The aerodynamically designed deck allow you to maintain your regular mowing speeds, while the blades create airflow patterns that keep the cuttings from clumping and leaving buildup behind.
Lawn care professionals are tapping into the power of mulch to create a beautiful and eco-friendly finish. Instead of bagging grass, lawn clippings and other debris, you can leave the mulch behind. This allows the lawn to retain important nutrients and moisture.
Although you can use a traditional side- or rear-discharge mower to mulch the grass, many lawn care professionals turn to micro mulch systems to get the most out of this practice. These easy-to-use and easy-to-install lawn mower accessories provide an extra set of blades to break down clippings to a fine mulch. Micro mulch systems can direct the area of deposit, so you control where the mulch lands.
Why Micro Mulch?
In addition to benefitting lawn health, micro mulching is a great way to improve efficiency. Emptying clippings and sweeping sidewalks or driveways can eat up valuable time, and if you haul clippings away, you have to deal with them off-site at the end of a long day. Leaving the mulch behind may make more sense, especially if the lawn looks manicured and not covered in clumps.
A micro mulching kit breaks down the clippings while you mow, so you don’t have to slow down, or worse, cover the same patch of lawn twice. In the fall, micro mulching leaves can make messy, leaf-strewn lawns clean and neat in one pass.
When to Micro Mulch?
Summer and fall (slow to mid-growth seasons) are the best time for micro mulching. During the spring growing season, the thick grass can provide too much waste for efficient mulching. Wet grass can also make it more difficult to mulch. When you purchase a micro mulch system, it may make sense to get one that can be easily installed after the spring growing season.
How to Micro Mulch?
Exmark makes it easy to incorporate a micro mulch system on most of our walk-behind or zero-turn riding mowers Our decks are aerodynamically designed to allow you to maintain your regular mowing speeds, while the blades create airflow patterns that keep the cuttings from clumping and leaving buildup behind.
To find the right micro mulching system for your Exmark mower, visit our interactive accessories page.
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