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OPERATION
MULCHING
MOWING TIPS
IMPORTANT:
FOR
BEST
PERFORMANCE,
KEEP
MOWER
HOUSING
FREE
OF BUILT-UP
GRASS
AND
TRASH.
SEE
"CLEANING"
IN
CUSTOMER
RESPONSIBILITIES
SECTION
OF THIS MANUAL.
•
The speciat
mulching
blade
wilI recut the grass
clip-
pings many times
and reduce
them in size so that as
they fal! onto the lawn they will disperse
into the grass
and
not be noticed,
AIso,
the mulched
grass
will
biodegrade
quickly
to provide
nutrients
for the Jawn.
Always
muich
with your highest engine
(blade)speed
as this
will provide
the best recutting
action
of the
blades.
•
Avoid cutting your lawn when it is wet. Wet grass tends
to form clumps and interferes with the mulching action.
The best time to mow your lawn is the early afternoon.
At this time the grass has dried and the newly cut area
wilt not be exposed to the direct sun.
,,
For best results, adjust the tawn mower cutting height
so that the lawn mower cuts off only the top one-third
of the grass blades (See Fig. 10).
If the lawn is
overgrown it will be necessary to raise the height of cut
to reduce pushing effort and to keep from overloading
the engine and leaving clumps of mulched grass. For
extremely heavy mulching, reduce your width of cut by
overlapping previously cut path and mow slowly.
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Certain types of grass and grass conditions may re-
quire that an area be mulched a second time to com-
pletely hide the clippings.
When doing a second cut,
mow across or perpendicular
to the first cut path.
.
Change your cutting pattern from week to week. Mow
north to south one weekthen change to east to west the
next week. This will help prevent matting and graining
of the lawn.
FIG. 10
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