Mid SUMMER LAWN tips / SCALP your lawn this AUGUST

[@andicampbell8621]

Nice video again Daniel. I did the same at the weekend with mine for the 1st time, and looked exactly like this example. I fed with liquid seaweed extract with iron and granular Evergreen 'thick and green'. There were a couple of bald patches as my lawn needs levelled, but I`ll get that done too. Hopefull I`ll maybe get a cylinder mower too, sometime.

[@claireleung5716]

Very thorough instructions down to how to spray. Good advice for novice like me. Tnx

[@simonmurphy9876]

Great tips again, you've put my mind at ease. I've done the same to mine over the weekend and was afraid I went too far!. But mine looks just like what you did in this video.

[@whitevoodooman7276]

Springs arrived I've just ad me breakfast Sitting back letting that digest it's 7.11am and iam watching abit of Dan , excited for the gardening jobs to do today It don't get no better than this

[@SuperChalkster]

you need to get down the pub mate, lol

[@whitevoodooman7276]

@@SuperChalkster cart stand them places people are paying high prices to sit in a room of people they dont like and what there drinking is pesticide sprayed crops turned into liquids . they aint even organic all abit wierd if you ask me son

[@SuperChalkster]

@@whitevoodooman7276 haha thats one way to look at it i suppose.

[@jeremyminns5627]

It's gonna look lovely when that new growth comes through👍

[@Lawn_Care_Lounge_tv_uk]

i did scalp & scarify yesterday & today overseeded & put topsoil on & covered it learning from u to make my lawn better .......02.08.22 keep up the good work dan

[@bbr9707]

Ohhhh Rain. Not in the south! Left my lawn slightly higher to keep the moisture in. Also had seed down now for a few weeks, but it’s not germinated. Is it the high temperature which has stoped it? Great vid again Danual… look forward to the follow up. B

[@richardbiddlestone5012]

Great video as always. You should do a video guide on using your products - what to use at what times and what combinations work best.

[@isawk2003]

Watch some of his older videos, he talks about it all the time

[@richardbiddlestone5012]

@@isawk2003 Nothing about Equinox HD in any of those...

[@isawk2003]

I did this on my lawn today, brilliant video!

[@losttheplot26]

I couldn't do it with a bent shaft strimmer.

[@michaeldoherty4221]

I have had a go at this yesterday,but I have put seed down, because I had a small bald patches. No expert at all me,just trail and error. Hope the seed is ok after if chucked it down last night.

[@whitevoodooman7276]

Your looking good Dan . Great to see

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Very happy with my new cut

[@leeedwards3783]

Wow, that truly did look like you butchered that lawn. Amazed by the results. My lawn has not been cut since June due to the heat wave and was literally all brown and not growing. Now it has rained it has grown upto 3 inches in places. Would I be able to cut this down in one pass now and renovate or would I have to obey the 1 3rd rule. Thanks for all your time and effort with your videos. Your Lawns are amazing.

[@ringsidejudge4302]

This would be a great video to explain your valued opinion on cutting short as opposed to cutting longer .

[@robdavies68]

Lawns up north are doing ok. All we have down south is straw . . .

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

I know i was in Ipswich over the weekend i thought the areas nr the hotel where sand pits at first

[@theperfectcutlawncare]

Sweet video 👍🏽

[@michaeldoherty4221]

Have or are you due to go back to this lawn. Would love see how it's doing now.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yeah in last weeks vid thumbnail its ok to do this it comes back

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

And then tonights vid 3 weeks after

[@neilbroome2587]

Hi Daniel I have the same spreader what setting do you have it on please

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

For what?

[@Streetonomics1]

Dan old video but is it okay to use nitrogen feed such as evergreen fast green after scalping then scarifying in august northern uk?

[@TAFrench-lx4jv]

Daniel great video! Have you tried a hard blade edger or idech power rotary scissors for the edges? Also does scalping really low with the cylinder mower stuff up the reel? thanks

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@TAFrench-lx4jv no never lol just happy with my strimmer

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

It can struggle if to low and grass to long but just take time to go through it

[@nickbell-tye1359]

Legend 👍

[@garyhillsdon4093]

Can you scalp to low and actually kill off the grass ? I have lost the height on mind its so spongy. Just not sure how low I can go to reset the HOC.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

No it will recover it will only die if you damage the crown but thats more likely to happen with deep scarifying

[@michaeldoherty4221]

Thats the size of my front garden. 3 months newly layed.

[@mstar011]

I still don't understand why it being a bit long I'm the need to scalp and scarify? Maybe I'm just missing something but why not just cut and slowly bring back down to desired HOC?

[@johnc9575]

It is for speed to get it looking good again.....Dan say's in the video '1 weeks pain for two months gain.'

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Exactly would of done it anyway but looked harsh because of how long he had let it get

[@roger4880]

Leaving long let's the crown grow upwards meaning more brown than green. Scalp resets the crown height

[@mstar011]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Yes i looked at the video again -apologies. I guess when scarified watering etc needs to be considered due to high temps when you scarify in this weather (south anyway)

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@mstar011 coz its not possible as its going to be brown

[@Chattyman2]

I literally scalped mine by accident a few days ago and thought i have effed up. Then this pops up! Ha

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Grass will always recover

[@frazerrennie1340]

Thank you 😊

[@leehewitt9559]

Spot on

[@blairfright9622]

Hey Daniel is still good to scalp cool grasses? Here in Canada we don’t the grass you have so was wondering?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Prob not the best person to ask, i dont know anything about the grasses you have over there

[@codenamenel]

Peters Lawn aint the only thing thats been scalped recently by the looks of it 😉

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

I love my new cut

[@RegSchmo]

Dan - I know this is an old thread but still great. Question - a) is there a reason why you scalp as opposed to reducing the cut gradually (other than commercial reasons) and b) Im sure I listened to you say you dont believe in the one third rule? Correct? My lawn has never looked so good thanks to you but I've grown chicken legs and scared to cut into the lawn too hard

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@RegSchmo that day was because it had been left for three weeks or something as he went away without telling me so needed to scalp it to get back control of it

[@RegSchmo]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Understood. I am trying to get my new lawn seed down to a manageable height as I didnt want to cut it too short to start with. Just cut it with rotatory and its still too long as it flattens on the turning circle. Will go again on Thursday with the cylinder and see what happens. Whats your thoughts on the one third two thirds thing?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@RegSchmo if your doing a reset than scalp your lawn should never be in a position where you need worry about 1/3 rule

[@lukeloveridge]

What cylinder mower do u use

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Thats an allett kensington

[@andysan5129]

Love your videos but that looked drastic lawn looked good to start with 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Was far to long for the grass type it is

[@tonysheehan6898]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert how do you know which grass should be what length? The garden treatment company I had mainly told me to leave my grass longer pretty much to the length you cut down from.

[@peterclarke5323]

That's given me some confidence to get the scarifier out. The problem I have is that I can't cut it that short with my rotary.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Thats better than nothing

[@oz969]

Thanks for this video Dan. What are the downsides to keeping Dwarf Rye at that longer height?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

None really just peter likes it short so just killing two birds with one stone

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Obviously if you want to cut it short after being at that height makes it difficult to do it quick

[@oz969]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I see, thanks. Scarified, scalped and fed mine and after 8 days I can't believe how its looking

[@Erectmygreenhouse]

@@oz969 Yeah. I'm at that first mow stage after scarification and re-seeding. A shame the wind blew away most of the garden fleece and the pigeons kept eating the seed! I'll do another renovation in early September. Take care!

[@mattwharton5939]

Great video, inspiring me to do the same. My lawn I’ve noticed has quite a lot of very low level lateral growth, similar to this one I see. However I have the Webb cylinder push mower and a normal rotary. Can I get away with mowing on lowest with the rotary first before going over with the cylinder? Thank you my friend! 🙌

[@etdj909]

I've got the same combination of mowers as you, so to vaguely scarify (not that I think it can be as effective) I get a spring rake out after cutting, drag it over in a few different directions, then cut again to take off the stems I've lifted.

[@mattwharton5939]

@@etdj909 Excellent. Raking between cuts is the only thing I haven’t tried yet. Previously I’ve only raked then cut and cut again. Great advise thank you, I’ll give it a go.

[@sirgurky]

How often should you scarify, to get thos ridges?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

I just did it once, all depends in the depth of the blades by setting them

[@shazmalik1]

Would have been nice to see a few full lines and turns on a small lawn like this to see how best to manoeuvre a cylinder around a small lawn around the edges, as you tend to edit out your turns.

[@neilbroome2587]

Wish mine looked like that before you cut it so long and Green

[@OCDfish]

I’ve purchased a load of your products recently, stella, sow pro, galactic green and grace. Was just wondering, when I cut the grass and apply the product(s) straight afterwards, how soon can I cut the grass again please? Thanks.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Next day if needed no probs

[@OCDfish]

Ok nice one, thanks for the fast reply!

[@zarrow50]

what type of grass is that?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Dwarf rye

[@zarrow50]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert is there an easy way to identify type of grass?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@zarrow50 rye grass has a purple crown kentucky blue has purple and white stripes at it crown fescues are easy as they like hairs and bents are tiny mini versions of rye really with a fold on the leaf

[@stevenbaldwin7241]

Hi Daniel I'm starting over what would you recommend for killing my lawn off 👍

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Roundup

[@sputnic3032]

can i mix steller, grace and wetting agent all together?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yes as it says on the label

[@ignflex5277]

When can we expect products to be listed again on ebay?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

One step ahead already, been on since 10am

[@duncanstuart4034]

Got my order in today. Trying the Equinox for the first time. All the products have made a huge difference to the back lawn.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@duncanstuart4034 they professional products mate so no surprise there, equinox no different

[@duncanstuart4034]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I used to be a 4 in 1 man until I started watching your videos. Now I'm just about to put 4 ton of Rootzone (Baileys came up trumps, thanks for the tip off) down for the front new lawn. I'm following the job you did at Steve's, hoping for a similar result. Thanks for everything Daniel.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@duncanstuart4034 great stuff, no reason why you can’t so many have lawns better than me now ive shown them the way, ill be out of a job soon

[@pmd7530]

Thanks Dan I keep finding ants nest in my lawn. Any tips (or videos) on that please?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

No i never had an issue mate so i have zero knowledge in this srea

[@ijs6962]

What's that strimmer you have ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Stihl fs45

[@ashrevlution3456]

Yeah we're only just into August but when should we start to think about perparing our lawns for winter?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Early october

[@worldgonemad-wj3it]

Hi Daniel, my niece has just bought a new house and it needs a new lawn laying! I wondered if this would be any good for a youtube video?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Got a turfing job coming up and was going to film it but will be mid sep as got sciatica at the moment so cant do much heavy lifting

[@carlsmith5675]

Just wondering how long you leave it till the next cut after?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Prob cut it after 5 days or deffo be having a look even if it only needs a bit taking off, never just leave it or youll end up in same position

[@juliesullivan153]

Do you need to over seed once you scarify as you didn’t do that on this lawn

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

You obviously didnt watch the vid all the way through!! Go on admit it, you slid the bar at certain points

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

You obviously didnt watch the vid all the way through!! Go on admit it, you slid the bar at certain points

[@juliesullivan153]

Haha should You need to overseed

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

@@juliesullivan153 >3min 5s onwards for around 10 seconds

[@mickeyhughes7244]

Daniel, apologies for changing the subject. Can you recommend a dwarf rye please. Thanks

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Gotta be a windup?

[@mickeyhughes7244]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert no mate, i know you use premier pitch, i watched the vid from a while back where you put the wooden boarder and rootzone down. In one of your replies you mentioned moving away from premier pitch...to a dwarf...wouldn't wind you up at all. Don't worry ill research it..cheers

[@paulgriffiths531]

@@mickeyhughes7244 see Dans ebay page

[@mickeyhughes7244]

@@paulgriffiths531 thanks

[@mickeyhughes7244]

@@paulgriffiths531 felt a bit silly reading the reply this morning, never mind

[@johnnicholson9855]

I see you're back on petrol did Austin take the battery Allett back?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

He did , needed it back for eu noise testing

[@johnnicholson9855]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert that sounds like he's spinning you a line...he could have used any machine for that.

[@mightyreta]

Do you recommend to cut short first, then scarify. I had a similar situation (not with dwarf rye mind - a1 prem pro). Grew a bit too long while I was away and I got yellow at the roots. I've just verticutted scarified and raked and I've got bare soil patches. Wondering if I should have scalped before doing this.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

What do i do in the video? Scarify then cut short ??

[@mightyreta]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert so different question then. The order does matter and that's why I have bald patches back to soil, where previously I had a dense lawn.

[@Bassbaby838]

Dan, great haircut for you and the lawn! What fertiliser did you use, and what setting on the drop spreader?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Did you watch the video from start to finish without sliding? As i do say in the video

[@Bassbaby838]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert well I do normally, but will go back! Apologies! 🤣

[@ignflex5277]

Do you reccomend the manual push cylinder mowers for a cheaper budget?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yeah deffo any cylinder better than none, the webb ones the best one

[@phillipleake]

Excellent as always. Gonna do a reset on my own lawn. Is the new "improved recipe" jacks magic still upto the job?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Nope dont go near it

[@allaboutvisual]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert oh crap, I still have about 5 bags left….

[@phillipleake]

Just as i thought. Any suggestions for a substitute? A local garden centre in oldham does a compost with a high peat content.

[@choppercam01]

I really need to get a cylinder mower, the lawns look so much nicer after using a cylinder mower to a rotary one (like I've got)

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yeah i agree but its all down to what you have, can afford, have storage for lots of variables

[@isawk2003]

Hi Chopper you can get the Webb hand push cylinder mower WEH12R, I've had it since last year and it's been a revelation.

[@pataleno]

Is that Barenbrug seed then ? I’ve got it on mine and never scalped it that much. Usually cut around 25mm.

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yeah we are just doing a factory reset will be lovely sndgreen again but at a shorter length

[@mushy_GLX]

On this lawn he used Limagrains mm50 ✌️

[@shadylawndude9488]

Great video!! I hope you will be doing a follow up i am extremely interested and excited to see the results! Great work as always!!!

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

As always matey

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

As always matey

[@shadylawndude9488]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert that is one of the many reasons I like you channel you always show us the results! Thank you sir!

[@thesugarlipslove]

this lawn is mm50 isnt it? i tried to scalp my prem pitch and it didnt like it. have given up now this year!

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yes it is, i did same to howards in chorley last year and thats prem pitcg so not sure whats gone on there

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Remember the 3ps passion product and perseverence, looks like you have taken away the latter so your lawn will go down hill if any one of those are removed

[@thesugarlipslove]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert sorry guru. nothing seemed to go right this year, with everything i tried making it worse. gonna start over again in september!

[@LND8110]

Great little video 👍🏼 what size are the edging strips, 47x100?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

They are 75mn deep and about 38mm wide

[@LND8110]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert great thanks. Getting the bits together to redo my lawn towards end of this month and need some decent edging.

[@JayDannyScott]

What type of edging is this please? Do you have any recommendations for a good low profile/“invisible” lawn edging please and best practice to install?

[@DanAyrton19]

How much Stella and grace did you put into the tank with water for this sized lawn? Mines about the same so interested to know your mix ratio

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Just the recommended rate as on the steller label 2ml per m2 so 30ml and 7.5ml of GRACE

[@nicksaunders106]

Holy cow !!!

[@mattavalon]

Hi Dan, great video. I’ve got granular slow release down with ca and mg, which product should I use with it. Can see you’ve used Stella and Grace but what’s the difference? Also I know Galactic Green is to green up but is that for damper conditions? Cheers

[@NVHarry]

Is it the time to scarify a lawn? I always thought you should wait till late august

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

You can do it whenever, are you a lawn expert also?

[@NVHarry]

@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert no im a lawn fanatic though.. will look to do mine then as i was waiting till late august time

[@kennymcconnell2480]

Any tips for cleaning up after strimming edges ?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

I can honestly say i just blow off paths other than that it just rots down in the borders

[@kiddcapri1711]

Ohh haircut

[@Grahams-Grass]

You had a hair cut 🤔

[@mattmurdoch4345]

I’m properly confused as whether I should scarify or not. If you don’t have much thatch can it do more harm than good?

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

No deffo not

[@_stokyo_]

Eh man that lawn looks perfect before to me 🤣

[@s1914]

Stirling’s gone back then 🤪

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yes for eu noise testing!! Im sure i Voted out!!

[@mike-norris]

I was enjoying your videos, and then I learn you were a Brexit voter....

[@coalitionperformance5901]

Can’t wait to see this in two weeks, just know the lawn god will have done his biblical work!

[@DanielHibbertLawnExpert]

Yeah me to and the rain arrived on queue too

[@Gazon-Kiev]

👍🇺🇦

[@tynaeadams3562]

2 passes on a zero turn 😂 areas like this should not be in videos - the 4 year old grandkid could maintain this spot a make it thrive - man get into a real yard with real problems going on like like bad shade from trees, grub worms, unlevel soil, Mother Nature baking & burning then make a video 😂😂 - just joking - looking good

[@mycreativespace2021]

Great stuff man👌 sent you a email for the products

[@mattwharton5939]

Great video, inspiring me to do the same. My lawn I’ve noticed has quite a lot of very low level lateral growth, similar to this one I see. However I have the Webb cylinder push mower and a normal rotary. Can I get away with mowing on lowest with the rotary first before going over with the cylinder? Thank you my friend! 🙌