Topic: Grass cuttings

[Tin Shed]

I usually get loads of grass cuttings when my mother cuts her lawn, but this year she has had it professionally conditioned ie with extra strong moss killer etc.
How many cuts do you think there should be before I use it this year?
I usually use it to mulch the potatoes so is it best to not use it this year at all ?

[cornykev]

I'm sure its 3 or 4 cuts but I may be wrong, others will be along soon.  :-\     ;D ;D

[lincsyokel2]

Feed Weed and Mosskiller usually needs 4-6 weeks and about 4 really good soakings to go away.

[goodlife]

or..you could compost it in mean while..and after month or so use it again as mulch..

[Tin Shed]

Thanks. It has had two cuts already and a downpour on Sunday so I will wait for another couple of cuts then perhaps compost the first lot I get.

[bluecar]

Would there be any problem in using it as a mulch in the channels between the potatoes? I have put some down (one week old weed & feed grass currings.). It is not on the mounds.

If there is a problem I need to remove it quite rapidly.

I look forward to your replies.

[Baccy Man]

There is a distinct possibility that the weedkiller will leach out from the clippings & be taken up by the potatoes as the potatoes root system will not limit itself to only taking water nutrients etc... from under the mounds.

[realfood]

The hormonal weed killer to look out for in the list of ingredients in the grass treatments, is Clopyralid, which works in a similar way to aminopyralid in manure, but apparently does not last quite as long. Again, it is bound up in the grass fibres and does not become "free" to cause damage until the grass starts to rot down.