Can I use my old lawn mower to mulch the clippings by just removing the bag?
Mowers having a side discharge allow the safe removal of the bag. However, this will not necessarily engage a mulching action by the mower. A true mulching mower is carefully engineered to cut clippings into small particles and distribute them properly into the turf. Efficient mulching won’t be achieved on most lawnmowers by simply removing the bag. FOR NEWBIES 32. How fast does grass grow? Of course, this depends on many factors: the type of turfgrass, the amount and type of fertilizer applied, how much or how little the grass is watered, soil type, sun or shade, etc. There are significant differences in growth rates among turfgrasses. There are some Bermudagrasses that can grow an inch or more in a single day. In fact, there is a report of a Bermudagrass used for forage that grows up to 4 inches in one day! On the other extreme, zoysiagrass has an extremely slow growth rate that might not even exceed an inch in a week. There are grasses with growth rates between these two extremes. 3
