When is the BEST time to scarify a lawn | PERFECT lawn before & After
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- When is the best time to scarify a lawn - There are two times of the year that are ideal to be
scarifying a lawn
This question has come up a lot on my videos to people new to lawn care. Lawn scarification is used to remove moss and thatch from a lawn and is essential lawn maintenance.
Certain months During the Summer and winter - you should NOT scarify
There are best times to scarify - Spring and Autumn. Though these will also depend on the conditions local to you. In past years if the weather allows I have sacrificed in February without any problems. This year was to wet.
Regardless of where you are in the UK or Ireland, you shouldn't scarify in June or July
as it is to dry.
Autumn scarification can start as early as mid to late August as it is usually damper around then and carry on through to October. September is the perfect month to scarify, due to it being a damper month and the soil is still warm from the summer.
In some parts of the UK lawn care companies can carry on until November, though this will depend on local weather conditions. No scarification should be carried out in December or January as there is no recovery during these months.
Watch until the end to see before and after.
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Those scarifying videos are the most satisfying things ever. You're the landscaping equivalent to Dr Pimple Popper (and I mean that in the best possible way).
Haha thanks ❤
Hi Robbie,yeah it is true the weather does have a big impact on the gardens. I have a garden business in Cumbria and like you i too have a Border Collie called Meg and she goes everywhere with me to help with my jobs. Really appreciate the videos and comments,many thanks.
That's lovely. Seems to be a few of us gardeners have collies ❤
About ten years ago I started noticing spring temperatures got to us about 3 - 4 weeks earlier. Worrying! Your videos are much appreciated.
Thanks for stopping by 😁
Loving watching the dog
🐕🦺🦴🐕🐶🐾 Say hello to Bella
Great video Robbie, fantastic looking lawn in the photos near the end !!
Thanks this is an old one
Robbie “The Lawn King”. A smashing guy.
Thanks ❤
Robbie, please do a video on different lawn weeds and how to get rid. Which ones to pull out and which ones to spray. Keep up the good work mate.
Weed control is tricky for me to cover. My business is lawn treatments and off the back of that comes these videos.
The professional weed killers are a world away from the stuff you buy in the garden centre.
Premier Lawns thanks for the reply. Hopefully you take on a new customer whose lawn is riddled with weeds. Where can I buy professional weed killer? Any particular brand(s) ?
I live in NZ, looking for a scarifying video and I hear a man from my hometown in Belfast giving me tips! Great info.
Ah good man, if you like scarfying videos you have come to the right place 🤩 how long have you been down below?
@@Premier_lawns_official 11 years and 3 kids later. Miss home a lot but my main stress at the moment is clover and not COVID lockdowns fortunately. Hopefully your business is getting through it.
@@irishkiwi8337 not so bad, lockdowns are a great time to make UA-cam videos and have helped me grow the channel :)
Fair play to you Robbie you told everyone that the after pics weren't from this year because of the dry weather. Would have liked to have seen them though and then the ones from previous years. Just as a warning to people about how it can turn out despite years of experience. I'm a gardener myself in the North West and know that common sense is the most important thing needed to produce a good looking lawn and most problems caused by changing weather and seasonal differences can be overcome with a bit of knowledge and alot of common sense
It's not in my interest to show a lawn in poor light. It makes it harder to for me to film at clients houses
Excellent video and tutorial. Need to scarify my own law in autumn weather permitting.
Great weather for it now too
I bought a scarf fire D Thatcher machine it was a son Joe scarifier D Thatcher for about a 150 bucks. It has already paid for itself And it works great on a smalle to medium size lawn I have thousands
Sounds perfect 😁
Been watching your videos for a while now, I live in the south of the UK, Cornwall to be exact My lawn hadn't had any work done for two years until I moved in to the property. It was hugely overgrown had to strim it to get it down, on closer inspection, it was very compacted, very dead, struggled to find tips on what to do, found your videos and the lawn is starting to grow back. Top work and Thanks. One of the best here
Thanks ben 😁🤩
Loved the outro really cool effect
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I love a scarifying video, so a nice bonus as I wasn't expecting to see one in late June!
Hi Andrew
I have been sitting on this one for a while 😉❤
@Mathias Kareem No, no one cares.
Watched again as I'll be doing this come autumn thanks again Robbie 👍
Not long to go Mike until we are right back in the thick of it
Quare lawn boi. Yep definite seasonal upheavals and this year in NI was really so dry. I have commented to many friends on how strong the gorse (whinds) cherry blossom and mayflower have been. Feb was awful and out walking daily plenty of the fields were wet into April even with nearly 2 months of almost constant dry weather.
100 percent.
Great video,visited Belfast today for some work boots,lovely people up there I have to say
Where did you go, I need a new pair 😁
@@Premier_lawns_official arco in mallusk, no vat on work boot s which is a plus
Another quality tuition vid. Nice music as well!
Glad you liked it!
is that sarcastic!? :D
I've noticed a change Rob, seem to get two weeks of summer in late spring followed by a mediocre summer. typical british weather :)
I think it's not as cold now on the run up to winter
You sure? The whole of lockdown one last year was red hot where I’m from. I would agree summer was mediocre, but I feel as if we have our summer in spring now
just found your page and it is excellent thanks!!
Thanks David, any questions fire away 👍
Hi Roby, nice to see you out there with your doggy, helping you.
It looks like your using an Elliott scarifier there.
I just wanted to comment on how well your doing your videos.
See you next year (I hope) at the UK lawncare Network conference.
Tony of Trinity Lawns near Cambridge.
Hi Tony
Thanks for the kind words, it was great to meet you. Hopefully it won't be too long before we all get together again for a chat and a beer 🍺🍺🍺
im doing my lawn now, jan the 2nd and hopefully get it all done by tomorrow. loads of moss so far . i did it 3 years ago and got 27 bin bags but i think this time im looking at at the most, looks a bloody mess but i took it down to the soil last time and it looked fantastic in the spring, just level 2 this time so not so harsh
Good luck with your project
Trevor Harper. There’s a place called Clouds and it’s free!🤣
brilliant video, thank you very helpful.
You're welcome! If you enjoyed that video Paul, i think you might like this play series. ua-cam.com/play/PLV0W3KNEKSkKGIU1hJlGihpI78IKrdpqD.html
Yup love you’re channel...just found it and subscribed!!! Thank you
To get a good lawn it needs work!
Moss killer, fork, scarify over seed , dress..... for me this rime of year. Oh and Nematodes for the leather jackets...
I’ll pop them done about now and re do it in 6 weeks just so I get the time right... leather jacks can destroy a lawn!
Spring then feed and cut. I pick my weeds out with a screw driver as the grass is thick, there not a problem because the
Thickness....
Also this year I’ve left the mower blade slightly higher which gives that thick lush look, but, I’ll cut it lower just before I scarify.
Liked you’re idea about mossing after the scarify... but do you just spread the spores when it’s not dead?
Some great tips... keep posting em!
Have to look see if you’ve done one on feeding ...
thanks again! Great channel for sunny Surrey!
Hey thanks for leaving me a comment and subscribing 🤩 I really appreciate it ❤
Sounds like you have a good lawn care programme in place.
This is why I treat the lawn afterwards
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Yer saw that which made me ask....
It beats waiting 3/4 weeks for the moos to die back...think I’ll try it.
Also I like liquid lawn fertilisers as I’ve sometimes over done it with granular ones.
Always looking for something that’s better than I have.... normally about £50-70 a gallon but, lasts me ages as my lawn
Is only small...any recommendations?
Thinking of moving to a larger garden so a bigger mower... yeerrrrr!
Robbie great channel and thanks for a super quick reply
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@@bbr9707 thanks, my channels videos are all based around the stuff you ask me about. If enough people ask me a question I will make a video about it. You guys are just important to the channel as me!
Many thanks.... I’m sure your channel will grow
You keep making em and I’ll keep watching em.... I’ll also forward em to other friends.
I’m a little obsessed with the lawn... think the stuff I’ve fed it now has a colouring in it!
Thanks for the tips!👍
@@bbr9707 Hope you have a great Sunday
I really enjoy these videos Rob. We've just had our back garden landscaped on a new lawn seeded from scratch and would love to see a video from you on how best to care for a lawn from seed all the way to it being fully established. We are about 2 weeks in and have good growth, but I have no clue as to when to do the first mow, fertilizers, etc etc. I'm watering everyday and keeping the soil moist but its all guesswork at the moment. I look forward to more helpful content! Take care!
Hi Mat
There should be videos this autumn around that.
@@Premier_lawns_official awesome! Thanks!
Use a push cylinder mower if at all possible for first few cuts. Will thicken lawn up a treat without causing any damage a rotary will 👍🏻
@@Imthekingofdogshite A rotary on a high setting is good too
She can't use a rake but Bela can sure supervise you're doing it right.
Hope she gets paid lots of tennis balls for her superb work Robbie. 🤣⚾⚾🤣
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Bella the real 🌟 of the show
This is why I am Collie Garden Maintenance.
The dog is the star.
The customers are genuinely disappointed when Maggie is not with me for a job. Some of them have a special stash of Maggie dog biscuits!!
BTW i use einhell scarifier/aerator
Hi Robbie,
Thanks for getting back so quickly - very impressed.
The house is 30years old and the grass is (I think) a rye grass - coarse.
I just want the grass to look good (green and healthy) - it gets no traffic.
Unfortunately it’s patchy with meadow grass.
Kind regards.
Probably benefit from a good regular feeding program 👍
El escarificado se puede realizar con cualquier variedad de césped o solo con las que tienen crecimientos como estolones o rizomas? Soy de Chile y una persona que se dedica a la mantencion de prados acá me dijo que no se podía escarificar y que no salía a cuenta. Felicitaciones por tus videos 👏🏻👏🏻
Gracias por los amables comentarios y bienvenidos al canal.
Soy de Belfast, Irlanda del Norte
Great Video thank you
Fantastic job 🇬🇧👍🏻
Thanks ❤
Nice video Robbie
Thanks for stopping by Joseph, hope you have a cracking weekend 😁
Lovely Job! well done
Thank Bert ❤👍
I had new Turf laid around 8 weeks ago, and being ignorant of Poa etc it started coming up about 4 weeks after Turf was laid.
Should I use my rake now ?? my garden is small about 30m/s.
I am going to buy a hand scarifier.
This is new to me but willing to get stuck in to learn about new Turf and how to best treat it, thanks.
You will do more damage than good. You need to let it establish
Great video’s Robbie,
Tom. Green Garden Company.
Thanks Tom, are you happy to see the rain?
Hopefully it will last a few days then go back to sunshine. We can dream lol
Premier Lawns Absolutely,
it’s not very often I want to see rain at the weekend but the lawns will love it.
Great video as usual have a nice weekend
Same to you Mack 😁
Helpful video, but it would have been nice to see the result, complete with the problems, as this aids in the understanding.
Hi Darren, think of it from the perspective of the people that live there. If it was you, would you want your property to be show in something other than a good light?
99.9% of people wouldn't want it and it would lead to a LOT more of my clients saying they don't want their lawns and houses on my channel?
Thank you. Explained the process really well. One question how do you deal with the weeds?
Weed control
Super video..i am a complete lawn novice and have dozens of dandelions and weeds embedded deep into the grass/soil and have been for the last few years I have used weedol about 3 weeks ago and due to the cold wet weather here in North Wales will leave the scarifying into May Due to neglect of the lawn id their anything i need to do before or after scarifying. I noticed that what looked like a sprayer then seeding/fertiliser? Thanks
Awesome video!
Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍
Really enjoying the vids. Helping me a lot since moving in to my new place.
I have a path running down the middle of my lawn leading down to the end of the garden. I want to remove it and make the whole garden lawn, rather than segmented into sections. How do I remove the path and then make it level with the rest of the lawn? I think the soil beneath the path will be heavily compacted so I assume I need to do something there.
My question is: to get everything level once the path is removed, should I "reset" the rest of the lawn? What would your recommendation be?
Hard to say without seeing it, i would say your probably best to dig over what is under the old path, then bring it up to the same level. This video should help you with that that ua-cam.com/video/3xzVmX4-STA/v-deo.html
Great information
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Great video.... When I asked our guy down at the garden center that he owns about scarifying he said that this time of year for us to do it as I'm in the north of England was September
He said first need to cut the grass quite low aerate the soil then scarify cut the grass again then add grass seed topsoil on top and then over seed on the top of that... Do you think that'll be the correct thing to do my grass is 49 ft long by 8 foot?
Thank You Adam
Yes nothing wrong with doing that 👍👌
Bought my scarifier it’s sitting in my garage waiting for September, could you do a shopping lists of everything I need and link them to your video hopefully commission for you... and another great video
That’s precisely what I need too OR the name of someone good in Glasgow that could do a reasonable deal? Great channel for a novice like me 👍
great job
Thanks Jonny ❤👍
Hi Robbie, a great video. Do you recommend cutting the lawn before scarifying?
Always best too, some of my videos you will see the grass long. That's down tot eh client to get it cut. Less grass on the lawn means the machine does less work. Just don't scalp it
In what order do you suggest lawn care, ie aeration, scarifying, weed/moss control, fertilisation, seeding.
Thanks,and keep up the brilliant posts.
Hi nick, this video shows the order we do it in ua-cam.com/video/kAnAPsTwjDk/v-deo.html
Thanks
@@nickrobinson3937 your welcome ❤👍😁
Hi Robbie
Loving your videos but a little wary about embarking as our lawn is huge ... 150x70ft!
Once I've scarified (we have a lot of thatch) how long after should I feed/seed etc? When should I moss kill (the length of our garden has larger high neighbour's trees so gets mossy) Do I top dress? Also... silly q... but where can I get those big cubic bags u drag around? I need them to take to the recycling as the thatch will overwhelm our compost bins.
Our lawn is rectangular with lots of central beds and borders. Was thinking of buying a greenworks dethatcher. Or is there another brand that you suggest? Am I better renting for the size of the lawn?
So many questions!
Many thanks
That's a big lawn, 3000m2? The greenworks dethatcher, is going to be as much use as a chocolate fire guard there.
Hire in a pro scarifier or buy something decent.
Lastly the bags, local builders merchant, ask for a bulklton bag they will know what you want
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks for your prompt reply. Really impressed!! Re the area 150x70ft is approx 10,000ft2 which i think that it equates to 1,000m2.. (divide by 10) and that's the ground area but there are lots of beds so prob about half that?I you mention Eliete E501 but that's in xs of £2k so maybe hiring for a weekend would be better. Local hire place has Honda GX160... any good?! Thanks again
@@jobourne5267 I think so yes, even 1000m2, that's a big lump of lawn. At best it will take you a day to do with the pro tools. Probably more like two for the first time anyway...
Yeah, this years drought has been tough. I reseeded my lawn... it’s taken, but the sword is weak. I’ve put down some potassium and phosphate to help.... going for a soil test this week to get me ahead of the hot weather...
Soil test probably won't give you many answers.
Because of the fertiliser, it will give you a false reading
Premier Lawns I have put a few liquid apps down. It’s one that you send off and get a full report on, I’m hopeful, because I’m missing something but I can’t quite put my finger on it. I’m hoping it’s just nitrogen, but I don’t want to put anymore down in case it isn’t. Where the dogs pee and I water it down, the grass is a nice dark green and grows faster.... my iron apps aren’t taking at all..... the joys of wanting the perfect lawn...
@@rosscraddock6241 The dogs pee has is feeding the lawn - you know this, right?
Some grass isn't just as green as other varieties.
Premier Lawns yeah I know, hence I think it’s nitrogen. The grass seed I bought was a perennial rye PM36, it’s cultivars are dark green, however some parts are that yellow green and others are darker. The dogs patches are Augusta fairway green lol...
Another great video Robbie, learning a lot from you thank you. I definitely agree the seasons seem to be far more erratic going from one extreme to another these days.
6:52 When's kick off?? Posting from Aust, so understanding the heat effect on a lawn (2022 not great for you guys ;D) but better than concrete or paving everyday!
You can do this at the end of August 👍
Great advice thanks. Any recommendations for dealing with clover?
I can't advise on domestic weed control
Another great video Robbie. 👍🏼
Have you been getting yourself a Mavic Air 2?
Yes got the air 2. Fantastic device ❤
Easy to fly, not so easy to film and use those clips in the videos.
I have never thumbs down any of your videos...ever but I did this one.
You asked to watch till the very end as you would show the results you got.
But then you showed pictures from a different year.
You can't control the weather and the clients actions are not your responsibility but you can be honest in showing the outcome.
I always here time and again that people want to see before and after pictures.
If it hadn't of been for the drought the lawn would look like this as it looks like this every year after I do it.
I honestly thought I was being open and honest about it. I could have easily have said that it was this year.
Hi I watch your videos. I think you are doing a good job. Could you tell me which fertilizer to use after over seeding and top dressing. Many thanks.
The fertilisers I use are professional use only and not readily available in small bags.
Wow, that's looking amazing with the stripes. Nice video 👍 Why didn't you aerify this time? How do you decide if you need to aerify a lawn or not?
Depends if the client wants it or not (budget etc)
Thanks, ok I see, so you would recommend it every time before scarifying, once or twice a year?
If you can do it once a year ❤
Haha May was really really dry, great month. The lawn had it hard with no watering.
It was a very hard month for all our lawns. People forget that very quickly
Hey Robbie. Love your channel.Moved to a new house in March. Scarified early June in the super hot weather and have left my newly aquired lawn looking terrible with loads of bear patches. Realise now I probably shouldn't have done it when I did. Should I overseed now or put up with it looking bad and wait to overseed in the Autumn? Its a big lawn over half an acre.
Hi Robbie great videos, had a company in to overhaul the lawn scarifiy, aerate overseed etc .... some parts of the lawn are like a trampoline so I raked it out but it seems so thick with old thatch/moss couple of inches... end up with a bare patch obviously what is best way around this please? P.S wish you were in the UK .. all the best and keep up the excellent work
Need to seed those areas
@@Premier_lawns_official cheers robbie
I scarified a lawn in march and it still hasn't recovered. I still have bare patches where the new grass seed hasn't germinated. Its been too hot and dry since then, even using sprinklers.
Hi Tom. What a year it has been, wettest February on record. Then non stop sunshine. You couldn't make it up!
I was lucky with my back lawn, but with all the attention that got my front lawn got seriously neglected. Let’s hope for a good autumn! 👍
Do you guys mostly grow cool season grasses there? The amount of thatch you pull out in these vids is incredible (and staisfying to watch lol).
Yes cool season grass here
Hi Robbie, what type of nozzle and nozzle sizes do you uses for different applications eg moss control and herbicides with your knapsack sprayer. Great channel thanks.
What's your thoughts on fixed or swinging blades on a scarifier. Great video 👍
Either or 😁
I’ve heard that applying liquid seaweed helps the lawn...when’s the best time to apply and how often? Another good video btw
Seaweed I great. Every 6-8weeks is best
Great vids, quick question: Do you recommend scarifying twice a year or just spring or autumn?
Robbie, can you recommend a good fertiliser and also is it best to spray on the iron product to kill the moss after the scarifying
There is product links in all the video descriptions
Would it be good idea to cut the lawn to shortest before scaryfying
It depends on how harsh you want to be and the tools you are using. If for example you are hiring pro level tools no the lawn doesn't have to be short
Another great video. Thanks! I’ve used Resolva Weed killer for lawn. It’s killed weeds but left yellow patches. Should I put lawn patch down or will it go away on its own accord? Any advice gratefully accepted! Many thanks
Best to leave it to work it's magic
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Скажите пожалуйста как правильно рассчитать стоимость сезонных работ по уходу за газоном (стрижка, вычесывание, восстановление, внесение удобрений)?
Что за машина у Вас для скарификации?
Очень интересный у Вас канал, много полезной информации, но есть одно но, мало Ваших видео с субтитрами на русском языке.
Какое видео посоветуйте посмотреть, где раскрыта тема о высоте стрижки газона, и его видах, чтобы понимать с каким газоном придется работать и какую высоту стрижки выбрать для данного вида газона?
Скажите пожалуйста чем вы опрыскивание после скарификации, а сеялкой Вы разбрасываете семена травы, или удобрения?
Привет и добро пожаловать на канал
Многие новые видео имеют русские субтитры.
Hey there. When you say scarify in spring and autumn? So Does that mean twice a year?
Also, do you use iron sulphate as a moss killer or a dedicated product; if the latter, which one? Thanks
thanks for the videos... can i ask if scarfying is ok just once a year or better twice
Twice is better
my moss is so thick in areas of my lawn that when i rake it, there isnt much left at all! just a large brown patch of soil with very little grass. in this situation, should i fill these large patches with topsoil and reseed? what about aeration, should that be done before scarifying and top soil??
Roland, every lawn is different. The tools we use lets us do things in a different order this video explains why we do it that way ua-cam.com/video/72BMdvuTRAE/v-deo.html
Why didn't you have a collection box on the lawn raker ?
It would have taken forever to scarify with a box
Thank you for your replies. One more q how do make my grass grow thick apart from over seedng
Best way is to feed the lawn 🌱
Happy to answer your questions😁
Thanks
@@Premier_lawns_official thanks any particular feed you could recommend
I've been watching your videos since before you had 1k subs now up to 12k! Amazing!
My question is I am looking for a scarifier(electric) to replace the one I have. It's too heavy and clunky. Is there a type you recommend. Seen a Bosch which I fancy
Hey waseem thanks for watching 😁
My channel has grown just a little this year ❤
To be honest I don't know much about electric scarifiers as all my tools are petrol. Sorry this doesn't help you much.
Change in the seasons? I think so we are seeing signs of early autumn colours now in the end of July. For example our eucryphia is in flower now, usually it flowers end of august/ early September and our Parrotia Perseca is turning colour already. We live in Widnes.
I never use lime. If you have fertilised in the last few months you won't get a true ph reading
Hello Robbie, great video as always, my lawn is coming along nicely since starting to watch your videos at the start of lockdown. I have been following your advice and I scarified (hard) late March and it took a while to come back (although now stronger and better) but I’m planning on doing another hit in September October time as there is still some thatch/moss in the lawn. How do I know how low to set the blades, to do the best job with the least damage? Thanks again
I'm asked this all the time and I think it just comes with experience. Why not get yourself a bag of seed just in case.
Premier Lawns was thanks for coming back to me , I always have seed and feed in the cupboard, as I’m obsessed now with having a full lawn, with the scarifying is it best to just do a patch and lower it bit by bit until it starts to take a bit of the green grass with the brown out?
Only keep it in the cupboard for a year less. It doesn't keep 😉
Hi Robbie, really enjoy watching all your posts. I’ve just scarified a large lawn for the 1st time at a house we bought last year. I’ve got Ferrogem to apply now but what other granular fertiliser would you recommend generally? David
Hi David I will be bringing out my own fertiliser in a couple of months.
@@Premier_lawns_official okay fab, I’ll keep an eye on the channel for that to be announced
Right .. which tool scarifies? ... the thin ‘rakes’ or the flat ‘slitters’?
Eh?
Thanks for the video.just got a couple of questions what is the best order to carryout the following ?
Aeroate- iron phosphate- scarify - lawn seeding and lastly fertilising . Is that the correct order ? Also what do you recommend for iron sulphate and lawn seed and fertilizer ? Many thanks.
We use professional tools that affects this a little. We aerate, scarify, moss control and feed.
That order changes for things like over seeding.
Seed - depends on the grass already in the lawn and the needs of the client
@@Premier_lawns_official so you would seed before feed ? Any recommendations for feed ?
Hi these videos are great. Can I ask is the timeline scarify/ moss control and seed in one day? I see it suggested elsewhere to do the moss control two weeks or so before seed? What stuff is it you use to do it in one day? Can you do a link to it? Thanks
Hi Steven, if you seen that somewhere else they have taken that one from me. You shouldn't do moss control at the same time 👍
Great videos, but this one was ruined by showing all the work in one year with the results of another. You didn’t hide that fact, but videos like this are appealing when they are authentic and realistic. I would have much preferred to have seen the end result for this year, with any accompanying comments from you.
Hi a very informative video thanks, can I ask if you apply the iron to lawn after scarifying how do you treat the black moss that is left. And what treatment do you use, is it a mixture with seed too. Cheers Simon
The grass grows through any remaining moss, its not an issue
Thanks I suppose the best thing I've learnt from your vids is not to take too much off at once so if I have to do it spring and autumn then so be it.
@@simonmahoney2328 Little and often is the best way
Hi Robbie I've just put down a new lawn end of August 2022 all seed not turf I'm happy with it looks good when will it need scarifying or will it be okay for a year at least before doing it 👍👍
I would leave it at least 6 months, depends on the lawn
@@Premier_lawns_official nice one thanks 👍👍
Hey Robbie. Love the videos. Thanks.
In this particular scarifying job I noticed fertiliser going on but not overseeding or top soil. Is scarifying still effective? I assumed it was down to customer budget or the fact t the lawn was huge. Thanks in advance. Cracking dog by the way!
That's Bella my collie, the real star of the show ❤
No aeration or seeding at this one. Depends on what the clients needs are..
@@Premier_lawns_official cheers Robbie. Subscribed today!
You dont need to overseed if the lawn is healthy and without bare spots. I usually overseed every three years or after a harsh winter but i scarify every year.
Overseeding is good to keep out poa
Great videos Robbie. Any tips on the removal of meadow grass? I scarified, over seeded and top dressed earlier in the year and the grass is looking great but I have patches of meadow grass which is spoiling the look!
I keep meaning to do video on annual meadow grass, however other videos keep getting in the way. Though it is coming
Excellent - I’ll look out for it! I may have been better to take it all up (there wasn’t much left after scarifying you be honest!!) and seed the whole lawn again but I’m now pulling out sections of it by hand and then filling back in with top soil n seed mix.
@@andycurrie5681 pulling it out by hand isn't very effective IMO.
Oh ok...I look forward to the video in that case 😀
Can you comment on how wet or dry a lawn needs to be for scarifying - what is too wet and what is too dry?
Common sense should tell you. If it's to wet to cut...
Do you need a dry day to scarify the lawn? Or is it OK to do it on a showery day?
It's much more fun on a dry day!
Hey Robbie,
Thanks for the video, looks great.
I'm planning to do a bit of work on my lawn in the next few weeks. I plan to aerate, scarify, apply some lime(doing a ph test tomorrow) and then reseed. Would that be the right order to do them in and could I do them all within 1-2 days or should I leave a bit of time between certain steps?
Thanks for your time and advice!!
If you have fertilised the lawn in the last 3 months you won't get a true Ph reading
@@Premier_lawns_official Thanks Robbie. Haven't fertilised this year. Glad to hear all the rest sounds like a half decent plan so!
@@tehbiggles Good luck with it
Robbie, where can I get a hedge to walk through to drop all the clippings?
Rob there are few and far between 😂😁
Could you use a lawnmower with a grass collection bucket, instead of a blower?
Would be full in no time
Great videos and great craic.
What sort of grass seed would you recommend for a Norn Ireland south facing lawn front lawn?
Depends on what is already in the lawn and what the lawn is going to be used for
I'm looking at a £70 raker/scarifier from Screwfix which has got good reviews, but I don't see anything about scarifiers pulling up weeds?
My lawns are patchy with very dry areas and weedy areas.
A scarifer isn't meant to do the weeds
Nice work Robbie, looking good. How much ml of sea weed per liter in a knapsack sprayer would you recommend for general maintenance?
Depends on the product, it's not usually that much 50-100mm per 10l.
Helps to leave the lid off the sprayer for 5-10 to let it ferment
@@Premier_lawns_official 5-10 days I assume?
Hi Robbie
What Eliet scarifier are you using? Great video.
Hi Andrew I use the 501
Hi Robbie. Really enjoy the scarifying videos.
I live in Donegal and I scarified and seeded the lawn in May. It's looking decent now.
In September I'll be cutting it low, aerating, scarifying and then applying 'Zero' moss killer to it in that order.
Should I also spray some weed killer (the lawn is prone to them) and should I be seeding it too? If so when should I do those steps?
I'm new to this stuff so any help is appreciated 👍👍
You must have been watering
@@Premier_lawns_official yeah I watered it every day before the hose pipe ban came in. I'll send you photos of the changes over 4 weeks if you're interested
Robbie, did you apply moss killer and fertilise the same day you scarified?? Thanks
Yep!
Is it right you should only scarify once every two years?
No, that's not right at all. Once a year, your lawn will love it. (Or more if you wish)
Great video thanks. Am up North East England do you think August would be ok for scarifying? Also would you suggest a weed killer with some fertiliser straight after the process? Thank you.
Hi J, I don't recommend fertilisers or weed control on this channel. To many variations and things to consider.
Though we will be starting the scarifications from mid August this year.
@@Premier_lawns_official Thank you.