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Originally Posted by rhampshire

I respectfully disagree. Grass is about 85% water. I'd rather wash that crap out and let everything dry in my shop than have it stuck up there to fester. I have new(ish) spoindle seals and bearing, plus grease is an excellent water repellant. But I haven't even tested this wash kit yet...

I think there is some merit to what your saying or at least makes sense in theory. Wet grass left in deck over long periods or some water that will dry pretty quickly with nothing there to absorb it. Water should not penetrate into well greased bearings. It's not high pressure like from a pressure washer. Also my thinking was living grass that's wet will also create some heat which will help things rust and corrode as well.

Fermentation of the sugars in grasses gives off energy even in excess of the energy that can be captured by the growing organisms. This excess energy builds up as heat if the fermentation proceeds fast enough with the extra insulation provided by the grass clippings.*

So. Question is which is worse of 2 evils? Wash every week? Or let grass sit in deck week over week? Short of scraping deck every week and using no water, what can be done?