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Mulching

Grass clippings

Do not use clippings from a lawn recently treated with a weedkiller or lawn feed-and-weed. Hormone-type herbicides such as clopyralid can survive in the clippings and damage the plants you mulch. Check the product label for how long to wait before collecting clippings.

Where to get help
The product label and the manufacturer's instructions; HSE where a pesticide is involved

A free nitrogen mulch in thin layers around hungry plants.

Notes

Do not pile it thick or it heats up and turns slimy.

Grass clippings