Can you mow grass when its wet? or is it better to mow when the grass is dry??
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You "can" mow when the grass is wet. It will cause the mower to clog up allot more and the clippings will be clumped together. You will most likely have to rake after you finish if want a good looking lawn. It is best to wait till the grass is dry. It makes the job allot easier!!
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It is a lot easier to mow when its dry. If your mower has a bag, it tends to clog if the grass is too wet.
dry is better; wet grass clogs up your mower.
You can mow it wet, but since the wet grass may "lay down" in areas, the finished product may look a bit ragged once it has dried. Also, the wet grass will stick to the underside of the mower and sometimes the blade, making it harder for it to cut. It is generally easier to wait until the grass has dried out a bit.
alot easier to do it when its wet... so wet your feet sink into the ground, it helps te chemicals in the grass grow back beautifully.
mow it when the grass is dry. When the grass is wet is tends to clump up leaving the lawn looking bad. The wet grass also tends to stick really bad under the deck of the mower this will cause the deck to deteriorate alot faster.
the main reason people don't mow when its wet is that the grass clumps up, it doesn't bag very well and it ends up being a mess, you will end up with clumps of wet grass left on your lawn which will create dead spots because the cut grass will block the light to the live grass underneath.
Its fine to mow when its wet if you have a really good mower that bags well, go a little bit slower than usual so the mower has more time to suck the grass up. Empty the bag more frequently and make sure the intake spout is clear of grass clumps each time before you put the bag back on, (be very careful if putting your hand in the mower, make sure its off first, and remember turning the blade by hand can start the mower in rare cases). When you're done mowing double check your yard and rake up any clumps that might have been left behind.
You can see that mowing wet grass is a lot of extra work, which is why most people wait for a dry day to mow.
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You can mow it when it's wet but it won't leave a good cut. The problem with mowing when wet is when the mower deck runs over the grass the leading edge of the deck pushes the grass down,if the grass is wet some of the blades stick to the ground and don't get cut. When the sun comes out they pop back up leaving the yard look shabby.
It is much better to mow when the grass is dry because when it is wet it just gums up the blade and accumulates under the deck of the mower, decreasing the effectiveness. Sometime try this experiment: mow part of your yard when it is dry, then using a good sprinkler water the next section well for 30-45 minutes. Then immediately mow the wet grass. After it has had a chance to dry compare the two sections.
You will see that the section that was wet looks scraggly. This is partially due to the fact that the water caused some of the grass to lie flat and you were unable to cut it evenly. Also, as I already mentioned your blades were not as effective on the wet grass as they are intended to cut wet grass.
Seeing is believing. Have a great day!!
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