Using Your Grass Clippings

Leaving your grass clippings on the lawn after mowing can provide up to 25 percent of your lawn's total fertilizer needs. And as clippings decompose, they'll feed the "good" bacteria in the soil.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Grasscycling
• Let the Clips Fall Where They May!

UF/IFAS Publications

• Keeping Algae Under Control (PDF)

Other Sites

• "Don't Bag It" Lawn Care --University of Missouri Extension Service
• Eliminate Grass Clippings Collection--Colorado State University
• Mowing To Recycle Grass Clippings--Virginia Cooperative Extension
• Recycling Glass Clippings--Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)