In terms of how well it collects, it comes with a 50 litre collection box, now this works great and it collects a lot of moss but it will fill up very quickly.

Our beautiful range of memorials are the perfect reminiscence of your loved ones and can be placed at home, cemetery, crematorium. The biggest disadvantage here is the power cable, which has to be carried along during the entire work process and must be moved regularly. I choose this model as my best pick because I believe it’s the best scarifier for most people with an average sized garden and perfect for smaller lawns. A 40L grass / debris collector is included which can be fitted when scarifying small lawns to save time on the job. By September, there are far less of this seed around, but in early autumn there is still enough warmth in the earth so it will still be easy to work with.Some manufacturers have machines with inter-changeable cassettes; wires for moss and blades for scarifying. The best time to scarify your lawn is in Autumn after a long hard Summer, when the lawn has been used and is quite compacted. Scarifying is a process perhaps best described as a mechanical raking of the lawn, its primary purpose is to remove thatch and moss although it has associated benefits as well.

It has folding handles for easy storage, a dual start system for safety, and a built-in thermal cut out if it overheats.A manual lawn scarifier is the other alternative, which is similar to a rake, but has stronger blades, rather than tines, and often features wheels, which help to drag it over the lawn. Using this manual scarifier is fairly hard work as you’re digging the tines down into the bound-up thatch in the grass, and sometimes you may be digging down into the soil. This allows the Intrepid 384RB scarifier to be navigated to and from the lawn which requires scarifying without potentially causing damage to either the machine or the ground it is travelling over. The other cassette has steel wire tines (teeth) that are ideal for removing moss and thatch from above the soil as well as leaves and other garden debris. As well as over-seeding the lawn, adding a lawn fertiliser will aid the recovery of the lawn to ensure the lawn has the required nutrients to grow.

I have also noticed that the drum also creates a powerful airflow which helps pack the collected moss and thatch into the collection box which increases the amount of moss and thatch that can be collected.Aerating pierces the earth to make it easier for water and air to penetrate deep into the grass roots, and lets stale carbon dioxide escape - which is perfect for seeding. Choose electric versions for small to medium lawns, whereas petrol options are more suitable for larger gardens.

Electric corded scarifiers: Lightweight, quiet and often at the budget-end, this type of scarifier is best suited to small and medium-sized gardens with a power supply.

So first things first, I have been personally using this model on my smaller lawn for over 5 years now and this is not the only scarifier I currently own. Here we’ll look at what scarifying is, why it’s important and how you can manually scarify with common gardening tools you probably already have to hand. The Bosch AVR 1100 Verticutter lawnraker is a powerful electric 1100W electric scarifier that I have been using for over 4 years and it does an excellent job at really getting down into the lawn and removing moss and thatch. Each of our products is ensured to give you a warm feeling of affection to those who shine from the above. Scarifying your lawn helps you get rid of dead and drying grass, improving your lawn’s overall health and making it look greener and happier.