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how to use the Mantis Aerator Attachment
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I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. It took me about 30 minutes to figure how to dethatch the lawn. At first it appears that I am smashing the lawn. But with a little practice, it seems to work more or less. Then I tried the Aerator. That seems like a nightmare. Instead of cutting slits on the lawn, it just pulls out all the grass. I have no clue how it's supposed to work. I spoke to a Little Wonder support person, she said that there is one type of grass (most typically in the souther part of the country) whose roots grows horizontally (instead of vertically) and the Aerator/Dethatcher will simply not work with lawns of this type. But since my dethatcher works more or less, it's doubly highly unlikely that my lawn is of this type. Anyone have any advice on that ??? Thanks, Jin |
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how to use the Mantis Aerator Attachment
(Chet Hayes) wrote:
(jin) wrote in message . com... Hi, I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. It took me about 30 minutes to figure how to dethatch the lawn. At first it appears that I am smashing the lawn. But with a little practice, it seems to work more or less. Then I tried the Aerator. That seems like a nightmare. Instead of cutting slits on the lawn, it just pulls out all the grass. I have no clue how it's supposed to work. I spoke to a Little Wonder support person, she said that there is one type of grass (most typically in the souther part of the country) whose roots grows horizontally (instead of vertically) and the Aerator/Dethatcher will simply not work with lawns of this type. But since my dethatcher works more or less, it's doubly highly unlikely that my lawn is of this type. Anyone have any advice on that ??? Thanks, Jin Are you letting the aerator move freely across the lawn? If you're trying to hold it back and let it stay in one spot, that would certainly chew up the grass under it. An aerator is supposed to just move steadily along, allowing the the tines to pierce the soil. A real core aerator has hollow tines that takes about 3/4 inch plugs of soil out, letting air and water in and de-compacting the soil. The unit you have has knives instead of hollow tines, so it's less effective, but still tries to do the same thing. This might be a clue to his aeration problems.. I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. Reckon? -- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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how to use the Mantis Aerator Attachment
(Chet Hayes) wrote:
(jin) wrote in message . com... Hi, I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. It took me about 30 minutes to figure how to dethatch the lawn. At first it appears that I am smashing the lawn. But with a little practice, it seems to work more or less. Then I tried the Aerator. That seems like a nightmare. Instead of cutting slits on the lawn, it just pulls out all the grass. I have no clue how it's supposed to work. I spoke to a Little Wonder support person, she said that there is one type of grass (most typically in the souther part of the country) whose roots grows horizontally (instead of vertically) and the Aerator/Dethatcher will simply not work with lawns of this type. But since my dethatcher works more or less, it's doubly highly unlikely that my lawn is of this type. Anyone have any advice on that ??? Thanks, Jin Are you letting the aerator move freely across the lawn? If you're trying to hold it back and let it stay in one spot, that would certainly chew up the grass under it. An aerator is supposed to just move steadily along, allowing the the tines to pierce the soil. A real core aerator has hollow tines that takes about 3/4 inch plugs of soil out, letting air and water in and de-compacting the soil. The unit you have has knives instead of hollow tines, so it's less effective, but still tries to do the same thing. This might be a clue to his aeration problems.. I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. Reckon? -- http://NewsReader.Com/ 50 GB/Month |
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how to use the Mantis Aerator Attachment
(Chet Hayes) wrote in message . com...
(jin) wrote in message . com... Hi, I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. It took me about 30 minutes to figure how to dethatch the lawn. At first it appears that I am smashing the lawn. But with a little practice, it seems to work more or less. Then I tried the Aerator. That seems like a nightmare. Instead of cutting slits on the lawn, it just pulls out all the grass. I have no clue how it's supposed to work. I spoke to a Little Wonder support person, she said that there is one type of grass (most typically in the souther part of the country) whose roots grows horizontally (instead of vertically) and the Aerator/Dethatcher will simply not work with lawns of this type. But since my dethatcher works more or less, it's doubly highly unlikely that my lawn is of this type. Anyone have any advice on that ??? Thanks, Jin Are you letting the aerator move freely across the lawn? If you're trying to hold it back and let it stay in one spot, that would certainly chew up the grass under it. An aerator is supposed to just move steadily along, allowing the the tines to pierce the soil. unfortunately the Mantis dethatcher and aerator are all supposed to move backwards, according to the manual. letting the aerator move forwards will simply see the machine councing like a frog. A real core aerator has hollow tines that takes about 3/4 inch plugs of soil out, letting air and water in and de-compacting the soil. The unit you have has knives instead of hollow tines, so it's less effective, but still tries to do the same thing. |
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(jin) wrote in message . com...
(Chet Hayes) wrote in message . com... (jin) wrote in message . com... Hi, I have just bought a 2-cycle Mantis Tiller with Aerator/Dethatcher attachment. It took me about 30 minutes to figure how to dethatch the lawn. At first it appears that I am smashing the lawn. But with a little practice, it seems to work more or less. Then I tried the Aerator. That seems like a nightmare. Instead of cutting slits on the lawn, it just pulls out all the grass. I have no clue how it's supposed to work. I spoke to a Little Wonder support person, she said that there is one type of grass (most typically in the souther part of the country) whose roots grows horizontally (instead of vertically) and the Aerator/Dethatcher will simply not work with lawns of this type. But since my dethatcher works more or less, it's doubly highly unlikely that my lawn is of this type. Anyone have any advice on that ??? Thanks, Jin Are you letting the aerator move freely across the lawn? If you're trying to hold it back and let it stay in one spot, that would certainly chew up the grass under it. An aerator is supposed to just move steadily along, allowing the the tines to pierce the soil. unfortunately the Mantis dethatcher and aerator are all supposed to move backwards, according to the manual. letting the aerator move forwards will simply see the machine councing like a frog. sorry for the typo, meant "bouncing like a frog" A real core aerator has hollow tines that takes about 3/4 inch plugs of soil out, letting air and water in and de-compacting the soil. The unit you have has knives instead of hollow tines, so it's less effective, but still tries to do the same thing. |
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