A BETTER WAY To Collect Your THATCH - Dethatching and Overseeding

[@hedhntress1]

Great video, that lawn sweeper looks like a good idea.

[@benharrison1069]

Growing up my family lived near some train tracks (not as close to them as you are, Jimmy, but close enough). One morning a train came thundering pass about 5:00 and woke up my parents. I have a little sister as a result. Sometimes trains are good things. 😲😉😁

[@soceur1977]

Came here just to see if the sweeper worked well with the thatch. Ended up watching entire vid..was very satisfying watching for some reason lol. Thanks!! Now time to get in my own yard.

[@TheLawnCareNut]

The only problem I see with this lawn sweeper is that now guys can't rake the piles into giant mountains for pics on Insta. How will anyone ever be motivated to de-thatch if they can't get likes on their pics of debris online? 😂

[@DIYAllied]

Ya the bag count doesn't have the same pop on Insta

[@mikahl757]

@@DIYAllied you can empty into clear bags and leave the bags where the raked piles would of been for your 📸 👍🏾

[@rconn4501]

@@mikahl757 You're smart. You're loyal.

[@wiredawg2005]

LOL

[@Swifty.lover.13]

Guys actually do that🤔🤔🤷‍♂️

[@Moondoggy1941]

I used my lawnmower to pick up the clipping after I a de thatcher. It worked great.

[@CHB_98]

That’s not dethatching you did you just powerraked

[@Moondoggy1941]

@@CHB_98 How do you know if it is powerraked or de thatcher. I think I have a GreenWorks unit.

[@CHB_98]

@@Moondoggy1941 power rake is the one with the thin tines on it that removes just dead grass. To detach you need to use the adapter with the blades on it. It will dig into you lawn making lines in the soil and remove any dead thatch. People use the words dead grass and thatch are two different things

[@Moondoggy1941]

@@CHB_98 I will have to look at my dethatcher and see what attachment I was using, I think it was more like a spring not a blade, it pulled up a lot of dead grass, I was shocked how much, I have to reseed again this fall for my Fescue. The summers are brutal here, right now we are 110.

[@CHB_98]

@@Moondoggy1941 yea same here I’m in Toronto and we had 2 months no rain this summer

[@adamlake5504]

Lol gotta love that Utah sky with the mountain line in the background. Great video

[@trevormuggeridge4560]

First Aussie 😁. Hard work pays off. 😎

[@kayakMike1000]

Damn. That lawn is crazy perfect!

[@flybyav8tor]

This is great, I have an ok yard right now, my problem is the size. My yard is 101,000 SF. 150lbs of seed and 500 lbs of 11/25/0 n my truck as we speak. Do you know of any accounts that focus on larger properties I can follow. Not finding much content on large properties with your level of quality content.

[@hawaiiantimes7702]

I have 18k sq ft of lawn and got a tow behind lawn sweeper for the riding lawnmower. Best investment ever!!! Especially in the fall for all the leaves too. That’s a lot of work and even more water to put down for overseeding. I’m almost 3 weeks into overseeding about 11k sq ft and my wife’s probably gonna freak out when the water bill comes. Great video

[@repentandbelieveinjesuschr9495]

Repent to Jesus Christ “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:” ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ M

[@Patman2608]

I’ve used one for years, and they’re great. I use it twice in the spring and twice in the fall.

[@TheIVBO]

I use an Agrifab 45 inch sweeper and dethatch akke attachment on the front for 2 acres. Works great

[@paulbaratta1566]

I used my lawn sweeper and it worked like a charm! Great advice

[@jaliejasuesoos6921]

Which brand is your sweeper?

[@jeffreyking279]

I need my tractor just watching you!

[@TheLawnSauce]

These sweepers are a work out. 💪🏻 You need a flat flat low cut lawn to use this effectively. It doesn’t work good on longer grass with imperfections in the level of your lawn.

[@FrancoCody2121]

Beautiful lawn

[@Egalitarian-bt7kz]

So, after dethatching, you just reseed directly on top of your grass without using top soil or adding peat moss? I need to reseed my lawn and doing it your way seems so much easier. Great video with lots of info, thank you…

[@JimmyLewisMows]

You can reseed if you want, but bluegrass will naturally repair itself. Do you know what grass type you’re working with?

[@Egalitarian-bt7kz]

@@JimmyLewisMows Tall Fescue

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yeah you’ll probably want to consider seeding

[@scottiemanners]

Just picked up an old school push mower with no motor for my .25 acre yard with a catch bag connected, not sure what the de-thatching is supposed to do seems like a lot of work when I would rather let my lawn be cut so shorts it dies and fry's in the sun haha (darn the french for inventing a manicured lawn for their fancy country estates as a sign of elitism and not having to work but having the money to hire staff to manicure it for them). You could use the grass clippings for a great compost pile, grass breaks down quickly and mixed with leaves or sawdust or cardboard you could create your own biodiverse soil! And be careful with all those chemicals, my uncle worked for Scott's his whole life and died of cancer in his 60s

[@123gamesboy]

De thatching helps control moss and weeds in your lawn, don’t know what it’s like over in the states. Removing the thatch also helps stimulate new grass grow either that be from the existing roots of the grass or from the new grass seed you would throw down after putting a nice new layer of top dressing. For a 25acre property yeah you probably wouldn’t be able to do it with a push scarifier, but you can get a nice rake that does the same thing that you can attach to the back of your mower

[@FlacomanXD]

Why do we need to power rake our lawns? Also, do you have a video on how u started the putting green? I am in the process of burning my weeded yard to dirt and need to know how to reseed

[@Dstromb232]

Nice video! How often does the train go pass your house?

[@Breakthrough8Motivation]

Would be cool to see a garden back there

[@JimmyLewisMows]

We do have a garden area. We produce tomatoes, cucumber, squash, strawberries, blackberries, and pumpkins currently. Hopefully it will continue to evolve and we will do more in time.

[@LawnJourneys]

Lots of raking after my thatch job. 24 30-gal bags street side. The municipal grass pick-up crew were counting them and laughing. At least they weren’t heavy 😆

[@PrincessCutLawnCare]

Sweet vid dude. Gonna pick me up a sweeper! Sick of taking my Honda and putting ruts just to pick things up

[@stevengroover9633]

Literally used the sweeper on my lawn 2 days ago and thought that someone should do a review of it to pick up before overseeing. Bam, just found this video.

[@jaliejasuesoos6921]

Which is the best walk behind sweeper on the market?

[@PacificNorthwestLawns]

The sweeper looks like a great idea. The backyard is gonna look even better than it already does. Well done Jimmy 👊🏼

[@repentandbelieveinjesuschr9495]

Repent to Jesus Christ “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:” ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ M

[@hwkfans]

Dethatched for the first time about two years ago, 5k yard. Had 20 lawn bags in the driveway. Dethatched again last month. Only 6 bags. I also bagged this past season. Firm believer that to much mulching and not enough bagging does not help ones yard.

[@lance8280]

Do you think this lawn sweeper would pick up core aerator plugs ?

[@brodygoalie]

So what is the exact sequence to leave a lawn plus overseed and fertilize after dethatching? Is this correct? 1- top soil sand mix? Or miracle gro potting mix moisture control? 2- seed 3- starter fertilizer 4- peat moss Did I miss anything? Please advise. Thanks

[@simonbarabe1220]

I'd love to get an answer to your question as well lol, video is great but I've probably missed the part about the sequence

[@markbrooker505]

I saw a few comments on possibly using blowers to stack up the thatch , I have used blowers in the past but are they are really hard on the topsoil ..

[@TopTierLawnCareServices]

I really want to overseed my front lawn now but I have to wait until after October 15 when my irrigation is installed, I'm certainty ok with the compromise of seeding a little later than I want to have an irrigation system though

[@quickplaya]

If you don't live in the southern USA. October 15 will be too late. It will be too cold for cool season grass. You are going to have to wait till next year.

[@TopTierLawnCareServices]

@@quickplaya I live in growing zone 7 which is within the transition zone., I have never had any freezing temps until November in my area, even my warm season zoysia stays green into November and the fescue stays lush green until it gets really cold in January. (I have zoysia and fescue in my lawn )My grass doesn't even start to slow growth until mid-November. Given that I can seed with great results up to the beginning of November. I usually start seeing sprouts the 5th day after seeding bare ground and 3 days for an overseed.(100% TTTF) I still prefer late September because it gives more time for establishment but in mid- October here I still get day time temps in the mid to upper 70s and nights in the 40s which is excellent conditions for seed germination.

[@duanesales3174]

I’m loving the buried trampoline. My Father did the same thing for me & my siblings in the very early 70’s.

[@jaymetheaccountant]

Nifty little sweeper there Jimmy!

[@rattieaustin]

You should compost all that thatch with leaves and next spring put it on your lawn, veggies, or ornamentals. Compost, it’s your material keep it.

[@Jknudsen0523]

Glad I’ll be able to use my sweeper in the spring.

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

Okay, awesome video, but how the heck did you bury your trampoline?!?!? That's sweet!

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Thank you. Here’s how the trampoline went in: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoq0aax_lpx0ea8

[@taylorIndependenceHall]

Looks great Jimmy, beautiful back yard for the family to enjoy. Proud of you!

[@repentandbelieveinjesuschr9495]

Repent to Jesus Christ “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:” ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ N

[@bigtexas3077]

I always use my 52" leaf sweeper to pick up my thatch. About time I see someone else doing it. Mine is a pull behind 52" craftsmen. I love it!

[@vanawesome]

man.. i'm so jealous of that lawn. It's freakin huge.

[@unknowngaming4265]

Backpack blower gives the grass a good clean

[@PoppyLaneFarms]

That looked like a Utah FrontRunner what part of the Wasatch Front are you in

[@geneolvera9452]

Hello Jimmy, I'm new to Lawn Care. How do you know that grub damage to the corner of your lawn?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Best way to know is to dig around and see if you find any grub worms.

[@bigby6023]

Do you recommend using on st Augustine grass since they spread with runners. Will it pull out the grass roots ?

[@brucebonkowski9568]

Hey Jim get a lawn sweeper or parker power sweeper gas powered it clean and grooms the grass

[@mitchellbroderick5097]

Gday, Im new here. But i would like to make one suggestion if i may. The back lawn garden you have got its a little bit overgrown. Are you going to fix that?

[@Quicksilver1068]

Awesome video thank you!

[@333cparker]

Where did you get the edging you use by the garden and mulch area ?

[@mariannerayo8608]

Beautiful lawn. Can you rent the sweeper thing, too? What kind of grass seed did you put down?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Thank you. You might be able to rent the sweeper, or borrow from a friend/neighbor. Not entirely sure on that, though. This is the grass seed I used for my lawn: amzn.to/32MEkOb

[@RDAmidwest]

Lol, only us zealots would work so hard at removing fluffy organic matter only to apply a bunch of chunky organic matter! But hey, whatever works. And it does definitely work!

[@shane6002]

Hey Jimmy great video thank you very much for mentioning me glad it worked out for you l will definitely be using one next year

[@FD-dh2fu]

Nice job. That looks like a spiker spreader. I find it a bit difficult to push when fully loaded vs my Scott’s easy rotary spreader. Do you have any issues with it? Also the normally open operation vs normally closed is a bit confusing:-(.

[@sinfulbeliever7083]

Yardwork is so much work. I wanna live in my old apartment again.

[@lingwong7120]

Good job 👍🏽

[@adamburdette23]

The yellow stuff is just dead grass it is not thatch, thatch is the top layer of soil that was dead grass that has fully decomposed and become brown soil. The scarifier digs into the thatch layer of the soil, power rake the one with the tines is just for raking dead yellow grass up it will not dethatch, the scarifier will dethtch the yard. The dead grass will turn into thatch eventually. a lot of people use all of the terms interchangeably

[@hightde13]

I've never seen that sweepy thing. Will that work on leaves? My mom is always working so hard getting rid of leaves from on top of loose gravel. She won't suck them up because she says they pick up too much gravel with them when she does that.

[@mynamesnotimportant6941]

I think it's made for leaves. Then again, I've never used one. Could prolly give it a try though

[@TheFirstRealChewy]

I have way too much thatch for a sweeper. I filled 30 large garbage bags of thatch last year, and when I looked back at the lawn I wondered if I even did anything.

[@shiftycarmack8019]

I used my 42" agri-fab that I picked up at a garage sale... best 20 bucks I've ever spent!

[@jamzach4]

Great idea with the sweeper. Great video Jimmy !

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Thanks, Scott!

[@tycox8704]

What percentage of living grass did the machine remove with the dead debris? I was going to rent a power rake but its hammer tines looked too aggressive. I had no actual thatch (netted surface roots)-just desiccated grass blades on dormant grass. Instead, I dethatched 20K sqft of turf manually!

[@diverdave4056]

buy a SUN JOE ! It rakes the grass really well to remove the dead grass and other crap ! its one SWEET machine .. I've used the rental ones $$$ and the tear out loads of living grass

[@MyJohnnyp]

Hey Man, Nice work and good information! I have an off subject question. I hope you don't mind? I noticed in your video you have flush mounted your trampoline! How did you support the walls and what did you do for drainage? Thanks in advance!

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Hey! Hopefully this will answer all your questions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoq0aax_lpx0ea8

[@sharpie132]

What type of grass is that?? looks real nice.

[@vashon100]

4:11 I thought that was a ring tone blasting in. Mute.

[@FallRiverHomesScott]

Having lived close to there and being a pretty good geointelligence analyst, it only took a minute for me to see that it looks just as good on Google maps as on your video…next time I’m out visiting the in-laws across the interstate, I’ll have to see if it looks as good in person. I’m sure it does! 😆 PS: I’m NOT a creeper! 😆

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Call ahead before your visit 😂

[@FallRiverHomesScott]

@@JimmyLewisMows 😆 Will let you know! But seriously, love the videos. This was third I’d watched. One made me wonder if it was Utah. Then the front runner in this one was a dead giveaway. A good friend of mine lived right across the street from it up by TG Point. We just moved to Maryland, and have a pretty huge lawn that hasn’t ever really had much attention; they basically just get let grow out here…no sprinklers…but that doesn’t mean they look great. We have a long way to go before ours looks as good as we want, and I was just searching KZbin and watching a bunch of videos. Very much loved to learn about the Dethatching/power raking/scarifying. I need to do that here and at my Mom’s place in Colorado REALLY bad. Just bought a yard vacuum tonight. Mostly for leaves, but it may help with the grass from a dethatch. Again 👍👍 on the videos and yard!

[@tylertyler1]

When did you do this? This week? I'm also in Utah and wondering if I'm too late in the season to overseed?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

This was filmed 2 weeks ago now. I would say it's too risky at this point to overseed. Temps are dropping pretty quick now unfortunately.

[@tylertyler1]

@@JimmyLewisMows I bought my seed, should I just hold onto it until the spring? The seed doesn't go bad?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yup. Just keep it in a dry environment.

[@seanrice7511]

Dormant seeding might be an option late fall /early winter, something to at least research

[@sbond1963]

You mentioned the tow behind the dethatcher. That’s what I’m using on my 15,000 square-foot lawn. Well, its not so good. The tines or whatever you call them get dragged through the grass. They don’t spin through it so it’s the equivalent of a comb-over not very effective and tends to damage the grass. That’s why I’m here watching you compare the sunjoe to other things it’s worth walking 15,000 to get good results.

[@ShafikKassam]

Awesome stuff!!! Thanks for the great video. I subbed!!!

[@bigbruce70]

What type of seeds are you using

[@aquienpuedainteresar4188]

Man! that worked perfectly. I feel sorry now that I didn't pick up one for next to nothing a few years back. Great job. Sorry I sped the video, got to mow and spread some fert before going to work. Hope it still counts.

[@mattv1415]

So the Tenacity you sprayed at the time of the bent grass seeding did nothing?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Appears that way. Got lucky.

[@nedg3740]

Maybe next year you can start adding some rough and undulations to the green.

[@TheStophe2000]

Nice to see the frontrunner coming through. I battle my Utah yard constantly as well.

[@Sig_P229]

I have heard good and bad about those sweepers depending on what you are picking up. Not sure how I feel about them.

[@quickplaya]

I have heard good and bad about you. Not sure how I feel about you. Teehee. In all seriousness they pick up heavier finer material like thatch or pine cones stuff like that but Maple leaves they tend to just spit them everywhere. The trick is to run a light sprinkler on Maple leaves so they are damp and then pick them up otherwise they'll just fly everywhere.

[@MrPinguinitofeliz]

This dude the reason we in a drought 😂

[@leeandrajosephson]

Yay! Your video was recommended to me!! We're getting ready to overseed and throw down on some bare spots! Thanks, Jimmy! 😁

[@JimmyLewisMows]

I love it when my videos pop up on my friends pages! I have another video coming out soon about seeding bare spots! Look for it in the next week or so!

[@JoeResco4]

Jimmy, do you have irrigation?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yes

[@JoeResco4]

Do you think you need irrigation to have a successful lawn like yours without it, just use sprinklers?

[@skyopinions3857]

Hello Jymmi and good morning from France (Normandy) Normally during stubble cultivation. have passed in one direction then in the perpendicular direction. in order to form a perfect grid of the lawn. Anyway, your lawn is beautiful. what seed mix do you use?

[@lisamartinez6899]

Ok I’m ignorant of what the first machine was and why you use it ? A thatcher?

[@wishypropertymaintenanceltd]

Great idea

[@SavageChip810]

Why no shade trees? Looks so bare.

[@troppsi]

Why do you use so much peat moss?

[@RioTheHitman]

What type of grass is that?

[@jayrose9463]

Is Brian lawn care mx your brother?

[@rogerchandler9737]

Very nice vid.........the train stole the show though:)

[@ColeSpolaric]

I find that the hardest thing using the time master to pick up the debris is that it gets stuck in the bag. I have to pull it out by hand.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Totally

[@damo06ab]

My corded cheap dethatcher has a build in collector.

[@rjb6833]

How will you prevent the bentgrass from spreading to the lawn ?

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

Daily

[@hahaha9076]

What grass species is that? Why do you dethatch it?

[@Joshua-ri8cu]

Will this pick up the cores from aerating ?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

It might get some of them. Never tried though.

[@batmansdad3195]

8 months later, did you replace that missing facia?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yes. Yes I did.

[@batmansdad3195]

@@JimmyLewisMows awesome! Don't need any kind of premature rott. It's amazing what winds can do

[@09ironman1]

Good video thanks

[@matthewbeores4259]

Does this work for aeration plugs

[@JimmyLewisMows]

In grass at least 2" tall, I would be willing to try it!

[@kclyman]

Jimmy, Have you ever tried/rented a lawn vacuum to pick up the grass after using your Sun Joe Scarifier? Maybe you can compare that to a lawn sweeper. The Scarifier are great, picking up all the grass is the worse. Any ideas besides mowing or raking?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Hey Kent, I have found that using the mower to vacuum isn’t all that bad, personally. Especially after using this sweeper. Another idea is to use a good leaf blower and blow everything into a pile before picking up.

[@glorialoflin5521]

Where can I order one (detacher like that need in next hour please please please

[@JimmyLewisMows]

That dethatching machine was a rental from Home Depot.

[@beingsneaky]

Remove organic matter only to apply more organic matter.. why not just mulch the thatch???

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

If properly mulched it would be fine. Some people think mowing while simply removing the bag is "mulching".

[@archael18]

Ouch, I lived beside a train track for a year and I can honestly say there's no amount of discount on a home that would make me buy close to a train track anymore.

[@SecretAZNman45]

just watched a video about the timemaster.... seems like a lot of maintenance

[@blackriflex39]

would detaching work on natural/wild grass or does it only work for the manicured lawn? i live off in the country and would love to thicken up the native grass . my plan was to detach and scarify and let the native grass grow to seed and reseed itself .... would this work to speed that process up

[@ericstinnett9182]

Great video, I have a question Did you have to set it at a certain level on the power rate to get the best results? Thanks

[@pintos322]

Sunjoe would have done it for ya. Lucky ya on flat land. Love sunjoe hate the rentals. I’m in mountains and it never works as well as sunjoe 👍🤙 think lie of land is the diff but whatevs

[@delphiniaashley8198]

What is the name brand of your sweeper?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Scott’s. There’s a link in the description if that helps.

[@delphiniaashley8198]

@@JimmyLewisMows Got it. Thank you.

[@hbgriss]

Awesome. I did 30 bags with my dt augustine yard a good while back. Crazy.

[@jacer259]

Surprise you don’t put material into Paper Lawn Bags, or use it to compost. But nice video!