Tips For Cutting Leaves - Toro Wheel Horse 8-25 Operator's Manual

Operation
Alternate mowing direction. This helps disperse
clippings over lawn for even fertilization.
POTENTIAL HAZARD
Without the grass deflector, discharge
cover, or complete grass catcher assembly
mounted in place, you and others are
exposed to blade contact and thrown
debris.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Contact with rotating mower blades(s) and
thrown debris will cause injury or death.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
NEVER remove the grass deflector from
the mower because the grass deflector
routes material down toward the turf. If
the grass deflector is ever damaged, replace
it immediately.
Never put your hands or feet under the
mower.
Never try to clear discharge area or mower
blades unless you move the power take off
(PTO) to "OFF" and rotate the ignition key
to "OFF". Also remove the ignition and
"key choice" keys and pull the wire off the
spark plug(s).
The Recycler rider's special features reduce clipping
size, thus decreasing amount of grass to be disposed
of and number of times bagger will have to be
emptied.
Note: When bagger is full, mower will begin
to inject clippings down into the grass.
If the lawn appearance is not satisfactory after
mowing, try one of the following:
Sharpen the blade.
Raise the height-of-cut setting on your mower.
Cut your grass more frequently.
Reduce ground speed.
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Overlap cutting swaths instead of cutting a full
swath with each pass.
Mow across the marginal areas a second time.

Tips For Cutting Leaves

In the fall, you can cut your leaves up into finely cut
particles and inject the particles down into the grass.
When spring arrives, the leaf particles will have
decomposed and restored valuable nutrients to the
soil.
When cutting is complete, always be sure that
50% of the lawn shows through the finely cut
leaf cover. This may require one or more passes
over the leaves.
If there are more than five inches of leaves on
lawn, raise the deck one or two notches higher.
This makes it easier to feed leaves under mower
deck.
If leaves are not cut up finely enough to be
hidden down in the grass, make a second pass 90
degrees to the first pass.
If you cut up a lot of oak leaves, you might want
to add lime to your grass in the spring. Lime
reduces the acidity of oak leaves.