Scarifier

[Spreeny]

I'm considering buying a 2-in-1 Electric Rake and Scarifier to help remove the moss from my lawn, if I go ahead, what do I do first, scarify then rake or the other way round? Tia :-)

[tonyav]

I think rake and then scarify, that way if you scarify first you will most likely rake out a lot of grass by the roots.

[Old_Geezer]

I'd have though either as they do much the same job don't they ? My experience with a scarifier is to find nto just the moss but lots of my grass being pulled up as well. Still got loads of moss in my "lawn". Still, it makes it look green.

[Spreeny]

Thank you very much

[Old_Geezer]

Hmmm maybe that's what I did wrong :-)

[Old_Geezer]

This is a weird site. It rearranges posts. Last time I posted here I had 2 posts one after the other, and now Spreeny's reply splits them !?!

[rowanwitch]

the'tearing up of the grass roots is one of the things that triggers the healthy regrowth be effectively cutting back shoots stimulating bushiness in the little grass plants

[buildersmate]

The way to do it is use a moss killer first (to avoid spreading the moss spores) then run the scarifier, which removes both dead moss, dead grass thatch and some of the coarser grasses that run horizontally.
My scarifier has a collection box on it that avoids any manually raking at all.
I don't see the difference between raking and scarifying - except the latter is perhaps deeper into the top surface.

[Spreeny]

Thank you all very much

[Hawkwalk]

you will find that the two in one products are actually a lawn rake and aerator although they are sold as a rake and scarifier. I am guessing what you are looking at has interchangeable cartridges. The rake part should be used first to remove the moss and thatch and the scarifier (aerator part or linear scarifier) should be used afterwards to slice thin holes into the lawn to aid aeration.

[Spreeny]

Thank you....