Lawntech have been servicing this lawn since June 2014. The lawn has significantly improved thanks to our annual lawn care programme and regular mowing by Mr A.P. We were particularly impressed that Mr A.P had followed our advice and continued to mow regularly into December whilst the grass was still growing in a very mild winter.
Lawntech’s comments about this lawn
This lawn looks good but will soon need a scarify and aeration to reduce the thatch. We pride ourselves on having the very best machinery in the UK for scarifying and aerating lawns, but sometimes our customers like to do it themselves to save cost, especially if they have time on their hands and are willing to put in the graft to do it. Graft is the big word here, because scarifying lawns it very hard work and it will take multiple passes to remove the mountain of thatch that usually comes out of the lawn. We are always happy to advise our customers about the best methods if they choose to bite the bullet and do it themselves.
Here are our top tips for DIY lawn renovation.
Either buy or rent a good quality self-propelled scarifying machine. For very small lawns you might get away with buying a good quality electric scarifier, but make sure it has the sharp solid blades rather than the spring tine blades so that it is able to get deep into the thatch. For larger lawns you will need a professional self-propelled scarifier, these are a lot more expensive to buy, the ones Lawntech use range from £6000 to £45,000 so in most cases it is advisable to hire one. It might take a bit of searching around to find a hire company who offers this type of machine. The same goes for an aeration machine, rental will be your best option.
Once you have the machines it is now time to start scarifying, we recommend going over the lawn in multiple directions, collecting the clippings after each pass until the excessive thatch has been removed. You will be amazed at how much thatch is removed. It is likely you will need to rent a skip to remove the waste if you don’t have a very large compost area. To decide when you have gone far enough with the scarifying, we recommend digging a little hole so you can look at the thatch profile to determine if it is fully removed.
The final step is to use a hollow tine aerator to create lots of holes to de-compact the soil before sowing lawn seed to revitalise the lawn and fill-in any bare patches.
