"micky" wrote in message
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In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 12 May 2021 08:11:58 -0500, Bill Gill
wrote:

On 5/11/2021 2:19 PM, micky wrote:
My eletric lawn mower has for years occasionally left cresent-shaped
strips an inch wide, even though I was sure I'd covered the area.

Suddenly this spring, the same mower seems to barely cut.

But I usually don't get started mowing this early, when it's still cool
out. 60 to 65.

Does warm weather make grass plump and easier to mow?????


Not necessarily. In fact it may make it dryer. This is definitely
a factor in my yard. My philosophy is 'if its green its grass'. So
in the Spring my yard has a lot of soft wet grass that tends to bog
the mower. I have to clean under the deck much more frequently.
I also sharpen the blade in the Spring. Then in the middle of the
summer the grass is a summer grass which is
drier and stiffer, so that the blade can cut
it more readily, and it doesn't tend to stick under the deck and
bog the mower. I have a 56V EGO mower. In the Spring I frequently
run the battery down when mowing the back yard. Later when it dries
out I can mow the whole yard without stopping.

Bill

I really like your answer. If I'd used a word different from "plump", I
think I'd have gotten a Yes. Yes, drier and stiffer might be exactly
what I meant. I don't have a plump-meter, so I was guessing that it
could be un-plump now and plump later. I guess I forgot what warm
weather was like, and I was thinking that the heat would make the water
rise in the grass, but you've been paying more attention than I have.
And I guess other factors make the water rise, maybe just the difference
between 45 and below vs. 50 and above.

Your answer is actually so helpful that if I were one of the other
readers, I'd be suspicious that I'd paid you to write it.

I will examine the grass today and try to remember what it was like to
compare with the June grass.

You should take some photos instead of trying to remember.