 answers · asked by You may be right 7 in Home & Garden Garden & Landscape

9 answers

Yes it is indeed good to do that. When you cut the grass, the clippings still contain nutrients. When they are left on the uncut grass, the nutrients can be absorbed by the grass and add to its health. The only reason you would not want to leave the clippings would be if they pile up or are very thick, then they could smother the uncut grass and kill it out. If it starts browning and looks like it is too clumpy, I would remove it. Otherwise leave it for the grass to "use" the nutrients instead of wasting those nutrients.

2007-04-30 05:09:17 · answer #1 · answered by deltaforcechick 2 · 0 0

I have about an acre of St. Augustine. I never bag or rake my leaves or grass clippings. I do not leave clumps of grass clippings on the live grass. I usually pick those up and dump them under my sage bushes where nothing seems to grow. When the leaves fall, they get run over by the mower and left on the ground. My yard is thick, green and lush. Perfect for walking barefoot...except I have animals so watch your step!

2016-05-17 08:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I haven't picked up clippings in 20+ years, but you can't let your grass let too long before mowings. The clippings then look like hay on top of your lawn and you end up raking it off.

Public parks and golf courses don't pick up their clippings do they? No, they know by frequent mowing (and faster since you don't have to deal with emptying the bags) they are removing just the tips which decompose quickly, returning nutrients to the soil.

Thatch, the buildup on top of the soil is not made up of lawn clippings unless you are waiting too long between cuttings and removing more than the succulent tips, but cutting down into the coaser material........plus it's made up of culms, old roots, etc.

2007-04-30 05:10:39 · answer #3 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0 0

Yep, I leave the clippings after many years of bagging or raking. The answer I found was a mulching mower. It cuts the grass into finer clippings which easily go into the lawn. My grass is thicker, prettier, and has better growth than before. Here's a website:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/turf/430-402/430-402.html

2007-04-30 05:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by Pumken 4 · 0 0

our lawn mower is a 'mulching mower' which super chops up the clippings so that there are no 'rows of clipped grass' on the lawn. it is good for the lawn as it helps keep the moisture level up, etc.

if you don't have a mulcher, then I would rake up if you have a lot of grass 'sitting on top' of the lawn.... but if you mow often enough so that the grass is never too long, it would probably be ok.

2007-04-30 05:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 0 0

If you cut less than one forth of the blade lenth off it is desireable. If you cut one half or more the clippings will lay on top of the cut grass and rob it of moisture and sunlight.

2007-04-30 05:14:36 · answer #6 · answered by Brandon B 1 · 0 0

It depends on where you are located. Where I am in New Mexico, it is too dry to do this. The clippings just don't breakdown.

2007-04-30 09:06:34 · answer #7 · answered by Juddles 4 · 0 0

I leave the clipping, I am just to lazy to pick them up.

2007-04-30 05:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes i do and I heard that it has natural fertalizer and my grass is always long and green even when neighbors who have landscapers is brown....

2007-04-30 07:02:27 · answer #9 · answered by Spread The News Acts 238 1 · 0 0

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