Don't Get Confused Between Scarifying And Verti-Cutting!

[@Thomas-gg3yy]

Just wanted to say, I purchased Daniel’s dwarf ryegrass seed and it is superb!!!!!! Grows fast and is great quality. I’m 3 weeks into the new grass and it looks amazing already. I have bought some of his liquid products so looking forward to using them also. If you’re looking for great grass seed, buy his dwarf ryegrass!!!!!! 👍🏻

[@mikecook9858]

Watching from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mikecook9858 wow! Whats the weather like there?

[@1975Stevo]

Dan, you're a genius and inspire me and many people that watch you at your craft. That lawn like ive said before looks almost be fake its so good. Keep up the fantastic work and look forward to your next video.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@1975Stevo cheerz mate and yes both did look fake today

[@paulford560]

It’s good to see you using the right equipment for the job and not using another machine and saying you are doing something else

[@davek7256]

That lawn looks amazing for this time of year. As I’ve just found out, it’s really hard to only verticut rather than scarify if the lawn is uneven. Whoops!

[@mattbarclay2099]

I've fed every 2/3 weeks through spring and summer with your products and they've worked a treat, but winters a different ball game

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mattbarclay2099 yeah thats where winter sheild and refine come in handy

[@mattbarclay2099]

Just ordered those aswell Dan, and the dans winter magic

[@fletchdini]

Your Equilibrium granular has been the absolute winner for us this year. Can’t remember it looking so good.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@fletchdini its a great fert spray it with summer secret aswell totally new level

[@sheldon2024-q8c]

Hi Daniel, I am an avid follower of your channel from all the way in Jamaica, I really like your videos. I do care for my own lawn and I am truly in love with it. I have warm grasses (Bermuda, Zoysia, St. Augustine). I hope to start posting videos of my lawn soon as well. Keep up the excellent work

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@sheldon2024-q8c hello sheldon, is it possible to have a nice lawn in such high temps? Plus the salty air,

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Look forward to seeing your work

[@sheldon2024-q8c]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Hi Daniel, yes I am able to have a great lawn all year round. The warm season grasses love the hot climate.

[@janinademetriou-warburton6427]

Hi, you've got a fan in Poland too! 👋

[@TAFrench-lx4jv]

Hi Dan, another great video! In some situations (ie golf courses) isn’t it the case that you can actually see the verticut lines quite distinctively, I believe they do it in the direction of play to help the ball run on better. The process you are doing here we in Australia would call grooming. The reel you are using does actually look like a grooming reel as there are many blades and they are close together, as opposed to a vericutting reel that has less blades that are spaced apart further.

[@elisabethhopson5639]

These are beautiful lawns Dan. Nearly made me cry. The grass stands up perfectly and the colour is to die for. I think I like this one better than the posh job. Stunning. 😄

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@elisabethhopson5639 oh yeah this is the cream in comparison to posh but this lawn should be great posh job has no right to be that good

[@poves1879]

My dans summer magic mix and equilibrium turned up today 🙌🙌

[@neilcheshire5726]

Watching from Switzerland 🇨🇭 👍

[@uncletones]

Watching from Dubai - you’re definitely global!

[@Ticster123]

Hello Daniel, living in southern Sweden and I am so envious on your lawns. You get them lawns growing so dense and thick. In my lawn I can see the sandy loam between the grass everywhere even after a season with love, care, sweat and tears. I have areated, verticutted and leveled off an old lawn and dressed the lawn (without care for 15 years). I am putting on granulated fertilizer regularly, giving Iron 2-3 times a season and cutting every 2-3 days on 20-25 mm. I have reseeded parts of the lawn but my problem is that new grass have difficulty growing. The ground is a sandy loam and the lawn have not seen any organic material in a long time so I presume that water and fertilizer is going more or less straight through without having the chanse to help the little grass that is growing there. My question is, it is the last week of september but would it be beneficial for the grass to dress the lawn this late in the season to help restoring organic matter into the lawn for the next coming season?? Would love your opinion on this matter. (really southern Sweden, expecting first frost mid november). Love your videos, specially this one cause in Sweden everybody is talking verticutting, many times not differentiating between the two expressions but always meaning scarifying, so good explenation and I apreciate all your tips and tricks.

[@warrenstanford7240]

Applied Autumn weed and feed on Monday and watered in the last few days due to hot weather, will do final scarifying next week and aeration for onset of colder season.

[@djstuc]

How about a video with your advice on best budget options for doing this stuff Dan? I can find scarifiers and mowers online but struggling for stuff like a verticutter.... obviously the Allett would be awesome but it's too much mower for many amateurs. @12:45 nice to see the Mafia cruising past lol.

[@markwilliamson7846]

I have made the mistake of scarifying my lawn and it has been a minor disaster. Chunks of grass and thatch came up. I have over seeded but I suspect it will not take and I will have a lot of moss to try and control over winter. I’ll do it in spring next year to make sure the lawn has time to recover.

[@why-be-normal7014]

Wondering if u had a grub problem under the grass that it ripped out so much

[@markwilliamson7846]

@@why-be-normal7014 I don’t think so. I’m almost sure it’s because I have a thatch problem. It would seem quite a lot of my grass was rooted in the thatch and not in the soil below so the grass removed wasn’t anchored very well.

[@mizunonick1]

Love your videos Daniel, wish I could afford an Allett though. Autumn coming here in Germany.

[@mattbarclay2099]

Had my best lawns this summer at home since following you Dan, your advice and products have changed my lawns massively! Looking forward to the big challenge of maintaining through the autumn and winter, where I'll be keeping an eye out watching your vids 💪🏻

[@theewhaler]

If you have a thatch problem then the answer is scarifying…so your sentence doesn’t really make sense.

[@leefenton9477]

Fab video has always , aww groundfest I could have gone( would have been great to meet you in person ) but it was short notice to book TOL at work. Fingers crossed, il go next year.

[@ryanellis5401]

I’m looking at getting one of these cartridges for my allett mower but my lawn is a bit bumpy (but level). Would love if you could do a video on the best way / time of year to get the lawn nice and flat

[@kylejanuszkiewicz2293]

Good video. My new lawn is roughly 5 months old. Will it be a bad idea to scarify this time of year now thst we are approaching october. I am just wondering if it will be too much for the lawn to recover

[@stovic1442]

Great clarification of what verticutting is. Can/should this be done at the end of the first season of a newly seeded lawn? Or do you leave well alone first year other than feed and regular cutting? Also, should you take the length down before you verticut? I know you cut after but what length was it before?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@stovic1442 you can go on yes doesn’t matter what length the grass is

[@davechappy6478]

Im in in australia.i mowed a buffalo lawn before winter at 22mm.problem was the lawn was less than a year old and its really struggled and looks stressed.im thinking of aeration,fertilise and top dress lightly now its spring.have you got any experts tips that would help me mate.cheers

[@paulwalker448]

Hi Daniel. What height should I cut the grass at from now till spring.

[@Sam55600]

What hose attachment do you use? Ty

[@Flux_Flow]

That watering wand has an incredible spray pattern.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@Flux_Flow no its the pump and 1000ltr tank that does that

[@mikegregory8353]

Love the fact that you differentiate between scarification and verticutting. So you only scarify in the spring?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mikegregory8353 you can scarify in sep like i did last year but i overseeded and top dressed, without that it would of been a disaster

[@mattbarclay2099]

Hi Dan, Gonna give front a cut and apply yoir autumn punch in a couple of days. Weathers been miserable over the last week or so , some blades are looking a little stressed , can I put grace on all through winter with the bio aswell?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mattbarclay2099 yeah all products other than slow grow can be used all year round

[@DarthSidious11]

yea i got back home fine cheers Dan

[@ryanp6138]

Look at Moto-Tek cartridges, Dan should get an affiliate link with them. Using the Hyundai machine and their blade has improved my lawn massively.

[@Billy_Williamson]

Looking good Daniel, it's finally Spring for me fortunately. 🥳 I'm hoping to have even one 10th that good as your lawns come by the end of Autumn for me next year.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@Billy_Williamson where are you?

[@Billy_Williamson]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Australia up in QLD, my last day of winter in August was 34 degrees celsius, was absolutely insane. That's not normal though, it was a 5 or 6 day record heat wave.

[@Billy_Williamson]

It was the highest I've ever seen, 39 degrees Celsius winter day, up north and further inland, in Birdsville got that record.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@Billy_Williamson whats summer temps then?

[@Billy_Williamson]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert that's what our maximums for summer should be where I am 35c and 36c on average around Christmas should be as hot as it gets. I've got Couch grass (Bermuda) front and back that I took completely back to dirt at the end of August, it's just starting to come back now.

[@steverobinson2389]

As always a great video. A question: would you re-seed a lawn at this time of year just prepare it for next March?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@steverobinson2389 i did this 2 years ago but was good to go i wouldnt start a job from scratch now no

[@stephennolan5776]

Love your video’s, best on You Tube. May I ask is it too late to hollow tine, and top dress my lawn please?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@stephennolan5776 not something i do that mate so not the best person to ask but i would say best done in sring when ground is dry as your kiln dried 70/30 will get wet before its spread

[@brynjellis]

Excellent video again Daniel, thanks! I wish I'd waited before scarifying my lawn last Thursday!! I had some areas of grass that had got too thick and were almost what I'd call matted so when I saw the weather forecast being excellent for the next week or so I decided to go over those areas with a pretty deep scarify in an attempt to thin it out and get back to being able to see soil between the grass blades. Maybe I overdid it for the time of year as you very accurately put, but, at the moment it's looking like I may have got away with it (more by luck than judgement) as it does seem to be coming back fairly nicely. I did put some Dans Summer Secret on after which may have helped. Can I put another application of Dans Summer Secret on (we're a week after first application now) as I have enough left for 1 more before I'll switch to your Autumn products?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@brynjellis yeah every 2-4 weeks is recommended but no harm will come every week just will be in the bank balance

[@mushy_GLX]

Could you pls also tell me how much molasses per 100sqm? Use grams or table spoon for calculations. Thank you! 😊

[@tmac5146]

What’s the products you’re using to keep diseases at bay for autumn/winter please??

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@tmac5146 refine and wintershield out Friday

[@johnstainton6122]

Dan where did you get that verticut cylinder…. i have one from Alket with only a few blades!?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@johnstainton6122 it’s alleys new groomer

[@guesswho293]

When is the winter shield and refine coming to the shop Daniel ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@guesswho293 tomorrow just waiting for labels so i can take pix

[@bbr9707]

Hi Dan great vid as normal… how often do you recommend to verticut … ? Thanks mate🤓

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@bbr9707 as often as you like if ground allows just gotta be careful of turning doing wear n tear damage if i had lawn with turnable edges all the way round id be doing it every week

[@mattbarclay2099]

Hi Dan, hope ya well chief. I'm putting in yet another order of your products getting stocked up, would you give the equilibrium one last hoorar, or get on with the autumn punch now we are october next week?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mattbarclay2099 yeah definately got time for that but upto you i put it on howards fromt on Monday. You get alot more for your money as only fiver dearer but so much more in it

[@mattbarclay2099]

Appreciate your hinesty Chief, gonna go with the autumn punch, then atleast i can use that through the months​@DanielHibbertLawnExpert

[@kevind.hinson1718]

Hi, do you really need to wear a pair of ear defenders while using that electric mower? The lawn looks fantastic.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@kevind.hinson1718 no i’m listening to the radio and I’m using machinery all day everyday so for me its important to look after my ears as taking a battering but for a Sunday gardener who don’t care about their ears then they don’t need to wear ear defenders with an electric mower

[@davidmcmanus2464]

Are you sure you are in Bolton Dan? Those beautiful blue skies

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@davidmcmanus2464 yes that was actually in Heaton yesterday

[@frankiepc8119]

What is the last week of the season you can verticut, and which week do you add your last autumn/winter fertiliser until spring comes around ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@frankiepc8119 if conditions allow you can verticut anytime of year

[@frankiepc8119]

What about the best week to put down my winter fertiliser (low nitrogen ) can I leave it till november

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@frankiepc8119 why not now?

[@stevenbelcher5658]

I have a plant hand spray with tebuconazole + trifloxystrobin. Would that be ok to use on the lawn? I read that fungicides can kill mycorrhizal fungi which I dont want.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@stevenbelcher5658 yeah obvioisly all fungicides kill fungus so good chsnce it will but triflixystribin banned on lawns now so you are breaking the law if you apply it

[@262PHUC]

I cover a few categories for you as well 😂😂😂American expat living in Norway with an ethnic background…you’re a modern day Mister Worldwide😅

[@jansels1609]

Hi Daniel Is this the new verticut ?

[@thegeordiefellwalker8878]

that lawn is superb 👌are you a gardener or just a lawn specialist ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@thegeordiefellwalker8878 i do bits of weeding and pruning but don’t consider myself a gardener now .

[@crunchstudio9475]

Dan you on holiday or washout weather ? Can I ask you what you think of the nitrogen blitz leading to winter?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@crunchstudio9475 i don’t like it for this country, last thing you want in winter is lots of lush growth. I just washed out been raining alot and grounds wet through to do much but hoping to film something tomorrow as its supposed be glorius

[@crunchstudio9475]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert cheers bud.Have been giving it a go in the hope I don’t need to over seed and topdress in Spring…..although I am mowing 3 times a week….Looking forward to seeing new content. Weather here in Brum has been appalling. Better over past few days though

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@crunchstudio9475 12 mins till launch

[@jane-fw4nh]

Dan , I’m not far from you and have Marks verticut cartridge . I’m not doing a Reno after three back to back but I have a lot of necrotic growth… too late for a light scarify ? Can I still use your granular feed in September ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@jane-fw4nh yes you can still use my fert for sure, light scarify yes if you think you can get away with

[@jane-fw4nh]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpertshould have done it 2 weeks ago but life happened . My lawn has never looked as good since I started following you and using your products , thank you 😊

[@4thDimension4ever]

Hi Daniel, amazing videos and advice. I only wish I could get the Fields No 4 compost here in Ireland, but unfortunately not. I reached out to them but there is no distributor over here. Can you advise on another similar type product that is available in major retailers or garden centres?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@4thDimension4ever i dunno mate as dont know whats available over there

[@DavidC1]

Cool hair ! Needs a verticut though 😅

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Definately but so much gel on keeping it in position i think the machine would sttuggle to get through

[@wardy940]

Would you say its too late to scarify now?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@wardy940 no you could but any major damage if the grass very long and very coarse might not recover ill be scarifying at posh job lightly next week

[@wardy940]

Thanks, maybe just a light tickle then. The grass is quite long and coarse. It's certainly not cut to 20mm

[@theveryfirst]

Yes. I'm the first viewer! First ever time for a youtube video! Ha ha.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@theveryfirst bit sad really!

[@richardtaylor8312]

SECOND! AND IM ON A CRUISE SHIP 900 MILES FROM LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC. STILL A REALLY GOOD VID. THANKS DANIEL

[@JMc.D]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpertah give it to him. Bless him his name is ‘the very first’.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@richardtaylor8312 much grass on a ship?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@JMc.D its like waiting at a do for the first person to break the gateaux open. Gotta wait n be the 2nd or 3rd lol

[@shauntoole1553]

2 years since!! OMG where's that time gone? 😵‍💫

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@shauntoole1553 tell me about it

[@zulfqarali905]

Hi Daniel well done you keep it up you are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant videos superstar Ali Walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery up the walsall

[@mushy_GLX]

What was the height Dan? On screwfix one it only has +4 so that is what I am using. Not touching the soil but its not same as yours anyways. Ot has single blade comparison to probly 10 on y9urs speaining on just one line.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mushy_GLX height is around 4mm on cutting height

[@mushy_GLX]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks👍

[@allaboutvisual]

Is it ok to cut it that short for my 100% perennial ryegrass

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@allaboutvisual 25 ryegrass for me

[@markbrooke4100]

For us amateur gardeners how much does the varticut attachment and alley lawn mower cost ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@markbrooke4100 i was an amateur once back in the 90s and had electric black n decker mowers scarifiers and a push cylinder ive worked my way up to the top, theres plenty of lesser machines out there that will do an amateur job

[@markbrooke4100]

I only ask out of curiosity as you say as a amateur I can achieve results like a pro

[@andysteggals2745]

Can you do some verticut/scarifying videos on an average rather than an award winning lawn!

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@andysteggals2745 yeah like i do at posh job and this one won no awards

[@owbeer]

my fav football club should hire you, we are in september and it already looks bad lol.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@owbeer whose that?

[@owbeer]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert anderlecht, last season the pitch was really bad, they had a fungus and the roots were dieing, they overseeded in the winter break. and i think they once again have the same problem.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@owbeer yeah southampton have similar issue.

[@sportydavek1590]

​@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert - by far from the only problem for Southampton this season...

[@fletchdini]

Don’t mention the footy to @DanielHibbertLawnExoert 😢

[@simoncuddeford7083]

The "verticutter" attachment on my scarifier has just a few tines. Looks nothing like your one. Have I got the wrong tool for verticutting?

[@markwilliamson7846]

Hi Simon. Your enthusiasts verticutter is generally called an electric rake which it’s sounds like it’s what you have got. I have the same. I got mine from Aldi. It has a scarifing cartridge and a raking cartridge. What Dan has is a professional verticutter. Very expensive and not something the vast majority of us lawn enthusiasts have.

[@ryanp6138]

Look at Moto-Tek cartridges

[@perrycoke]

I thought you were for scarifying in autumn?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@perrycoke yeah if over seeding n that but not on this lawn

[@perrycoke]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks for your reply, love the videos. Its helped me so much to understand what a lawn needs 🙂

[@wadelowther2993]

Thanks to your videos, I have got my old man's lawn looking amazing. Unfortunately, squirrels have other ideas and are digging up holes to hide nuts. Aside from hiring Bill Murray and going full "caddy shack" on the little bast*rds, is there anything you can do?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@wadelowther2993 no i think they protected arnt they?

[@warrenstanford7240]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpertRed squirrels yes, Grey squirrels are invasive species so no, can go Elvis Presley and eat them…..😂

[@KB996]

You can borrow my cat for a few weeks, Squirrels wont dare go on back Lawn with her on the prowl🤣🤣

[@warrenstanford7240]

@@KB996 Don’t let the Haitian’s see the cat….🙀🤣

[@robertgorse96]

Bob Ross?

[@stevieb6173]

so question then , why do the "so called experts" tell you to scarify in autumn if it wont recover before winter ???? so in your view when should you scarify during the year ??? confusing

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@stevieb6173 everyone has there own views mate its just who you choose to listen to i can back my spiel up with results like this, can others?

[@banksie1186]

Scarifying in Autumn is fine as long as you're overseeding.

[@lawrencejackson5437]

Another great video Dan. You use ‘the old faithful’ for deep scarifying but you have the Allett scarifying cartridge which works quite differently. How would you decide to use one rather than the other?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@lawrencejackson5437 bladed for full renovation as in ye olde but the allett scarifier cartridge is more for scarifying when your not doing renovations

[@lawrencejackson5437]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks. Much appreciated

[@neilcheshire5726]

Watching from Switzerland 🇨🇭 👍

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Bonjour then mate? Or is it guten tag?