Gardenline electric scarifier

jaffacakes

Hi all,

Does anyone have one of these? Lawn is full off moss and is north east facing. I was thinking of buying one of these to use 2 or 3 times a year. Has 3 year warranty so thought i'd give it a go. Would be interested to hear if anybody has used one from aldi.

Thanks

https://www.aldi.ie/electric-rake-an...11974261079700

Dovefromabove

I bought a Titan one from Screwfix a few years ago ... looks quite similar to that one ... does the job very well.

If it’s got a reliable guarantee I’d go for it. 

jaffacakes

Thank you. Yes 3 year guarantee on it which sounds good. Do you treat the lawn with moss killer before using it or is it necessary?

Dovefromabove

I have used mosskiller in the past but to be honest it seemed to make no difference to the amount of moss we got out or the speed with which it returned so now, being mindful of the wellbeing of the wildlife and invertebrates (and also the wellbeing of my bank balance) we don’t bother and the results seem to be just as good. We get the rake out at this time of year (did it on Wednesday) and that gives the grass a chance to get growing without struggling against the moss. If it looks sparse in a few weeks time I’ll scatter a handfull or three of grass seed over the lawn when the soil has warmed up and it’ll be fine. (Scatter it over the whole lawn so that any colour difference blends in). 

In the autumn we give it another session with the moss rake fitment then a good going over with the bladed scarifier fitment to help the lawn drain over the winter. Seems to work for us ... good luck and let us know how you get on 

UpNorth

Dovefromabove said:

I have used mosskiller in the past but to be honest it seemed to make no difference to the amount of moss we got out or the speed with which it returned....

me too.  I bought the Titan version, circa £40 area, a few years back, still working okay and yes it looks extremely alike the one now on sale at Aldi.  

and like you Dove, i can spend £20 on moss killer etc and wait a few weeks for blackening, but frankly seems to make little difference.

what i would add, is that i always have a tendency to go too deep with the machine and cause far too many gaps for too long into the season.

and finally......any reader be warned, the machines remove a massive amount of thatch and moss, so it's back breaking work.  you can generally go about two foot before the bag is full and needs you to bend/empty....it's slow and painful job if you have a bad back already, but by heck the grass looks a lot better for it.

jaffacakes

Thank you both. Would love to have tried it this weekend but rain is back