Scarifier
 

My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good idea to have
a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is with a
grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part of the
lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://www.gardenandleisure.com/products/wsands15.html

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand rake?

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"gavin" wrote in message
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My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good idea to
have a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is
with a grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part
of the lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://www.gardenandleisure.com/products/wsands15.html

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand
rake?



no all you need is a small B&D or Bosch electric scarifier.............B&Q
or Homebase.

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"tpow" wrote in message
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"gavin" wrote in message
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My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good idea to
have a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is
with a grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part
of the lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://www.gardenandleisure.com/products/wsands15.html

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective
are they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a
hand rake?



no all you need is a small B&D or Bosch electric scarifier.............B&Q
or Homebase.

Something like this then?

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/na...&isSearch=true

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"gavin" wrote in message
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"tpow" wrote in message
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"gavin" wrote in message
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My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good idea to
have a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it
is with a grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small
part of the lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://www.gardenandleisure.com/products/wsands15.html

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective
are they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a
hand rake?



no all you need is a small B&D or Bosch electric
scarifier.............B&Q or Homebase.

Something like this then?

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/na...&isSearch=true



yes,

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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:35:16 GMT, "gavin"
wrote and included this (or
some of this):

My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good idea to have
a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is with a
grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part of the
lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://www.gardenandleisure.com/products/wsands15.html

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand rake?

You could get an electric-powered one for not much more money.

BTW you may well find that scarifying will spread the moss and make
the problem worse unless you treat and kill the moss first.


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"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²" wrote in message
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On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:35:16 GMT, "gavin"
wrote and included this (or
some of this):

My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good idea to
have
a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is with
a
grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part of the
lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://www.gardenandleisure.com/products/wsands15.html

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand
rake?

You could get an electric-powered one for not much more money.

BTW you may well find that scarifying will spread the moss and make
the problem worse unless you treat and kill the moss first.

I did spread (supposedly!) moss killing granules a week or so ago.

I use a Mantis scarifire on small lawns as I find this the most affective machine for the job,you maybe able to hire one.It's much more aggresive than the eletric machines.If your mower can pick up the debris thats pulled out when you scarify you either haven't got much moss and thatch or your machine isn't doing a proper job.If your lawn hasn't been scarified before be prepared for a huge amount of rubbish to be pulled out and as you've just applied moss killer you won't be able to compost it,so it's of to the local tip.

If your going to the trouble of scarifying your lawn then you may as well go the whole hog and aeriate it too. After spikeing, top dress with a mixture of peat, JInumber 1 and river sand and brush it into the holes. This will improve drain drainage and get some air to the roots which will in turn discourage moss growth. Through the growing period foliar feed the lawn with something like Lawn Magic which is a liquid feed and can be applied by lawn feeder attched to a hosepipe. see www.superspray.co.uk

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"old perennial" wrote in message
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'gavin[_2_ Wrote:
;801293']My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good
idea to have
a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is
with a
grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part of
the
lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://tinyurl.com/4lno2o

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective
are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand
rake?
If your going to the trouble of scarifying your lawn then you may as
well go the whole hog and aeriate it too. After spikeing, top dress
with a mixture of peat, JInumber 1 and river sand and brush it into the
holes. This will improve drain drainage and get some air to the roots
which will in turn discourage moss growth. Through the growing period
foliar feed the lawn with something like Lawn Magic which is a liquid
feed and can be applied by lawn feeder attched to a hosepipe. see
www.superspray.co.uk

Thanks very much for the advice - flipping heck, there's a lot more to this
than meets the eye!

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gavin wrote:
"old perennial" wrote in message
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'gavin[_2_ Wrote:
;801293']My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a good
idea to have
a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is
with a
grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part of
the
lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://tinyurl.com/4lno2o

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective
are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand
rake?
If your going to the trouble of scarifying your lawn then you may as
well go the whole hog and aeriate it too. After spikeing, top dress
with a mixture of peat, JInumber 1 and river sand and brush it into the
holes. This will improve drain drainage and get some air to the roots
which will in turn discourage moss growth. Through the growing period
foliar feed the lawn with something like Lawn Magic which is a liquid
feed and can be applied by lawn feeder attched to a hosepipe. see
www.superspray.co.uk

Thanks very much for the advice - flipping heck, there's a lot more to this
than meets the eye!


I used one like the the one in your link and got 2 bin bags full of
thatch from my front lawn.
And yes it was much easier than a garden rake, but you have to go over
it a number of times.

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"Bob H" wrote in message
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gavin wrote:
"old perennial" wrote in
message ...
'gavin[_2_ Wrote:
;801293']My lawn has a lot of moss in it so I thought it would be a
good
idea to have
a go at raking it out. However, I had forgotten what hard work it is
with a
grass rake! I was sweating cobs tonight and only did a small part of
the
lawn - and then the heavens opened and rescued me :-)

I was wondering if an implement such as the one here

http://tinyurl.com/4lno2o

would do the trick? Has anyone used something like this? How effective
are
they - and more to the point how much less effort are they than a hand
rake?
If your going to the trouble of scarifying your lawn then you may as
well go the whole hog and aeriate it too. After spikeing, top dress
with a mixture of peat, JInumber 1 and river sand and brush it into the
holes. This will improve drain drainage and get some air to the roots
which will in turn discourage moss growth. Through the growing period
foliar feed the lawn with something like Lawn Magic which is a liquid
feed and can be applied by lawn feeder attched to a hosepipe. see
www.superspray.co.uk

Thanks very much for the advice - flipping heck, there's a lot more to
this
than meets the eye!
I used one like the the one in your link and got 2 bin bags full of thatch
from my front lawn.
And yes it was much easier than a garden rake, but you have to go over it
a number of times.

Thanks, Bob.