Re: (ET) Mulch-envy

[Steve Welch <swelch dejazzd com>]

As others have mentioned, I sometimes mow in reverse to chop up small 
amounts of grass or leaves.  But this year I finally broke down & bought a 
used-but-almost-new J.D. pull behind lawn sweeper.  Best $250 I've spent 
on my yard in quite some time.  It has cut my leaf management time by 
probably 75% - I should have done this years ago.

Steve

On Nov 4, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Bill Alburty wrote:

> Thank you both for the mulching advice. But I have mulch-envy for my 
> neighbor's ICE Toro ZTR which sprays out very small sand size particles 
> and dust. That output I think will actually help the lawn as fertilizer. 
> My ET output is, at best, 1/2 inch pieces of leaves. In the case of pin 
> oak leaves, they seem to have a long lasting leathery quality and are 
> slow to decompose. I think they actually degrade the lawn by sticking to 
> bare places and making over-seeding ineffective. The ET is especially 
> bad with deep leaves also as it pushes big piles ahead of itself. I 
> think it can be better than this.
> 
> Bill Alburty, E-12, Kansas
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