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PP, some of the reviewers have clearly got pretty large lawns and for them the machine has produced a huge amount of debris, so it must be fairly substantial. This is the one.
Verdun, when you say spiking to you mean aeration? I've done this by hand for a couple of years, and frankly its exhausting. I was rather hoping that the scarifier could perform this function too!
spiking is aeration,yes. Agree it is tiring even on my light soil. You can get spikes to strap to your shoes and you simply walk over your lawn...??? Not quite the same as scarifying....the removal of thatch etc to allow light and air to penetrate the lawn's surface. Spiking goes deeper.
I am not totally convinced of the need to spike.....stopped it a couple of years back....but on heavy clay soil it can be beneficial.
get your aerator ...it does make a big difference.
Reseeding is something I've only ever done in small areas after hand scarifying, and I'm starting from the assumption that the technique is no different when the bare patches are much larger.
My intention is to mix seed with an all purpose compost, lay it down until level with the surrounding surface, rake it in then apply a fine water spray. Do I need to add fertiliser a few days before reseeding, and if so, which one?
...I eventually found an electric scarifier for 48 quid on Screwfix, and bought it after reading what were mostly excellent reviews. ...
Just going to fetch mine from Screwfix a couple of miles away - cheaper than two hiring fees from Homebase - ordered online five minutes ago and just got a text to say it's ready to collect!
Thanks Des - good tip off specially 'cos it's heavily reduced - don't know how long the reduction is for.
Just got to make room for it in the garage - we'll give the BBQ to son - one thing in, one thing out - them's the new rules
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well that was a good buy! Very pleased! I've done the front lawn with the rake attachment - the lawn has been very neglected this year (parental demise etc) and it was a very old and somewhat neglected lawn when we moved here, and up until today it's only been spiked with a fork and raked with a spring tine rake ........ today I removed more than 3/4 of our brown bin full of thatch and moss, and the lawn's not a large one ... as long as the drive and as wide as the house It' looks pretty rough now, but some rain will improve things - then I'll give it another raking and in September I'll scarify and oversow with some lawn seed.
I was going to hire one, but this machine will pay for itself before September is out
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Just going to fetch mine from Screwfix a couple of miles away - cheaper than two hiring fees from Homebase - ordered online five minutes ago and just got a text to say it's ready to collect!
Thanks Des - good tip off
specially 'cos it's heavily reduced - don't know how long the reduction is for.
Just got to make room for it in the garage - we'll give the BBQ to son - one thing in, one thing out - them's the new rules
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well that was a good buy! Very pleased! I've done the front lawn with the rake attachment - the lawn has been very neglected this year (parental demise etc) and it was a very old and somewhat neglected lawn when we moved here, and up until today it's only been spiked with a fork and raked with a spring tine rake ........ today I removed more than 3/4 of our brown bin full of thatch and moss, and the lawn's not a large one ... as long as the drive and as wide as the house
It' looks pretty rough now, but some rain will improve things - then I'll give it another raking and in September I'll scarify and oversow with some lawn seed.
I was going to hire one, but this machine will pay for itself before September is out
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.