Fallen leaf landscaping9/5/2023 Sometimes irregular, roundish shapes of darker brown can indicate areas of lawn fungus or lawn stress of some kind, such as grub damage. You might be able to see different colors of brown in the dormant lawn. Now that we have had a couple of hard frosts, warm season lawns such as bermuda and zoysia are dormant. After all the leaves have been removed/ mulched for the season, lower the mower one notch below normal summer mowing height and mow. Raise the mower height once notch above normal mowing height when mulching and/or pick up the leaves. You can use a mulching mower and mulch them one to two times, then put a bag on the mower to pick them up. We recommend removing leaves once a week as they begin to fall and once they are falling fast, removal may be needed twice a week. Around shrubs or trees would be best.īe sure to read the last section below for a bit more on placing fallen leaves in landscape beds. A good location for intact leaves is a landscape bed area however, be careful of potentially suffocating winter annuals, groundcovers or low growing perennials. One other item of note, there is more and more information out there, calling for homeowners to leave the leaves for overwintering moths and even some butterflies. If you would like to use your leaves, attach your mulching mowers bagging attachment, go over them with your mower to mulch, then empty the bagged mulched leaves into your landscape beds, spreading evenly, or place in a compost pile. If you have allowed the lawn to get blanketing with a thick layer of leaves, mulching them into the lawn is not recommended. Mulching too much debris into your lawn can cause the some issues like thinning over time. This method of lawn leaf removal isn’t ideal if you have a a large quantity of leaves. If you don’t have a ton of leaves falling or if the leaves are small, you can mulch them into the lawn with a mulching mower (more on this in the next section) or blow the whole leaves into landscape beds, avoiding areas with low growing plants. And it’s not just your lawn that can suffer in urban areas, loose leaves are often blown over curbs and end up in in storm drains that then can clog and cause street flooding. Tick leaves can also increase winter lawn damage of mice and voles. Leaving leaves on the lawn areas can create ideal environments for fungus and mold, thick layers of leaves can exclude sunlight and air from lawns, causing thinning over time. Putting together your weekend chore list and feeling reluctant to add leaf pick to it? Leaf removal is pretty important to lawn health. Learn all about winter lawn care and leaf removal tips in this post! Why Leaf Removal from Lawns is Important
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