Tom_H
Veteran Member
teachdocs,
I am really sorry to hear that you had so much difficulty with your mulch kit. Since we have dry summers, I irrigate, always on Mon. and Tue. Then I can count on having dry turf by weekend. Having dry grass is important with a mulch system. The clippings are light enough to float around in the top of the chamber and be really shredded into small bits. The height and texture of the particular species can make a difference as well.
I like my mulch system so much that I sold the bagger I had to another TBN member. I have been much pleased with my mulch system as I no longer have to empty bags and with the nutrients returned directly to the soil, I no longer have to fertilize.
Different conditions can make a system work fine in one situation and not work at all in another. Advice on TBN is usually quite good, but it also pays to get advice from others in one's own locale as well.
Again, sorry yours didn't work out for you.
I am really sorry to hear that you had so much difficulty with your mulch kit. Since we have dry summers, I irrigate, always on Mon. and Tue. Then I can count on having dry turf by weekend. Having dry grass is important with a mulch system. The clippings are light enough to float around in the top of the chamber and be really shredded into small bits. The height and texture of the particular species can make a difference as well.
I like my mulch system so much that I sold the bagger I had to another TBN member. I have been much pleased with my mulch system as I no longer have to empty bags and with the nutrients returned directly to the soil, I no longer have to fertilize.
Different conditions can make a system work fine in one situation and not work at all in another. Advice on TBN is usually quite good, but it also pays to get advice from others in one's own locale as well.
Again, sorry yours didn't work out for you.