I've been mowing my grass at my mower's highest setting (maybe 3" or 4"). I've been reading up on some articles that say that this helps conserve water. However, it seems like everytime I mow the grass, the wheels on my lawn mower presses the grass blades flat since they are so long and so they never get cut.
I can definitely notice the grass is a lot more wet when I mow now. A lot of times, my mulching lawnmower also leaves clumps on the side which presses the grass even more. And if I don't remove those clumps, the grass will die leaving lines of yellow dead grass where the wheels pressed it down.
So my question is....How do I cut my grass evenly without pressing the grass blades flat?
You refer to your mower as a mulching mower. so i'll asume you have a dedicated mulcher mower which means no bagging and no side discharge.correct? there is a 1/3 rule when cutting grass,you can google it and read all about it in your free time. i dont think many people use it(1/3 rule) though.one thing you can do is - SAFELY- MOWER OFF is wipe the under deck off a lot so the cut grass has room to circulate in the deck.wet growing season is tough to cut. i also get wet tire tracks and clumps, what i do is ----today for example, the front yard was long and damp so i cut east to west using the SIDE DISCHARGE and being careful not to spray clippings on the sidewalk and driveway and against the house.then MULCH the clippings going west to east. then i bag in a diagonal direction with the bagger on to final dress the lawn. so what i did was cut in 3 directions,got rid of matted tire tracks and clumps. but with a dedicated mulcher you just have to cut often.good luck