Mulch mower.. blows leaves around

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Re: Mulch mower.. blows leaves around

Postby CTShoreGuy » October 19th, 2011, 5:32 pm

I'm soooo jealous of you guys. I can't mulch or I'll be at 100% Poa Triv. Too good to be true for me :sorry:
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Re: Mulch mower.. blows leaves around

Postby gruckiii » October 22nd, 2011, 5:57 pm

I cant either right now.. or I will spread my fungus more...
I had to use fungicide to save my reno :( hopefully I don't suffer too much for that next year.
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Re: Mulch mower.. blows leaves around

Postby Bentface1 » October 28th, 2011, 12:06 pm

A recent discovery for me- if you go backwards with the mower it works great. I had not been having too much of an issue with the leaves blowing away from the mower, but I found one pass forward and the next pass backwards really worked great. Might look a little ridiculous to the neighbors and may not produce the straightest lines, but if chopping the leaves is the goal it works well.
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Re: Mulch mower.. blows leaves around

Postby jglongisland » October 28th, 2011, 8:58 pm

Backwards is a good trick. What also works is after 1 or 2 passes along the same path go perpendicular for a final third pass. Today I did 2 passes north south in my backyard, and then finished off east-west, but I went backward along the same line (maybe offset 6-8"). Not sure why, but that has always worked for me as well.
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