Composting grass clippings

Geo-TH,In · Aug 21, 2018

I have a landscaper bring me his grass clippings. I spread them out, cover with top soil. I keep repeating the process until I get a good rain.

Yesterday I got an inch of rain. The top soil was muddy. Perfect to mix the grass/dirt together.

I used front bucket and pushed the mud back and forth. Then went at a right angle and pushed everything to one end. In about a month grass clippings will be gone.

Bagging grass clippings is robbing your yard of nutrients. I don't bag, but landscaper has people that want him to pick it up.

Dean · Aug 21, 2018

I don't bag either.

Nor do I do anything else.

Easy, huh?

Dean

GEO-TH, In · Aug 21, 2018

I just mow too with tractors and woods finish mowers. 72 inch takes less time too.

Crazy Horse · Aug 21, 2018

Good idea to do that George ..... your own method of composting and recycling plant matter. For those that want to "compost" clippings the regular way, it's a bit more involved than just dumping them in a pile. This little article is informative ....
Composting your grass clippings .....

Dean · Aug 21, 2018

Me, too.

5', 6', 7' and 10.5' mowers. All with tractors.

Shopping for 12' or 15' mower now.

No clippings.

Dean

pete black · Aug 21, 2018

I mow high and often, no clippings to speak of.

GEO-TH, In · Aug 21, 2018

X2. And sometimes I raise front of mower and make less hay.

Andy C · Aug 21, 2018

Perhaps a minor point in your situation but that method may adversely affect the tilth of the soil you are trying to improve.

D beatty · Aug 21, 2018

I put all my clipping back on yard as i mow. They make fertilizer for yard along with leaves in fall.

Dave Sherburne, NY · Aug 21, 2018

We put all of our grass clippings on the paths through the garden and anywhere else we don't want weeds growing. Kills the weeds and they get tilled in .

pete black · Aug 21, 2018

On occasion I will have grass clippings in certain parts of the yard. Knowing this I mow those first, finish the yard and then come back to areas, by now the clippings have dried somewhat and I raise the discharge chute then mow over them to blow the clippings out and scatter them, works for me with no raking.

WESnIL · Aug 22, 2018

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Geo-TH,In · Aug 22, 2018

Here is a clip of an article about composting grass clippings.

You can also use fast-decomposing lawn clippings as soil amendments or mulch. You can work 2 or 3 inches of clippings into the top 6 inches of soil in your garden. As they decay, they add organic content and nitrogen to the soil. Alternatively, layer about 2 inches of clippings over the root area of a shrub or tree. Mulch is a great garden helper; it moderates the temperature of the soil, holds in moisture, inhibits weeds and adds nutrients to the soil. Because grass clippings break down rapidly, however, you need to replenish the mulch regularly.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 22, 2018

Next year I plan to put down 3 ft wide strips of used carpet between rows for weed control.

When I used to bag my lawn, I too would put grass clippings on garden for moisture and weed control.

Grass clippings mold too fast, so I incorporate it in top soil I plan to put in garden next year.

cityboy · Aug 22, 2018

"Next year I plan to put down 3 ft wide strips of used carpet between rows for weed control. "....

It has been my experience, the weeds will still grow.
Either come up in between the backing or grow on top of the carpet.
I've also used the black landscape fabric with similar results.

Only time I bag is to replenish the clippings in the veggie garden.

HTH.

K Effective · Aug 22, 2018

You do have to have some caution when using clippings from someone else's lawn- especially with herbicide contamination. Using grass clippings from a yard sprayed with a 2,4-D broadleaf weed killer as a mulch under grape trellis can kill the grape plants.

Composting would reduce this effect.

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