How to Remove Moss From a Lawn | Unbelievable 2 Stage Method 😮

In this video i will teach you my 2 step method to moss removal. I will show you how to remove moss from your lawn with proven results using a scarifier and organic moss killer combined. If you follow this DIY process you will see unbelievable results!
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[@Flying2ZC]

Thanks-great demo and I'll be doing this in April. I will try the Mo Bacter too.

[@AdamHT]

Another really useful video, thanks! I would find tips on choosing and installing a second-hand shed really helpful!

[@garrettkennedy6410]

this was extremely helpful thank you so much

[@kieranmckenna2569]

Another well executed tutorial video - would have been great to see the lawn two weeks later. Regarding what else to share - how to make a 'lean to' for housing firewood, etc.

[@gerardhenry5501]

Great job I’m starting mine this week

[@andrewniven4350]

Very informative video. Keep up the good work!

[@user-hy4ip2jz2u]

AT LAST GOT THE BEST INFORMATION been using the wrong tool for the job been using the attachment for the machine been using the rake and not the blade tool thank you

[@sleepysamk1400]

Keep us updated on this lawn renovation mate 👍👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Will do mate

[@J87Visuals]

Great video and explanation. Straight to the point!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks

[@dontuno]

Very useful and informative guide. Now lodged in my brain and ready to retrieve next spring. Cheers.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rinklestiltskin]

nice to find a clear, no nonsense description of how to do things.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it helped

[@davidfarmer2049]

@@TheDIYGuy1 what have you done to your arms mate?

[@danbeare5263]

​@@davidfarmer2049It's called a tattoo mate. 🙄🤔

[@charlesreader7324]

Great video - I have a very large lawn that is covered with moss and have been looking for this kind of no-nonsense advice for some time!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@markhall9275]

Good to see follow up video showing how to do overseeding and the final result. Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍

[@alexpace9494]

Would love to see a garden kitchen, greenhouse, raised beds etc. great work on the channel.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks a lot 👍

[@andyedwards6124]

+1 for a garden kitchen build!

[@christophergarrett4433]

My mo bacter just arrived. Thanks for a great video.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Your welcome 🙏

[@colinoverton790]

I still use iron to kill moss. Other treatments are too expensive and to me don't seem to work better or for longer. I agree that the two step method works.

[@mickiwest2536]

Thanks for the video very useful love the lawn hate the moss 👍

[@leewright6982]

Top video very useful as I need to sort mine out, would love to see power tools intergrated into a work station/bench or work top

[@sophiebarber4620]

I love moss…fab for wildlife 👍

[@IRTEHLEETOKNPBB]

Great video mate

[@frankwillet1609]

Great video, thanks!🇬🇧

[@stephenflynn6296]

Mate a nice pond. Good for the senses and the environment. Love the channel. Top bloke.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks 👍 good suggestions

[@stephenflynn6296]

@@TheDIYGuy1 only just found your channel mate. ! Think it's bloody brilliant. I know fuck all about D I Y but just listening and watching what you doing is amazing. Great presentation. Thanks for all that.

[@MrTeriyakiman]

It would be great to see how to patch up warped or damaged fence panels. 👍

[@mikeparr8519]

Thanks for your excellent video, I learned a lot and will certainly act on your advice. A couple of things that I would like you to cover are how and when to apply iron sulphate and how to deal with ant nests in the lawn. I have ant nests that are creating raised mounds causing mowing difficulties.

[@philware1546]

Use a jet wash on the mounds

[@35geordielad]

I use a scarifier for the first time last year, followed a few vids off utube mowed lawn dug up as much weeds as i possible could, but as my lawn is quite large it was very labour intensife and left some weeds i then scarified, seeded and compost/fed weeks later i had more weeds then ever 😮.

[@danielcritchlow4822]

Thanks for this video mate, gonna copy it step by step in a few weeks 😅

[@TheDIYGuy1]

No problem 👍

[@MrEsh73]

Great video and explained well. Just what I needed as I’m doing my lawn in the next week or so. What would you recommend for over seeding? Thanks 👍🏼

[@TheHitman180]

A top tip after the final raking up is to run the mower over the lawn again to pick up remaining debris.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍 thanks

[@Stevesolo1950]

I always do!

[@WadeMBW]

Hi. Love the video, and thanks. But, and it's a big but. Do you mean coverage is one hundred square metres because one hundred metres square is huge.

[@timreynolds99]

@@WadeMBWit’s only 10m x 10m

[@TheBroz]

@@WadeMBWYou may need to go back to school

[@christophergarrett4433]

Yes I recognise the smell. It is definitely chicken manure. Fab video really helped me. I'd been using the wrong head on my scarifier to start.

[@neilbarnett3046]

Your scarifier is nearly bigger than my lawn. I scarified our lawn one year, took all the thatch and moss out, that gave me the best crop of dandelions ever.

[@blank-dr2kx]

Weed n feed

[@TrailblazingScot]

No moss, no lawn.

[@35geordielad]

Same more weeds that before

[@alan_davis]

That's why he said weed it first... you spread the dandelion across your lawn with the scarifier.

[@knoll9812]

Congratulations

[@theondebray]

Acksherly... I use an electric scarifier every couple of years, and make sure that my weed patches, sorry 'lawns', are well drained, by forking them as deep as I can. I avoid using moss killer, as I have fruit trees. Each year the moss gets less, but I leave the moss in one area because bumble bees make their nests in it, believe it or not. Nice vid, thanks.

[@alangriffiths8401]

I bought a cheap scarify machine years ago - and in all these years I've been using the wrong blade to scarify, I was using the rake attachment and not the blade attachment (should have RTFM)- so thank you DIY Guy for putting me straight.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Anytime 👍

[@Alan-rn5ip]

Only need the blade if very bad moss. Rake attachment will do it perfectly and not as hard on the lawn

[@davidfarmer2049]

@@TheDIYGuy1 what have you done to your arms mate?

[@theoldplankwoodworks2415]

I used the electric power rake yesterday and filled a 40gallon bin full of moss and thatch. I did bin off the collection bag as well…just useless !

[@mattlovejoy5536]

Me too 😞

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Brilliant Cameron

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks 😊

[@frederickhauser2783]

Just Found your site,Really useful ,Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great to hear!

[@rjclondon]

Thank for a really helpful video. Guess what my next job in the garden will be . . . ?

[@jfro5867]

Literally just bought that exact scarifier, bit of a beast, my lawn is about 475m2 so it’s gonna be worth every penny.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍🤗

[@sylviachadwick6471]

Brilliant information to the point no bullshit well done

[@SPCoulson]

Great video as usual - ideas for builds... things to do with old pallets

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks great suggestion

[@garethscott83]

small garden office that is insulated would be great.

[@superamario6464]

Perfect timing!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

😊 great

[@zolalloyd46]

It would be great if you could do a vid on laying flagstones for patios and/or how to repoint/relay existing flagstones that have become uneven/wobbly to step on. Thank you.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great thanks

[@martincox8250]

Would like to see you build a wooden Gazebo if possible 😊

[@lucynabowen6419]

Really great video, comprehensive, easy to follow with your very clear step by step guidelines and not over long for my ADHD brain to process.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍🙌

[@aaronsmith1446]

A pergola build, I would like to build my own so I’m always looking for some ideas. Love this channel great advice and easy to follow.👍🏻

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Brilliant thanks 😊

[@pascalmiltenburgvan1248]

Thanks for the video! Normally, I don't wait a few days after cutting the grass to scarify. Why is that better?

[@edthered1971]

I have this problem now again this year! I used a product called ZERO but I don’t rate it I am going to try your new secret 😉👏💪

[@Splodge4514]

Thankfully I have a petrol leaf vac. Makes short wok of picking it all up with its massive bag.

[@Ragnarrok2023]

DIY patio, decking, pergola, shed would be fab!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Awesome ideas thanks

[@peakproofuk]

Why is moss a problem?! It’s lovely.

[@Lee-no7bz]

Hi mate, great video and really helpful! Although plenty of rain at the moment in Manchester so will probably have to wait until March. How soon after applying the Mo Backter can I over seed?

[@davedlr7]

great video - thanks. At what point would you aerate? After the 2-3 weeks the Mo-Bacter has done its job?

[@stuart7762]

Have used my scarifier to cut down into the thatch, didn’t grab too much out initially but then power raked it. That really dragged loads out. I have used the mo bacter instant, applied with a sprayer. Supposed to kill the moss in 24 hours but I will leave it a week or so before reseeding. And in answer to a previous comment, agreed scarifying isnt a cure for moss but it rectifies the position. Mossy lawns in my experience are due to north facing aspect,shade and inadequate sunlight for the grass to stay robust. So scarifying etc needed every 2to3 years on mine

[@DMUSA536]

I have an electric dethatcher. It works very well. I have used a leaf blower instead of raking. I also compost the debris.

[@schmang8198]

I didn't think of composting the moss- good call

[@danielstingel9673]

I’m gonna start a composter next year. What type do you recommend?

[@awantamta]

Great job

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍👍

[@beano6584]

Few things, I use this too, I don’t scarify at all, I put it on in blazing hot weather and then I don’t water in, the moss never goes brown, just disappears over the next 6 weeks.

[@pauljakeman]

Awesome video mate thanks! Great tattoos btw too

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Hey, thanks!

[@pauljakeman]

@@TheDIYGuy1 no worries mate,, got some real nice sleeve work! Do you have more?

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Only one on my leg. Cheers

[@mrvijaymitra]

Nice video. Thank you. I have moss problem in landscaped area, i.e Silver bryum moss amongst decorative stones and paving slabs. How can I adapt your method in non-lawn area such as pebbles, stones, paving.

[@doricdave7192]

Thank you for getting scarifier and raker correct 😂 does my head in when folk call a raker a scarifier!

[@salokin1]

Hope you'll show us what it looks like in a few months time!

[@warrenbutcher4424]

Very informative and well presented, is there going to be a second video on seeding and feeding the lawn? Recommendation on lawn feed? Are the products pet friendly?

[@donovanvaz3289]

Very informative video, thanks for posting it. However, I would like to see what the lawn looked like after the Mo Bacter did its stuff and then how you seeded the lawn and how it looks now - especially as it's been a year.

[@bobf711]

I thought the same. Also wondered how long before re-seeding and did you scarify again before re-seeding and was any fertiliser used or just compost?

[@Jameady1]

Cheers mate, great video! I'd love to get some advice on how to handle ant infestations on your lawn; I've got anthills popping up everywhere and just can't get on top of them.

[@johnhamilton9991]

Really helpful as my lawn is dire need of moss removal. The Hyundai scarifier looks to be a great bit of kit and has very good reviews. Am seriously thinking of getting one but can’t find the discount code you mentioned. Thanks for the video.

[@JuiceBanger1]

its a generic chinese petrol scarifier, ive the Cobra one thats the same. loncin engines. tis a good job.

[@user-eb8ko3eo9v]

Install an above ground vegetable garden,and an above ground pond and waterfall makes for a nice sound in the yard attracts birds and through in a few good fish

[@kevingaskin5084]

A nice dark green lawn like mine

[@dangilmore2495]

Great video. Question - I did this in October, which meant I was too late to overseed. Now I've noticed quite a bit of the moss and weeds have come back over the winter. Would you recommend doing it again in spring, or would I be stressing out the lawn too much?

[@dawnlynas1103]

Would love to see you do a gazebo of some sort as it would look lovely in your size garden. Great video as well 😁

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great idea!

[@keithronson2624]

Thank You. Excellent video. Scarifying is a skill! Learn from my Uncle for me and our methods are very similar. Not sure when you did this, editing etc, As you say much depends on the weather. More gardening would be appreciated. Weeding? The usual suspects! Thanks again. Hope the renovation project going well?

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks Keith. Reno going well thanks 🙏

[@homeroad1643]

could you please do video on best sweepersm or most efficient ones. Also could you please make video about the drainage for the gardens, in which situation where to put it if garden under angle. would be grate some thorough video on that.

[@colinbleach9390]

Brilliant stuff..keep it up mate...However I've a lawn that dies in a long streak one side of the garden ..already its going bare

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Will do thanks

[@tribesman1955]

One of the finest products I have found to remove all my wide leaf weeds prior to addressing the moss problem is Dicophar. I use a golf cart sprayer to apply (my lawns are 2/3 of an acre) and the effects can be seen after about just one week. It's brilliant for daisies and dandelions. Great video for what I need to do afterwards to clear the moss out. I'd love you to try Dicophar and then maybe see you give it a go in one of your videos, it really is that good. Cheers

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks for sharing

[@allanbarbour2879]

Scarified my lawn the other week and applied a product from B&Q Purely cos I hadn’t researched a good product. After watching your video, I’ve purchased Mo Bacta from eBay. I’ll do the scarifying again, this time lady to right once I’ve done up and down the garden. Will leave Feedback of my experience I. A couple of weeks. Thanks

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Good stuff. Look forward to hearing how you get on

[@ryanwood2011]

Seeing a patio being laid would be great and a huge help for me as I’m thinking of doing this

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks 😊

[@xcalibardead]

Second this! Will be doing a full lay down myself in a few weeks but can certainly hold off and wait for a video for tips first :)

[@neilbroome2587]

Over seeding video

[@wooltweed]

I want to lay some Yorkshire stone flags (2m x 2m) what prep besides a weed barrier do I need to do and do I use cement or gravel or sand and do I need a whacker? I’m putting a greenhouse on top.

[@joemdee]

Could you give some ideas on improving lawn drainage.

[@blank-dr2kx]

Aeration

[@johanvanderbeken4697]

Great video! How can I get rid of a bumpy lawn - 2acres (large) terrain? What are the options I have (in Belgium)?

[@Clarkkentuk6]

Hi, great video, thanks! I bought a scarifier last year, but didnt use Mo Bacter. The products I have been using always scorch the lawn, so I've been left with patches. Could you post a video on how to put the correct amount of grass seed and which grass seed to use?! All the ones I've tried just dont last from year to year, some just dont grow at all :-(

[@magazine045]

A video dealing with clover would be good. Thanks 😊

[@user-hp5zy8lj2c]

Great vid as always. How about building a log store somewhere in your garden ready for when you install your log burner? Keep up the great vids.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

That’s on my list 😊

[@andyphillips7435]

@@TheDIYGuy1spread the wood ash from the stove onto the moss. 4-6 weeks kills the moss roots, leaves the grass 👍

[@jonathanphillips3257]

Great instructional video and will no doubt give rise to many people having greener, moss reduced lawns as a result this summer. One thing I do when using the motorised bladed scarifier is leave the bag off and additionally use a bungy cord over the handles with the ends hooked under the edges to hold the rear deflector flap slightly higher, thus preventing the removed moss, etc... from building up on the underside of the scarifier as you go.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Great tip this 👍

[@4u2nvme4ever]

I do this with a broken bamboo stick, wedged in it keeps the flap up at the right height to not hit my legs with debris

[@heatherjolly8389]

Oh smart

[@royvirjee6542]

Repointing a paved patio. Do I have to remove all the old pointing? Bit of a nuisance.

[@tracymoore4235]

Workshop build would be great to see

[@user-hy4ip2jz2u]

when is the latest you can use the scarifier and lawn treatment as we have had a very wet spring

[@nigelatkins1824]

Thanks for video. Where is the discount code for the scarifier though as not in the link to their website.

[@blank-dr2kx]

I’ve scarified all year round same results (do it for a living.)

[@FasterThanTheSpeedOfScience]

Great instructional video. Only downside for me is thinking - do I really want yet another garden appliance cluttering up my garage?!

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍

[@davidstevenson4837]

best way to level out grass

[@dekmackie]

sand or top soil

[@davidstevenson4837]

the best way

[@davidstevenson4837]

the best way

[@matthewstrachan9299]

i'd like to see a video on effective drainage for household lawns with the pros and cons of french drains, soakaways, vertical soil injecting clearly explained

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍

[@kennethmccoll5675]

This is great advice...very helpful..but at my time of life I hade my garden ripped up and layed artificial gras, now after a few years I find a bit of moss coming through were it used to when I had a real lawn, is there any way I can remove this please

[@BrianWMay]

I cured mine completely, I now have a plastic lawn and it looks good year round with the odd hoovering (yes really).

[@stephenparker8250]

Grim

[@CulturalArchitect]

Outside lighting around the garden would be nice. Fire pit a good shout too or a brick barbecue

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍👍

[@schmang8198]

I'm about to fully revamp my garden. I'd like to see how to best convert from a low fence to a high perimeter of any kind, fence or preferably a wall with some kind of render. I also intend to start growing food, want to build a pergola over a new patio and eventually put in a new shed. This year, the perimeter, moss removal and LEVELING for new grass and patio/decked area are all planned. Lots to go on then

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍👍

[@jaffplumbs26]

A vid on the next step please, making a nice lawn, feeding etc

[@TheDIYGuy1]

👍 Thanks

[@vc2616]

Great video!! Could you do a video on a d I y compact green house

[@stevemorbey]

Hi Cameron, Would love to see a video of how to remove hedges and their root balls as quickly and efficiently as possible.

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Hi Steve. An interesting idea thanks 😊

[@RichReviews_]

Thank you…very helpful. I have a nightmare moss issue with a large country garden.

[@eoghanholland2410]

It's the country, there is supposed to be moss there. The garden is the issue.

[@rosskirk8781]

Coukd you put grass seed in with moss killler?

[@cf3619]

The grass clippings will breakdown in the soil & make it more acidic. This will encourage moss. Put lime down on the grass to neutralise the acidity.

[@emmabannerman6433]

I have moss on the ground around my tree what's the best to use should I try see if I can borrow a scarifier or is there anything else I can do as the rest grass

[@RossHbn]

Decking, patios, fencing or outdoor masonry painting. 👍

[@TheDIYGuy1]

Thanks 🙏

[@seanobrien9308]

Hey nice content I need to hire a scarifier asap You asked for suggestions so I’d like to see content on removing ivy from garden hedges Please 🙏

[@dsl7008]

are there any cheaper or manual scarifiers available? i don't mind doing the manual labour for it