In order for the lawn to look beautiful, it must be constantly looked after. Lawn mowers are one of the most popular devices for doing this. There are various types of such devices. One of them is mulching lawn mowers. Mulching in a lawn mower what it is, and why it is necessary - this article will tell you in more detail about this.

How a mulching lawn mower works

This device is designed to give your lawn a neat and tidy look. To do this, you must carefully, at the same height, cut the overgrown grass. The lawn mower in question does this job, then does the following:

  1. The cut top layer of grass is carefully crushed.
  2. Then it spills out back onto the lawn.

This is necessary in order to supply the grass with fertilizers. After the chopped grass spills onto the ground from the mower, over time, humus forms from it, which is a valuable organic fertilizer.

 

This device is designed to give your lawn a neater, tidier look.

Important! Mulching with plant residues practically makes additional fertilizing of lawn grass unnecessary.

Technically, the operation of this device is organized as follows. The cut off top layer of grass falls into a reservoir, in which the blades rotate at high speed around a vertical axis. This is a mulching lawn mower knife. It crushes the grass, which then spills back to the ground.

There are several types of these lawn mowers:

  1. The one that works with an electric motor.
  2. Gasoline lawn mower with mulching.

In the first case, electric mulching lawn mowers are divided into wired (mains powered) and cordless (battery powered).

The motor for gasoline lawn mowers can be two-stroke or more powerful, four-stroke. A self-propelled gasoline lawn mower with mulching can also be used.

Nuances in operation

Mulching raspberries

While feeding the grass with cut-off plant tops after they have rotted seems like an effective idea, in practice, things don't go as they should. The fact is that the mulch will not always rot. In some cases, it can simply dry out and turn into hay.

Here are a few things to consider when working with a mulching lawn mower:

  1. It is not recommended to pour mulch on a hot summer day. In this case, the remnants of dried grass will simply become garbage. In this case, it would be better to remove them.
  2. It is recommended to cut the grass in the spring or autumn. At this time, lawn plants are in dire need of fertilization.
  3. When plants experience frost, they start to grow dramatically in spring. It is not recommended to mulch in this way during this period. This is due to the fact that the stalks of the grass grow rough and represent a poor quality raw material for the formation of humus. In addition, such stems are unlikely to rot, rather, they will simply dry out and turn into garbage without becoming fertilizers.
  4. It is not recommended to work with such a lawn mower immediately after a heavy rain has passed due to the fact that it is unlikely that it will be possible to mow wet grass growing on damp ground with high quality.

Pros and cons

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The presence of mulching allows you to mow the lawn without being distracted by breaks

The use of mulching when mowing lawns has its advantages:

  1. Since plants are fed using organic fertilizers, as a result, this allows you not to spend money on the purchase of additional fertilizers for feeding.
  2. The presence of mulching allows you to mow the lawn without being distracted by breaks - the need to spend time emptying the box with the cut grass.

Several cons:

  1. The electrical unit constantly requires charging.
  2. These devices require constant maintenance.
  3. Gasoline units make a loud noise during operation.

Popular lawn mowers

Mulching strawberries

The mulching lawn mower is available for DIY. In this case, it will be possible to save financial resources, but you will have to spend a lot of labor and time. Therefore, if such an opportunity exists, it is worth considering buying options for models that have proven themselves well in practice.

The following are some of the more famous models to choose from.

Bison

One of the brands of mulching lawn mowers is called Bison ZGKE-43-1600. It can be purchased for 14 thousand rubles. This unit has a body made of plastic. When working, you can make a choice: to mulch the grass or collect the cut grass in a special tank.

The power is 1600 W and weighs 16.3 kg. The device is not self-propelled. Motor type - electric. The cut grass tank has a capacity of 45 liters. Mows grass in a strip 43 cm wide. This is an electric lawn mower with mulching.

It can be adjusted to different cutting heights. It ranges from 2 to 7 cm. The mower has 6 adjustment modes.

Anchor

This model is powered by a gasoline engine. The exact name of this lawn mower is Enkor-GKBS 5.0 / 51 56503. This type of device weighs more than those with an electric motor - 35 kg. The power of the lawn mower is 5 horsepower. The cost of this device is 20 thousand rubles.

 

Anchor

It can process lawns on an area of ​​1000 square meters at a time.

Like the Bison, there is the ability to adjust the height of the cut grass. It can range from 3 to 9 cm.

The anchor is made of steel, which indicates the strength of its structure. It has a built-in reservoir for the cut grass, which can be used if mulching is temporarily disabled. The capacity of the fuel tank is one and a half liters. Mows grass in a strip 51 cm wide.

Ryobi

This mulching lawn mower is powered by a universal electric motor. There are two power modes here:

  • from a wire using alternating current;
  • using lithium-ion batteries.

The cost of this device is 17 thousand rubles. The exact name of this model is Ryobi ONE + OLM1834H 3002369. The capacity of the battery from which it works is 2.5 amperes per hour.

 

Ryobi

This electric lawn mower weighs 16 kg. The width of the treated surface of the lawn is relatively small - it is 34 cm. The body of the device is made of plastic. It can cut grass at a height of two to six centimeters when mowing.

There is a reservoir for cut grass, the volume of which is 45 liters.

Cub cadet

The correct name for this unit is Cub Cadet CC 46 PB 11A-K15E603. It uses a gasoline engine. The cost of the device is relatively high, equal to 35 thousand rubles.

This lawn mower weighs 46 kg, its power is 2100 watts. There is an adjustment of the height of the mowed grass from 2.8 to 9.2 cm. The width of the strip where the lawn is processed is 46 cm. The power is 2.85 horsepower.

Note. The volume of the grass tank is relatively large, 70 liters. This device has 6 adjustment modes. The mower is not self-propelled.

Using a lawn mower with mulching function allows you not only to maintain a neat appearance of the lawn, but also to feed it with sufficient fertilizer for the lawn grass.