Lawn Care: Should you mow a wet lawn?

Did you know that mowing your lawn after a storm or when it’s still wet can do more harm than good? So what should you do? Here are some lawn care tips to help you out.

Have you seen a neighbor mow the lawn during the morning right after they turn off the sprinklers? Is it alright to mow the grass if it’s wet? Although there are a few conditions under which it is okay to run the mower following a rainstorm. So generally speaking, it’s okay. The timing will be ill-advised and that’s because of various reasons.

Lawn Care Tips: Water and Electricity Don’t Go Together

If you use an electric lawn mower on wet grass, especially when you’re using an electric cord, you will run the risk of suffering an electric shock. If the connectors as well as any wiring under damaged or worn portions of the cord get exposed to moisture, that will lead to damage to your machine and could electrocute the operation.

Poses Personal Danger

If you walk across a slick lawn with sufficient force placed forward in order to push the lawn mower could cause you to slip and fall way too close to comfort the blades of the mower.

Damp Grass Blades Damage The Mower

Without the right fuel stabilizer, the leftover fuel in the gas tank of the mower will be contaminated due to excessive moisture as well as corrode your lawn machine. Grass clippings could also interfere with the job of the lawn mower by sticking to the lawn care equipment in clumps that would block the vacuum or the grass blade itself. These blockages would force the landscaping machine to work much harder until it finally shuts down when you’re not cleaning carefully as you go.

Wet Lawn Is Difficult To Mow

A wet lawn is tough to cut, which will create an uneven shred instead of a clean-cut if you mow your lawn on a sunny afternoon. Unless the blades of your mower are in excellent condition, replaced, or newly sharpened, it might even take three passes over the same spot of the wet lawn to obtain even a  fraction of the cut that you would get when the lawn is dry.

Spread Disease

Fungus loves wet environments, it won’t be surprising that conditions like Brown Patch disease could develop on your lawn that has been cut following a storm. If clumps of matted and damp clippings remain on the lawn without enough air flow to dry, the grass will become much more at risk of fungal diseases. The wet grass clippings that adhere to the underside of the lawn mower deck could grow mold, as well, which could be spread to the lawn when you mow again.

Damage The Base of the Lawn

Apart from the possibility of spreading diseases to your lawn, moving wet grass could also damage the lawn’s soil. Mowers are large machines and aren’t made for muddy and soft ground. The wheels could compact the saturated soil or cause ruts to form, hinder the healthy growth of grass, and even damage roots. That’s why lawn maintenance in Myrtle Beach  does not include mowing when the lawn is wet

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Myrtle Beach, SC
843-504-4901
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