There's a balance between how fast the grass grows and how often you cut it. If you want to cut your grass less often then you need to bag otherwise the large

There's a balance between how fast the grass grows and how often you cut it. If you want to cut your grass less often then you need to bag otherwise the large volume of clippings pile up on the grass and don't decompose. In my case, my last lawn was St. Augustine which is a drought tolerant variety of grass typically planted in Florida or on golf courses because it requires less watering. In Georgia however there's no shortage of water so it thrived and during the peak growing season it would easily grow five or six inches a week. So I could either mow twice a week, mow once week and bag, or rip up and re-sod the whole thing. None of which was really desirable.