•Cut the grass more frequently.
•Overlap cutting swaths instead of cutting a full swath with each pass.
•Set the cutting height on the front wheels one notch lower than the rear wheels. For example, set the front wheels at
Cutting Leaves
•After cutting the lawn, ensure that half of the lawn shows through the cut leaf cover. You may need to make more than one pass over the leaves.
•For light leaf coverage, set all the wheels at the same cutting height setting.
•If there are more than five inches (12.7 cm) of leaves on the lawn, set the front cutting height one or two notches higher than the rear cutting height. This makes it easier to feed the leaves under the lawn mower housing.
•Slow down your mowing speed if the lawn mower does not cut the leaves finely enough.
•If you mow over oak leaves, you can add lime to the grass in the spring to reduce the acidity of the oak leaves.
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