Lawn scarification
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Whoever scarified your lawn at this time of the year deserves to go out of business. The lawn is dormant at this time of the year, so no growth to recover from the scarification. They will have largely killed lawn unless it was so full of moss that you didn't have any to start with...
Buy the Lawn Expert book by Dr Hessayon and fire the expert who scarified your lawn in Winter.
Buy the Lawn Expert book by Dr Hessayon and fire the expert who scarified your lawn in Winter.
I doubt your lawn will have been killed, because grass is so damn resilient - but as others have said this is the very worst time of year to scarify. Scarifying is damaging in the short term, and requires that your lawn is actively growing so that it can recover.
Perhaps what you've had is not true scarification and was more of a moderate raking, in which case it's not quite so bad. But still the wrong time of year.
Autumn is the best time to scarify, when the soil is at its warmest and the grass is able to grow in the damp conditions. Some people scarify in spring, which is okay but not quite as good because the soil is still cold from the winter. Soil temperature lags behind the seasons slightly.
Perhaps what you've had is not true scarification and was more of a moderate raking, in which case it's not quite so bad. But still the wrong time of year.
Autumn is the best time to scarify, when the soil is at its warmest and the grass is able to grow in the damp conditions. Some people scarify in spring, which is okay but not quite as good because the soil is still cold from the winter. Soil temperature lags behind the seasons slightly.
Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Friday 30th January 06:19
It was scarified, aerated and treated. Although there's been snow for a couple of days it's now gone and we've not really had a deep frost so to speak. There is grass but it's quite muddy in patches. Hopefully it's not doomed but I can't understand (well for business reasons I can) why a national provider would do these treatments in Jan/feb
so it was Green Thumb! Little bit early but unlikely to cause any harm, yes the grass is dormant at the moment and growth is needed for recovery unless some dire weather comes it will start to recover once it starts to grow which may only be a few weeks away.
I run a lawn treatment company and we are about to start scarifying in the next couple of weeks(weather depending) I have a relatively small window to get it done as treatments kick in mid March.I tend to scarify in the autumn and from mid February with no issues the product and equipment that I use result in a speedy recovery once growth kicks in.
I run a lawn treatment company and we are about to start scarifying in the next couple of weeks(weather depending) I have a relatively small window to get it done as treatments kick in mid March.I tend to scarify in the autumn and from mid February with no issues the product and equipment that I use result in a speedy recovery once growth kicks in.
Daft. Probably the worst thing you could do to a lawn this time of year other than pour petrol over it.
What was it actually treated for? Lawns require nothing until warmer weather then they actually start to grow.
I'd have refused the work
What was it actually treated for? Lawns require nothing until warmer weather then they actually start to grow.
I'd have refused the work
Edited by paulw123 on Saturday 31st January 23:00
Shocked here as well
My lawn is shaded and prone to moss so I bought my own scarifier ages ago
Its pretty brutal but does the job - in late spring.........
Each time I give the lawn a once over it generates masses of waste
Seriously lots, tons and tons with knobs on. And a cherry on the top
If you've just had yours done properly there must have been a mountain of clag to get rid of
Bearing in mind the scepticism of scarifying at this time of the year in the current weather conditions how much stuff did your man take away?
Don't really want to get into who's done the work, was merely enquiring as to the level of damage potentially to the lawn. Hopefully it will recover, it's looking ok at the moment, and like has been said, grass is pretty resilient although it was only laid two years ago and for the first year it really struggled to take until we got these guys in to help us.
In terms of cuttings, there was loads. Probably about six times the amount from a normal mow!!
In terms of cuttings, there was loads. Probably about six times the amount from a normal mow!!
So they've done it again. It was booked in for next week so I phoned up to cancel the treatments to be told that they had managed to fit it in that fkn day. One day before the frost and two days before the snow. I'm kicking myself for not cancelling this racket when they did it last year - my lawn was poor all summer, it barely grew at all and just looked kind of patchy. Not 'green' whatsoever, more yellowy green.
Lucky for them green tom has no social media presence. I wonder why
Edited to add it was the full treatment - scarification and aeration
Lucky for them green tom has no social media presence. I wonder why
Edited to add it was the full treatment - scarification and aeration
MrMoonyMan said:
Shocking from both sides. Why on Earth did you let them and what are they doing?
This really won't have done the lawn any favours.
I phoned them a week in advance to postpone it and they'd snuck it in early as they were 'in the area'This really won't have done the lawn any favours.
I will be cancelling it and I will be seeking an explanation in writing as to why they did it a day before frost and snow was forecast - it's not as if this weather has come out of the blue
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