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I bought a Bosch electric scarifier from Amazon for about £70, one of the best things I've bought ! .
1st time of using it, I got loadsa moss but not too bad now, it gets used twice a year.
I'd buy a branded one as you may struggle getting replacement spines/spikes when needed on a unbranded/unknown make.
1st time of using it, I got loadsa moss but not too bad now, it gets used twice a year.
I'd buy a branded one as you may struggle getting replacement spines/spikes when needed on a unbranded/unknown make.
PositronicRay said:
Lawn now waterlogged, weather due to warm up, likely to go crazy? Time for seed and feed methinks.
Read thishttps://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/lawn-diary/april-lawn-...
Blackpuddin said:
Wondering whether to spend £80 or so on an electric scarifier/moss remover but have been put off by lots of neg reviews saying they're not worth it as you have to stop every ten seconds to empty the box.
I have a cheapy scarifier, £20 from gumtree. I prop the back open and rake all the grass up at the end.AstonZagato said:
What are the recommendations for a scarifier? Ideally petrol but electric also works (I have a couple of acres of lawn but there are many electric points around the perimeter.)
I recently bought a VonHaus from Amazon. With hindsight i would have gone petrol/battery as the lead is a pain but it managed to get a huge amount of thatch/grass out (on c.300m2) before the rain hit. The collector is pointless but I just ran over everything with the mower. Had to bribe the dustmen this morning with beer to take it! AstonZagato said:
What are the recommendations for a scarifier? Ideally petrol but electric also works (I have a couple of acres of lawn but there are many electric points around the perimeter.)
Billy Goat scarifiers. I have used one of these before when working on a cricket ground. Good piece of kit.Personally, I have the Allett Kensington mower which has removable cartridges. As such, I just take out the blade cartridge, and put in the scarifier cartridge. My garden however is only circa 0.25 acres.
Edited by Hobo on Tuesday 3rd April 12:24
iambigred said:
Can anyone recommend a good supplier of grass seed (the best quality at the lowest price 
)?
Not a recommendation as not tried it yet )? but I picked up a box of seeds and a box of lawn feed from Aldi. They have some in at £2.99 this week, but also had some from a previous week at £3.99 a box so went for that one assuming price would reflect quality.https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/garden
hyphen said:
Not a recommendation as not tried it yet but I picked up a box of seeds and a box of lawn feed from Aldi. They have some in at £2.99 this week, but also had some from a previous week at £3.99 a box so went for that one assuming price would reflect quality.
https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/garden
I got a couple of boxes of that too. I've just moved in and will be looking to do some patch repairs on an otherwise decent-ish lawn. but I picked up a box of seeds and a box of lawn feed from Aldi. They have some in at £2.99 this week, but also had some from a previous week at £3.99 a box so went for that one assuming price would reflect quality.https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/garden
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So this is what my lawn looks like as of today. It was a new build nearly 4 years ago, south facing garden that is quite a bit wider than it is deep so the fence at the back blocks pretty much all sunlight in the winter and a foot or 2 closest to the fence in the summer. Weirdly though, that seems to be the best growing part in the summer.
When we first moved in I watered it quite a lot and it looked ok for the first proper summer but since then it’s been poor. It seems to grow really thick in parts and grows very little in others. There aren’t any bald patches, but some parts of the grass just literally don’t seem to grow. Also in the summer I’ve noticed patches where the very top almost seems to look like it has a white chalk on the top of the grass.
No kids to ruin it, we have a male dog, can’t remember if it’s male or female dogs that ruin turf.
What’s the best course of action?
alistair1234 said:
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So this is what my lawn looks like as of today. It was a new build nearly 4 years ago, south facing garden that is quite a bit wider than it is deep so the fence at the back blocks pretty much all sunlight in the winter and a foot or 2 closest to the fence in the summer. Weirdly though, that seems to be the best growing part in the summer.
When we first moved in I watered it quite a lot and it looked ok for the first proper summer but since then it’s been poor. It seems to grow really thick in parts and grows very little in others. There aren’t any bald patches, but some parts of the grass just literally don’t seem to grow. Also in the summer I’ve noticed patches where the very top almost seems to look like it has a white chalk on the top of the grass.
No kids to ruin it, we have a male dog, can’t remember if it’s male or female dogs that ruin turf.
What’s the best course of action?
However I'm no expert so happy to be corrected!
richatnort said:
I've found this is a good website to keep me right.I see the guy as the Harry Metcalfe of lawns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXqOTb2lKQ0
Patrick Bateman said:
richatnort said:
I've found this is a good website to keep me right.I see the guy as the Harry Metcalfe of lawns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXqOTb2lKQ0
nadger said:
I always understood that any dog urine was damaging for grass, but female dogs tended to do more damage as they concentrate the urine when they squat.
However I'm no expert so happy to be corrected!
Not saying that is wrong and that I am right, I don't actually know what the truth is!However I'm no expert so happy to be corrected!
I have been told that the nitrates in dog wee can be good for grass as fertiliser, but when a dog wees it's far too concentrated in a small area so it normally doesn't he opposite and kills the grass.
I am fixing that the normal areas my two dogs wee in are thriving at the moment, because of all the rain and the fact my lawn is waterlogged diluting the wee. A friend with two dogs always goes around after his dogs with a watering can and has a perfectly good lawn.
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