Soil temps are only around 6 degrees, some grasses are only just waking up, Fine grass will want at least 10 degrees of soil temp so they are still dormant.
To the op Nothing wrong with an electric scary they work very well , just make sure all grass species are growing well.
Thank you everyone,for your good advice.I think I may wait until the soil temperature has increased more & see if my lawn improves before I decide to scarify or not.
My lawn (about 130 m²) gets a lot of moss in the winter and needs regular scarifying at least once or twice a year. I used to do this with a hand-scarifier but, with the weight of years, found this operation more and more tiring. Back in 2020 I purchased an electric scarifier. It's not a very robust machine, but this all I could find as far as electric scarifiers go. Actually it lost one wheel the first time I used it, plus one of the bolts that hold the handlebar in place.
Anyway, it does the job, if you know how to manipulate it. You need to be extra careful how "deep" the blades get into the soil, neither too deep nor too lightly.
Just went over my lawn last week with the Aerator roller at the beginning of the week, and with the Scarifying unit this afternoon. Now my lawn looks more like a potato field than a lawn, but in a few weeks' time it will be OK. In the meantime I will throw some compost & sand all over it.
Hi everyone.I scarified my lawn last November as it had a lot of spongy yellow thatch,I used an electric Scarifier,& got loads of it up.It’s now nearly as bad again.Is it ok to do it again this spring.Many thanks in advance.
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To the op Nothing wrong with an electric scary they work very well , just make sure all grass species are growing well.
the Scarifying unit