Grooming My Lawn // Mid Season Dethatch

[@stephenwaddell5969]

For a small lawn, would a rack work

[@LawnTips]

100% mate! Or a scalp with a rotary mower

[@calebevans8437]

Paused video after my shout out 🤙🤙 good to have the yo mate what up after all these months 😂😂 now back to the video👍

[@LawnTips]

😂 just for you mate

[@calebevans8437]

@@LawnTips make sure you keep it up dont want to have to go back to reminding every week😂😂 enjoy your break mate you deserve it golf course has been a big project 👍👍

[@VideoShowMeHow]

Mate loving the extra editing level-up, cheers for the upload as always! Kik looking mint!

[@OorOaksey]

Lovely job Ben. The groomer worked so well and when you cut it looked manicured and flat. Winter in Scotland and like others having withdrawal Lol

[@TRACKMKIII]

Thanks for the video!! It's winter time and I am going through lawn withdrawal .

[@rdrewj83]

It wasn’t just for Caleb, we all missed hearing that ☺️

[@GingerTimandCo]

Maaate, dying to see the TifTuf make a come back.

[@PeterLong-dm5xh]

Thank you for all your tips I do this for a living and I have used wash river sand it’s way better than topsoil and I think 🤔 better than you have said on your own advice and I only use river sand on my own lawn and my customer’s lawn and the only lawns I are Keira also Cooch lawns and I had topdress a Buffalo with double wash river soon it turned out great I used golf course green and granular fertiliser. It turned out really great but I fertilise every month every month of the year. It turned out so green the colour looks like it’s been painted but it’s not. you’ll see the after fix the next day, with Mike having a feast all the crap and now I can believe it’s not Photoshop because it’s been fed a lot not one bag 10 bags and one lawn back front council strip 10 bags each

[@michaelchidley1230]

Perfect timing with this video, Ben! Having a few of these issues with my kikuyu. Very well played!

[@michaelchidley1230]

Is the reel mower you're using a Protea? If it is, do you rate this brand of mower?

[@grousewippa9068]

The red mower is a rover, the other one is a portea. You can swap reels out on most of them

[@theseshisneverover6472]

Neglected lawn last cut on Saturday

[@shadowsalc1706]

just just put premo down this week on fwys but before that we had to cut all the fwys two times a week for 2 weeks since there was to much going on at the time

[@markjensen6865]

Interesting to see liquid fert application directly after a mow. I usually give my lawn a few hours to recover after mowing, is that not necessary?

[@ithertzz]

That Protea looks a handful to manage on the slope with the smooth rear drums. Are the blades on the reel worn from use or is that how they come, and would it work better if they had sharper "points" on them?

[@antonyv8171]

Is the whitening of the leaf blade tip a sign that the lawn needs a fert? Referring to buffalo here. I thought it whitened normally due to heat stress or very hot days, coz once it’s been watered a bit, it becomes very green in my experience.

[@Mat-rd1pe]

Love seeing the golf green progress but how i've missed a good Kikuyu update video😃👌

[@PsychOut101]

Nice one. Why does a groomer not have the same effect as a scarifier when it also has fixed solid blades and even more of them compared to a scarifier?

[@derekcarey9104]

Yo mate what up… are you planning to extend the area you reel mow out the front of the house further?

[@Starfable]

Temps getting up to high 30’s over here in WA, this something that should be done in lower temp or low 30s at least?

[@Lukesimpson1000]

can you lightly groom palmetto buffalo to remove some of the thickness without having to scalp?

[@dylan8285]

Looks good considering the neglect. So excited for the green to get underway but after all that stuff is settled you plan to do cool season in that center island with all the trees? The warm season is really interesting to me bc I cant grow it, well ik a couple zoysia yards but there only green for like 3 months here. I'm Cool season would love to see the killer combo of KBG and Rye 50/50 planted in there bet u could make it look so good, ofc with all the trees you'd probably want irrigation tho

[@chadsugden411]

Hi I’m also about to do a mid season dethatch. And I also have a dirt strip where i recently just pulled up some concrete what kikuyu seed do suggest to use? And would you suggest to over seed kikuyu if it’s abit patchy ?

[@bbtank3000]

Lawn is looking great!

[@jasonwoonings168]

Hey mate would a power rake attachment on a small electric scarifier do a similar job? Having a lot of those issues myself

[@denniscash1]

Are these Dethatching Groomer machine you use is for sale to US residents?

[@gimli108]

Hey mate!! I love your videos!! I was inspired to put down Kikuyu turf in my backyard after looking at your recent vids. We have a clay soil base which I cultivated and treated with gypsum and claybreaker/wetting agent hose on spray before laying . I also mixed in compost and 3 cubes of new topsoil to improve quality/drainage etc. 60m2 yard. Turf is now 12 weeks old. I watered 2-3 x daily for the first few weeks and only 1-2 x weekly once it had been established. Unfortunately part of the lawn is not growing and has begun to yellow and die (gets plenty of sun) - the rest of the lawn is lush green. Thinking this might be kikuyu yellows due to excessive moisture and clay base? Any advice on how to fix this? Love from the Central Coast!!

[@MTech1-111]

I love your videos keep up the good work❤❤

[@jamesbarton972]

Yo Ben, what up. Love the videos mate. I’m in Katoomba, do you think the kikuyu will do ok up here? Possibly more frosts than orange and more mild summer, but not that different? Got a beautiful RFT lawn but tempted to start again 😂

[@Griggsy2529]

Nice content mate love a good kikuyu lawn, love my protea that bad boy looks like some serious piece of machinery. Just did full Reno on my kikuyu out back last week after one week it’s bounced back great, warm weather and soil temps were to tempting for me to rip in. Bit off topic mate what were u using on the old rye to give the old poa the flick, is poa check safe on rye I can’t vaguely remember u doin a vid when u were a young fella😂

[@defthreats8004]

Hey mate. How often should you apply PGR and would you recommend adding in with these 4 other products?

[@hallbags7444]

Would you have still done this under PGR? Cheers

[@bencham95]

A cyclone dethatching rake achieve the same thing?

[@alonjones4569]

It's what I bought at Bunnings late last year. A lot of sweat using that thing.

[@bencham95]

@@alonjones4569 tossing up getting one. But I have 100m2 front and 140m2 so might be a alota work. Might just spend the pennies on a ryobi dethatcher

[@alonjones4569]

@@bencham95 I thought I was going to be ok with a total of 70m². Since you have to do it at least once a year I'd buy a powered one. Let me know if you find a cheap one somewhere!

[@bencham95]

@@alonjones4569 not sure if that exists 😂

[@haydnodonnell4382]

Do you know if I can use those products with ICL Stressbuster and blade or do they do the same?... I am following the Lawn Fanatics Total Dominance Program and wondering if these can give it a kick if mixed with the products already used. Grass looks amazing. My couch and COX could sure use the groomer

[@RenadoxAU]

What attachment and nozzle do you use on the Solo Sprayer?

[@aseroxmilez]

Where do you get your backpack sprayer?

[@LawnTips]

I used to stock it a while back. These are my current in stock sprayers lawntips.net/equipment/

[@sylvaniaboi]

Gee - I can ONLY wish to get a lawn like that - Tall Fescue here at Kelso is dead :( (I need to dethatch and aerate - needing to find someone in Bathurst for that)

[@mattyallen3120]

How far below current HOC do you set the groomer?

[@LawnTips]

Can adjust depending on how much you want to pull out. This is only set to about 7mm

[@Striperman]

I would like to get the Verticutter attachment for my Allett so that I could do that this season

[@cameronhaines7158]

Best attachment ever. It works a treat on my ryegrass

[@andysturrock]

The spring-tine rake reel (the one they call the scarifier) is probably more useful, as you can use that every time you mow, so if you're only getting one then I'd recommend that. But the verticutter is also brilliant to use, say every 2-3 weeks. If you can get both, then happy days!

[@Striperman]

@@andysturrock Thanks for the info Andy

[@lachlanbanks-smith1106]

Great vid Ben! Do you think a grooming reel would work well on a Scotty 46 Scarifier? Or better off fitting one to a cylinder mower for better height adjustment?

[@djlotus04]

do a video on all your lawn mowers that you own, seems like you got a mower for every purpose!

[@benjaminmichaelbrown]

Would this work for a thatched buffalo?

[@iancaldwell6652]

Is that a commercial atom edger or the domestic version.

[@LawnTips]

Just the domestic version unfortunately haha

[@brandonjayell]

Hey mate Been following the lawn plan out the back and is going really well. (Kik) The front, small area around 20m2 is struggling, lawn feels crunchy and is starting to thatch, it’s not spreading well and the colour is terrible. Do you reccomend cutting it right down? (Rotary)

[@cameronschulze6067]

Morning all

[@LawnTips]

Morning Cameron

[@patrickmullett7346]

Is this an attachment you would recommend for ryegrass or a scarifier is preferred? Or do they basically do the same thing?

[@LawnTips]

Yeah grooming for sure with ryegrass. It can get very thick and it’s great disease prevention as well. A Scarifier will go deeper. Will go below soil level, a groomer only gets the thatch above ground

[@patrickmullett7346]

@@LawnTips thanks for the clarification

[@liamkelly2157]

Hey Ben, Looking at your summer/autumn mix, can I use it on freshly seeded grass? Tall fescue/Kentucky blue mix. Almost 2 months old, by the time itll go down.

[@LawnTips]

Hey mate, Sure can! If it’s only just come up, stick to half rate. If you’ve mowed it a few times you can go up towards full rate without any problems. Full rate on new seed would be fine, I’d just make sure to water it in lightly for peace of mind

[@liamkelly2157]

@@LawnTips thanks Ledge!

[@pomwah1489]

Kuyu baby Wooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! Yeah booooiiiiiiiiiiiii! Lets Gooooooooooooooooooo

[@danielslawncare]

Benny boi 🤙🏼😎

[@thegreenandgoldlife1464]

Enjoy the time off bro

[@H-D1]

Yo mate, What up!

[@LawnTips]

Yoooo

[@bbcjmr]

From a West Coast lawn addict you are correct. That is a grooming reel, and what you guys call scarifier, we call a vetimower. You east coast lawnnaddicts will learn the correct terminology eventually 🤣🤣

[@milesharding8129]

Wonderful its amazing

[@damodoesall6240]

NO, in WA thats a grooming reel, a vertimowing reel is further apart, thick and made to go way deeper for full renovations.

[@LawnTips]

I’d double check the definition online mate. Vertimowing and grooming are the same thing. That’s how we were taught it as well

[@damodoesall6240]

@@LawnTips Not here

[@Triggy96]

Yep that's how I know it in WA as well mate

[@LawnTips]

There you go. Sounds like it’s some WA slang

[@Triggy96]

@@LawnTips Bunch of weirdos over here mate lol 🤪

[@trevormuggeridge4560]

First Aussie 😁

[@LawnTips]

G’day Trevor

[@kevinthompson7324]

Awesome videos mate! Pity you're a scouser 😄

[@minzahhh1]

Lawn daddy

[@TheScalyman]

Thank god you went back to lawn tips. Golf course tips Meh. Had enough. Golf is for nerds and yuppies.

[@LawnTips]

Golf course stuff will turn into lawn tips soon. Just need to get grass down 👌🏽

[@froot4409]

@@LawnTips bring on the golf course tips. The Green will be amazing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿From the home of Golf 😉