Trimming-Before or after mowing
- Thread starter TruClone
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This is correct. Trim and edge before you mow so your mower can chew up the longer grass clippings as you mow.
I trim almost every time I mow around my garage, house, swing set and rock beds. I only do my chain link fence once a month cause its a pain in the ***. I trim first, then mow.
It seems like most of the comments are in favor of trimming first, but the poll results indicate a preference for mowing first.
Why are the mow-firsters such a silent majority? And what is the merit of mowing before trimming? I can think of none.
Why are the mow-firsters such a silent majority? And what is the merit of mowing before trimming? I can think of none.
Once you go that way, you'll never go back. Used to mow first, then trim. Then had to get the mower back out to blow all the trimmings off the sidewalk.
Don't understand the poll results. Those people are just wrong or young.
Who are these people who rake grass and/or blow it off the sidewalk with mowers? Most of you live in the midwest. It's windy in the midwest. Problem solved.
What city comes and enforces that. Seriously it will be gone within a day. Maybe it's different here because our neighbor has a forest of weeds that like to try and come through the fence and into our yard so people don't see it as the problem.City ordinance says so.
Generally I don't let it get long enough where I have to do anything other than trim.
We're talking about pubes, right?
We're talking about pubes, right?
After every mow I trim around the landscaping blocks to get the stragglers I can't get with the mower and then about every 4th mow I trim along the street and driveway which lets me mulch the clippings into the yard. So my answer would be C) Both.
Used to ALWAYS mow first...but then neighbor moved in who used to own his own landscaping company and noticed he trimmed first always...asked him why and he provided the same standard answer as above.
A...The final product looks nicer with the mower used as a mulcher for the long trimmings.
B...Less work if you use a nice trimmer with long reach...
I always trim first now...
Better question...
To bag or not to bag? I only bag about twice a year and if it is right before my son's birthday party or if I've been on vacation for awhile and the lawn clippings will look like s*** in the yard...
Other neighbors around me bag more often than me for sure...same neighbor said bagging is a no no with nutrients...
A...The final product looks nicer with the mower used as a mulcher for the long trimmings.
B...Less work if you use a nice trimmer with long reach...
I always trim first now...
Better question...
To bag or not to bag? I only bag about twice a year and if it is right before my son's birthday party or if I've been on vacation for awhile and the lawn clippings will look like s*** in the yard...
Other neighbors around me bag more often than me for sure...same neighbor said bagging is a no no with nutrients...
City ordinance says so.
I didn't realize the fuhrer escaped and relocated to Minnesota.
I've never even heard of trimming first, but now, after reading all of the virtues of trimming first, I shall explain why the silent majority.
We really don't care nearly as much as you trim-firsters. Our bu++holes don't clench up at the thought of 'unmulched' trimmings, nor at the prospect of clippings on our sidewalks. Heck, we don't even really care that much if it doesn't look as nice. Does it look decent? Good enough. With that mindset, trimming last makes the most sense. You mow, then finish what you didn't get with the trimmer. Feeling a little lazy on cutting your tight corners with the mower? Well, got a little more trimmin' to do. Feeling even lazier? Welp, guess I ain't trimming this week. You trim first...no matter what, you still gotta mow. You trim last, and you run out of time...skip it, brah.
So we have been silent because we're sitting here trying to figure out who the heck cares. Voting, that ain't hard. Typing why we trim last didn't seem worth the effort until it went this long.
