Grass cuttings as mulch

Grandad99

Just scarified and raked the lawn and have a big pile of cuttings.  No other treatment since autumn so wondering if I can use them as mulch. 

Flugelhorn

I think it is ok provided you only apply a very thin layer - thick layers of grass cuttings just go grotty and dry or slimy and don't really help much

teaselMay

I scatter them loosely, as above just a thin layer not occluding the soil completely. The couple of months where the lawn grows very quickly I put about half on the garden and half on the compost heap. The rest of the time it just goes straight on the garden, it dries out over a few days

-taff

Yes, you can use it as mulch, you can go to a few inches thick, and it will look awful as it dries out though And the top layers will take time to disappear. Or stick it in the compost with cardboard in layers...

Sapindus

I used a lot of mowings as mulch up my allotment, where having weed-free soil that was protected against rain damage was far more important than what it looked like.  Also good over a layer of carboard around potatoes - means you don't have to earth up.

twopenny

Maybe it's where you live and weather dependent.

I found it was just a soggy mess that never got taken into the soil.

Also it will be a lot of nitrogen if it does. It's means more leaf and fewer flowers.

But I do put a small amount into the compost heap every now and again

teaselMay

Just enough that the birds rummage and throw it around works here and looks fine, more than that as you say forms a soggy, silage smelly, mess.