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| Which is really healthiest for the lawn? I have a moderately large Fescue lawn, not enormous, so the labor of pushing the mower is not the issue. It just seems to me that the walk-behind mower produces a nicer-looking cut, & I wonder if it may also in the long run produce a healthier lawn.
I pay someone to mow for me, & the guy wants $4.00 more per mow to use the walk-behind mower. I'm willing to pay that, but just wonder if my observations are just purely my imagination, or is there something preferable to the walk-behind cut in reality? I'm all for doing what is best for the lawn. I fertilize, use weed-preventer, use a sprinkler system for watering, & do core-aeration in the Fall. During the brutal heat I skip a cut & have a less groomed appearance rather than forfeit the health of the grass. With all this effort and good intentions, I would like to know the truly most beneficial machine for cutting the lawn. Or does it really not matter one iota? Thanks for any insights! |
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| The walk-behind is healthier, but you have to push it yourself. Or, you could get one of those reel mowers, with no engine, -those are really healthy. As far as the grass is concerned, a nice sharp blade makes a clean cut, less damage to the grass. |
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| I am not an expert but in my opinion the ride on mower is heavier than the push mower so I think less overall weight on your grass has to be a good thing.I recently put down a new lawn and I just use a 20 inch Husqvarna walk behind mower to cut the grass |
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| The quality of the cut will be essentially the same unless the lawn has a lot of shrubs, bumps and small hills. In that case the walk behind has the advantage. |
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