![]() Mulching Saves Timeīecause you don’t have to keep stopping to empty the collection bag, you can just keep mowing. ![]() It’s not only good for your lawn but it’ll save you time, money and it’s better for your environment. In fact, mulching grass clippings provides your lawn with 25% of its annual nitrogen requirement. Then you cut it, mulch the clippings and return those nutrients and moisture back into the turf.Īgain, the grass consumes them and so the cycle continues. The grass consumes these nutrients all over again and grows more. Mulching mowers cut the grass clippings up into tiny pieces and blow them back into to sward where they break down, re-fertilising the lawn. Mulching the grass recycles these nutrients. Then you come along and cut the grass, removing a portion of all this food, moisture and nutrients before throwing them in the bin. It then stores this food, moisture and nutrients in its leaves. The grass consumes it, along with water and sunlight which it photosynthesises to produce food. How it WorksĮach spring, summer, autumn and winter, you spend good money applying lawn feed. Instead of collecting grass clippings in a bag, they’re chopped up into tiny pieces and blown down into the base of the turf where they’re decomposed by the bacteria and micro-organisms which live in the soil. I’ll also bust a myth or two about mulching and lawn thatch. In this article, I’ll explain what mulching grass is and all the benefits it brings to you and your lawn. Not only that, but it can also save you a huge amount of time and what can amount to a significant amount of money too. Did you know every time you mow the lawn and chuck the clippings in the green waste bin, you’re wasting a valuable fertiliser?īy mulching those clippings, you keep vital nutrients in the lawn.
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