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| The VIKING tip for autumn: preparing your lawn for the winter |
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In autumn, as the outdoor season gradually comes to a close, your lawn requires some well-earned care. This will ensure that it gets through winter in good health and that fresh new grass springs up in spring.
Before the first cold wintry spell cover the ground with frost, the lawn should be cut once more and provided with nutrients. For the autumn cut, the lawnmower should be adjusted to a cutting height of 5 centimetres. The cuttings should be disposed of using a composter or on the compost heap, forming the basis for humus as a valuable organic fertiliser.
You need not worry about using the catcher bag with the VIKING mulching mowers as, for example, the VIKING 5 Series model MB 545 VM mulches and returns the finely shredded grass particles back into the lawn as a fertiliser without the need for composting. Mulch mowing is also a great timesaver because the catcher bag doesn't have to be emptied. The VIKING mulch mowers are not choosy when it comes to picking up and processing cuttings. As well as grass cuttings, they collect and shred fallen leaves, tree seeds, and thin twigs. Consequently, growth next spring is not inhibited and surface compost consists of an ideal mixture of nitrogenous green material and carbon-containing leaves. 
Where mulching mowers reach their limits, a shredder finishes the job - the ideal aid for processing large quantities of garden waste such as flower cuttings, branches and leaves.
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