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Direction itself does not matter. What’s important in most cases is simply that the mower overlaps each previous pass by a few inches. This ensures a consistent, professional finished product that will grow and mature evenly. For best results, some homeowners may wish to mow in a counter-clockwise direction when using a side discharge mower, or in a clockwise motion with a rear-discharge mower.
The best way to ensure safety during this procedure is to make sure the mower cannot turn on for any reason while the task is ongoing. To that end, the mower’s fuel valve should be turned off and its spark plug should be disconnected. Tilt the mower so that its air cleaner faces up, and use protective gloves to avoid getting cut when handling the blade.
A lawnmower that has a mulching blade is totally different to a grass collection blade. The mulching blade cuts and re-cuts the grass clipping into tiny particles. These small particles are then blown downwards into the sward, out of sight. These tiny slithers of grass will breakdown within hours depositing key nutrients (i.e nitrogen, potash and phosphate) back into the lawn allowing micro-organisms and worms to carry these nutrients back into the soil. The big advantage with mulching is the time it will save you emptying the grass box with no more heaps of grass to worry about!
A lawn scarifier is a machine that cuts through the turf, removing moss and dead grass. It aerates and helps to revive a tired or spongy lawn. Scarifiers have fixed knife blades attached to the cylinder. These remove moss and thatch, but at the lowest setting cut through the base of the sward into the underlying soil to help aerate it. By cutting through the grass stolons, the offshoots are separated into lots of individual plants, which helps to thicken up the turf and improve its health.
While a rake brushes across the surface to take leaves off for example, a scarifier actually pushes down into the grass perforating it across the top to let in air, it will therefore also encourage growth. If you have a mossy lawn, a scarifier would be better.
Not at all. The sound level of a Robotic Mower is very low, ranging from 69 dB(A) to as little as 58 dB(A), depending on the model. By contrast, the average level of normal mowers is between 95 and 100 dB(A) of noise. You can easily have the mower working in your yard without disturbing yourself or the neighbors.
