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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? |
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"gavin" wrote in message ... 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 ... "gavin" wrote in message ... 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 ... "tpow" wrote in message ... "gavin" wrote in message ... 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. -- ®óñ© © ²°¹°-°² |
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"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²" wrote in message ... 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. |
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"old perennial" wrote in message news '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 news '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 ... gavin wrote: "old perennial" wrote in message news '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. |
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