Those torn ends dry out faster, which is one reason a lawn mowed with a dull blade can start looking brown soon after mowing.
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Tricia Goss,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2026
Soil fertility is mostly beside the point, and even an inconvenience, since lawns have to be mowed, leaves blown into piles, and pollen hosed off windshields in the spring.
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