lawnboys are the only brand mower that my folks cut with, they did have the mulching plate(bolt on) it mulched ok but they just liked to bag everything and still do. With any mulcher mower you can't mulch long wet grass and have the job look nice with out leaving clumps,unless you want to go over it several times.in my opinion mulching works best when you follow the 1/3 rule:biggrin: