The Grass Can Be Greener

I was always told that if you don't rake up grass clippings, or use a mower with a bag, the clippings will actually harm your yard and cause bald spots. But, here they are saying to leave the clippings. Are you sure that's beneficial?

You need to get a mulching mower and use it often and on dry grass. It chops the blades many times before they land on the grass and they will be like dust to decompose. Of course: you need to mow more often and will use more gas-- so people here will not be happy about that. Pick your poison.

I agree, with a push mower, and letting my grass grow longer, the clippings left on the lawn cause it to die off in spots. I compost them. But I have a small yard so it is easy to collect them. If I had a larger yard I might invest in a mulching mower.

I have a mulching lawn mower and there is no need to mow more often or that it uses more gas. It's convenient, you can also mulch leaves in the fall the same way and your grass will look thick and healthy. Mulch away!

I've been mulching my grass with an electric mulching lawn mower (NO GAS!) for years and never have a problem with clippings left on the grass leaving dead spots. The trick is to be sure you don't leave any large clumps of cut grass in piles. These piles of grass will kill the grass below because they block out the sunlight and smother the grass.  
 
If you wait too long to cut the grass and you end up with clumps or strips of cut grass, cut the grass again but make cutting path at 90 degrees to the original path. That will disperse the clippings evenly and no grass will die!

Why is there no help for people wanting to eliminate lawn areas entirely? Now that we have a new awareness of the plight of pollinators (other than honeybees) and the role of insects in the environment, it is time to reduce the amount of turfgrass wherever possible and restore habitat. Lawn reduction will also address water issues, fertilizer issues, noise issues and air pollution issues. It is imperative that we move to a society that does its utmost to keep water on the land as long as possible. We are learning (and witness) changing rainfall patterns and torrential downpours which cause the water to run off the land faster than ever. We need deep roots in the soil year round. 
Maybe you address this elsewhere?

I had almost all of the above prolems when I mulched.Even worse I,d burn out the mowers secondary belt, when my grass was long. THERE IS A SOLUTION ,Gator and super gator blades by OREGON .Look it up under Oregon mower blades.I was in the hospital (Lymes disease) and didn,t mow for over 3weeks.I got some clumping but hell the grass was over 9 inches long.TRY IT YOU p.s. plant clover in your yard for the bees.