Hi
Im new to lawn care and have turfed my garden two years ago.
After heavy rainfall i have birds coming to the garden to pick on the grass and i assume feed on worms. They pick and leave divets in the grass.
I went to use a hand rake to collect what the birds have left. I was amazed to see how much dead grass which i assume must be the thatch i have been reading about.
I also have a lot of meadow grass or POA which is very unsightly considering i only turfed two years ago.
I have read up and it seems i need to treat the moss, weeds with some treatment. Allow it to do it work for a week then scarify in two directions then fertilise and re seed and water.
My question is are my assumption above correct and should i buy a scarifying machine which can rake too and do i rake first then scarify.
Any recommendations on which machine to purchase and what treatments to purchase. I have seen ‘Mowy’ advertising heavily on treatment packs but seem very expensive.
I have considered purchasing a cobra cylinder mower which has all the cartridge attachment but is very expensive and do you meed a really flat lawn to use such a machine. Mine is fairly flat and level
Look forward to any advise and recommendations.
Thank you in advance.
Im new to lawn care and have turfed my garden two years ago.
After heavy rainfall i have birds coming to the garden to pick on the grass and i assume feed on worms. They pick and leave divets in the grass.
I went to use a hand rake to collect what the birds have left. I was amazed to see how much dead grass which i assume must be the thatch i have been reading about.
I also have a lot of meadow grass or POA which is very unsightly considering i only turfed two years ago.
I have read up and it seems i need to treat the moss, weeds with some treatment. Allow it to do it work for a week then scarify in two directions then fertilise and re seed and water.
My question is are my assumption above correct and should i buy a scarifying machine which can rake too and do i rake first then scarify.
Any recommendations on which machine to purchase and what treatments to purchase. I have seen ‘Mowy’ advertising heavily on treatment packs but seem very expensive.
I have considered purchasing a cobra cylinder mower which has all the cartridge attachment but is very expensive and do you meed a really flat lawn to use such a machine. Mine is fairly flat and level
Look forward to any advise and recommendations.
Thank you in advance.