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THE WAY YOU MOW. Affects your lawns abilityto resist grass diseases.

KEEP GRASS CLIPPINGS ON YOUR LAWN.

Clippings return about 25% of the nutrients back to the soil.

MOW MORE OFTEN. Mowing higher means doing it

more often. Make sure you don’t remove more than 1/3 of the

grass blade in one mowing.

MOW HIGHER. Most grass should be cut at the highest recommended setting during the summer, to protect the stem from heavy sunlight.

MOWING Techniques

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SHARP BLADE. Dull blades shred the tops of the grass and expose the turf's tissue for lawn disease spores to easily enter. Mowing with a dull blade is shown to increase disease activity by 20% or more and uses more fuel than a sharp blade. To avoid this, have your blades sharpenedseveral times a season.

CLEAN THE UNDERSIDE OF

THE DECK.Grass will stick to the

underside of the deck. Use extra caution

when performing this task and follow the

manufacturer’s recommendations for

accessing the underside of the deck. If nothing else, be

sure to disconnect the spark plug wire.

WAIT FOR THE GRASS TO DRY. Mowing when the turf and soil are wet can lead to other problems. Wet soil will compact easier than dry soil, which can lead to poor rooting of the turf.

MOWINGfor a greener and healthier lawn

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