Why You Shouldn’t Mow a Wet Lawn
While there are benefits to living in an area with enough grass to qualify as a “lawn,” it also means mowing your lawn. Given that household chores can be tricky, finding the time to mow the grass can be tricky. And sometimes you get the opportunity to mow your lawn right after it rains. Can I mow forward or wait for the yard to dry? According to home improvement legend Bob Vila , mowing a wet lawn is not a good idea. That’s why.
Shock risk
If you have an electric lawnmower, especially one with an extension cord, using it to cut wet grass may result in an electric shock. “When the connections (and any wiring underneath frayed or damaged parts of the cord) are exposed to moisture, it will damage the machine and cause an electric shock to the operator, ” Vila writes on BobVila.com .
Easy to slip and fall
If you push the lawn mower on smooth lawn with enough force, you may “slip and fall too close to be comfortable with the mower blades,” Wheele said. No thanks.
This could damage your mower.
“Without an appropriate fuel stabilizer, the remaining fuel in the mower’s gas tank can become dirty due to excessive moisture and even corrode your machine,” explains Vila. “Cut grass can also interfere with the mower’s operation as it sticks to the equipment in groups that block the vacuum or the blade itself.” Either way, these blockages make your mower work harder, which can cause it to shut off in the middle of mowing.
It is difficult to mow a wet lawn
When the grass is wet, it is slippery and difficult to cut, resulting in a lawn of varying lengths of grass. “If your lawn mower blades are not in perfect condition, have not been recently sharpened or replaced, it may take two or three passes over the same section of wet lawn to get at least some of the mowing you would get if the lawn was dry. – says Vila.
Or, you can skip it all and replace your lawn with one of these alternatives .