If mulching blades only worked that way. Leaves would have to be recut dozens of times to shrink a pile. Some electric blowers grind up leaves.
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Leaf mulching question
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Lawn Ranger Don
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So I finally got the mulching blades on and wow do they chop the leaves up to a fine dust.I fill up 8 recycle cans of leaves every week for about 5 or 6 weeks for county weekly pickups in the fall. I have a bagger on my Toro. I have cutting blades that came with the zero turn. When I empty out the two bags of leaves I fill one and a half recycle cans and I'm thinking if I had mulching blades I would have less recycle cans to fill up.
Lawn Ranger Don, did you buy the Toro brand mulching blades or another ?So I finally got the mulching blades on and wow do they chop the leaves up to a fine dust.
Lawn Ranger Don
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I bought the Toro brand.
I do the mulching of leafs at the end of winter (now-ish) and make sure I do it after some nice dry days so that the leafs are as dry as possible. I use the regular blades on a Toro ZS5000 at the second lowest setting. Indeed, leafs tend to pile up in front of the deck, but they usually get worked underneath the deck, eventually. If not, I set the deck on its highest, position it on top of the pile, and then set the deck to the second lowest position, again.
In dense leaf patches, I go over them 2-3 times.
I do not use any kind of blocker, as I want the mulched leafs to be spread out of the side of the deck, as much as possible.
In dense leaf patches, I go over them 2-3 times.
I do not use any kind of blocker, as I want the mulched leafs to be spread out of the side of the deck, as much as possible.
That sounds identical to how I've been doing it.I do the mulching of leafs at the end of winter (now-ish) and make sure I do it after some nice dry days so that the leafs are as dry as possible. I use the regular blades on a Toro ZS5000 at the second lowest setting. Indeed, leafs tend to pile up in front of the deck, but they usually get worked underneath the deck, eventually. If not, I set the deck on its highest, position it on top of the pile, and then set the deck to the second lowest position, again.
In dense leaf patches, I go over them 2-3 times.
I do not use any kind of blocker, as I want the mulched leafs to be spread out of the side of the deck, as much as possible.