I agree with you on the no aeration. Just in case I try to back out later, I installed subsurface drip line 4inches below the surface that I’d destroy if put a mechanical aerator on it. Only liquid aeration and now I can add verticutting to my program. Thank you!
I have to admit. I verticut about once a month during the growing season. I just love the look. Keep on the great work. Love your chanel. Greetings from Germany
Ahh the beautiful sound of the Allette Kensington rear roller on concrete… brings back memories of just yesterday hearing that same awful sound at my house!!
i wish allett would make them like the commercial version..with blades alot closer together..im going to make my own verticutter cassette in the winter..its just a bar with blades with bearings either end..im thinking a thread bar.circular saw blades seperated with nuts..10mm apart(ish)..the stihl cordless is the same price with the blades the same distance apart as the allett..you get a verticutter and a scarifier with it and a battery for £260.yes its plastic but it hasnt got a big heavy roller that flattens what youve just stood up
I especially like how the grass stands up tall after the Verticut. My Bermuda grass has become so thick, spongy, and matted down with runners. I really need to do this but I can’t seem to find any Verticutter machine. They’re all $10,000+ commercial grade or only a cartridge attachment from Allett but I don’t have that mower. If you know of a true Verticutter machine even if it’s a lot of manual work, I’d be grateful of a link or keyword to search. All I see on amazon are a hybrid dethatcher/scarifier for about $300 USD but the scarifier is much thicker blades and I think meant to dig into the soil. Whereas the Verticutter we want it to just slice those runners at surface level l and get the grass blades standing vertically.
Since finding your channel I’ve been using the verticutting approach over hollow tine aeration and it’s produced far better results with less visible impact to the lawn. Making do with an electric verticutter on a large lawn is a faff but can’t afford the alternative sadly.
@@grahamstubbs6278 coz the time it takes the money it costs and the results you get just dont make it worthwhile, if you got all day to spend driving a fork in the ground, feel free it wont do you any harm but when you got sore hip and blisters youll feel the same way as i do
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I agree! Used to look after a cricket square and hollow tine once a year to get air down to roots and relieve compaction from rolling. This encourages deeper roots which for cricket is essential to retaining a solid surface and the quality of the game. For gardens, agree the cost of machinery and top dressing volumes can make this very expensive. At home I have a cheap electric cable scarifyer & verticutter which is perfectly adequate. Just done a March feed / weed / moss killer and can’t wait to get out the verticutter. Nothing goes to waste, all off cuts composted too.
Your grass is brilliant. What variety of grass is that?! Rye? I’m fixing to overseed my hybrid Bermuda tif 419 with a special sports turf blend of annual rye. Going to keep it really low all winter for some green grass. Earlier this summer my Bermuda got so thick with runners. I could not find a verticutter anywhere online or in Texas so I tried a dethatcher and I pretty much ruined the last 5 weeks of my beautiful grass. If you or any blokes on here know where to get a verticutter machine for under $500 or some sort of manual make shift one (not a dethatcher and I don’t think a scarifier will work either), please let me know. Unfortunately don’t have an Allett machine as they are extremely pricey in the US with shipping. I have a Cal Trimmer reel mower and a manual earthwise reel mower.
Nice result. It would be interesting to see how you deal with the steep triangular area of grass behind the main lawn (beyond the steps) and I wonder if/how you trim/strim (?) the edges next to the fence.
Verticuttter is far less aggressive. It’s like slicing down into the grass to clear out the crap and promote new growth. I’ve been using mine on my new lawn that is around 10 weeks old, and it gets better every time
Great video again! How do you work out how many bags of jacks magic you need when it comes to overseeding a lawn after scarifying? Keep up the good work 👍.
Dan in your great wisdom, I have a lab electric power rake (tines), would putting it on the highest setting and using that in a regular basis in theory do the same as the verticutter ?
Had my verticutter cassette on order a few weeks now, on back order until mid September unfortunately, and a tad expensive 😲. If I leave the cassette securing blades out of my Balmoral 20s it makes a hell of a racket.
I’m on chalk in the south so there’s no way my lawn will look that colour this time of year as it’s too big to water. How often should I vermiculite in the summer. My lawn does still have a lot of thatch even though I’ve just verticut it.
Hi Danny get yourself a long t handle allen key can't remember the size but sure you can work it out but you can whip the side cover and cartridges out much quicker with one
The bike allen key set did the job nicely, i dont mind spending the extra time, lifes to easy sometimes just doing things the hard way instills a resolve in the mind
Hey enjoy your videos welldone just wondering why are you so against Aeration ? I’ve looked at many other TH-camrs and they say the single best thing you can do for your lawn is aeration …?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Your lawns and the other TH-camrs I follow look amazing.. I have done aeration on my lawn and scarified and has been a game changer !! Iam not having a go just want to learn ! So more scarification and no aeration is what you would recommend!? Thanks 👊🏻
Great video, I've just invested in a Scarifier and attached to an old Atco I have but I'm unsure if its worth the extra cost for a Verticutter as doesn't the Scarifier do most of the job at collecting thatch ? Great tip on the Jacks magic.. I've overseeded and put 4 bags down then a bit of your brilliant formula off eBay !
Any chance of some worm cast advice please?? Any preventive tips you could share would be great. Just started appearing here in the Midlands and i had right nightmare with them last year!! Another great video by the way..👍
Hey Daniel , love the video! Ihave 1 question for you. Since I have an old Allet Windsor 14s myself , I could have the same springs behind the front roller as your Kensington does. But i am wondering if it's worth it? and what extra's does it provide? hope you can give me some tips/ tricks
Another informative video thanks, I watched your video about the time for a first cut of a new seeded area, you used the Bosch and push pulled to avoid turning at the end of each pass, I only have my Hayter 48 to work with, would you suggest leaving it a little longer to get the grass seed established before the first cut ? Any progress with the T shirt availability ?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I was concerned that the weight of the Hayter would be a bit rough on the new grass and disturb it as it is very fresh, I have the strength to push and pull it but there has been some very heavy rain over the weekend. thank you for the reply.
Thanks for the help Daniel. I had been looking at bladed scarifiers/verticutters and most only seemed to go down 5mm. I thought the cuts/slits in your videos looked as though they were a lot deeper than that.
@@mikeswain1945did you get a verticutter? Which one? I’m trying to find one under $500 but all I see are scarifier or Dethatcher which both are slightly different.
Hey there Daniel, I have a Bosch scarifier one with the blades, I don’t have a verticutter. Could the bladed scarifier be used to do a similar task if the blades are set high enough to not cut into the ground?
Another lovely lawn there Dan. I have a load of clover in my grass, and used weedol weed not grass killer over the weekend. How long would you recommend before I put any new seed down, would it be best to just wait until the spring now? Cheers for your help keep up the good work 👍🏻
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert cheers Dan, I’ll keep what I have at it’s best until spring and seed then. Would you have waited until the spring to deal with the clover?
Awesome lawn, very jealous. My wife isnt quite so bothered about the lawn so a verticutter is a lottery win off but i do have a petrol lawn rake, would this do a similar job by any chance?
So, verticutting and scarifying appear to be the same same thing? And both seam to be similar to dethatching, just they are straight blades cutting instead of spring tines scraping the lawn. Is there a suggested depth setting for blades on the veriticutters/scarifiers? Just above the soil, touching soil, or digging into the soil?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I'm thinking that "less aggressive" just means the blade is set higher, right? Most cheap scarifiers/dethatchers (sunjoe) come with a height adjuster for the blade, so I thinking it could be used for verticutting?
Hi. Do you know if the allett verticutter cartridge fits the qualcast classic? I have a qualcast, and the scarifier cartridge fits - so hence wondering if the verticutter fits as well? Thanks so much
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks a million. From what I can see it looks the same anyway - sure maybe someone else will know and as you see I can try to contact Allett directly
The problem with aeration is it brings up all the weeds in the soil and deposits them actually plant them that’s why you can only aerate at the end of the season so they will not germinate
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert no. You said this, ie verticutting, is the next best thing. So if verticutting is the NEXT best thing, then what is the best?
Do you or anyone reading this have any experience verticutting Bermuda? Seems like it would be counter productive cutting the “runners” that grow out but at the same time, maybe it promotes thickening up the lawn… any thoughts or experience on this matter?
Yes. You actually DO want to Verticut Bermuda if it gets very thick and spongy in the summer. I really needed a Verticut machine but couldn’t find one so did a dethatcher and completely ruined it. My grass almost got too good and too healthy that it was growing so much laterally and since it was spongy and thick, and not standing up straight it wouldn’t really cut much even at the lower settings. So underneath the blades of grass the runners would keep growing and it would eventually show a lot of brown in the grass. I direly wanted to just slice the stolons but could not find this device so when I did the dethatcher it simply pulled up everything and I had to end up cutting it all manually with scissors on my knees. It was ridiculous. It created so many bare spots and looked awful for 5-6 weeks. Thankfully it recovered right before we are going dormant in Texas but it was stress inducing for sure. If anyone knows where to get an actual verticutter(not a scarifier) in the U.S. please do tell!
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thank you for the answer. I got a fussy customer he basically wants a bowling green but, doesn't want to pay for it 🤣 cheers👍
I once tried verticutting mine and totally ruined it. Looked like a ploughed field after I’d finished, took years to recover. No idea what I did wrong 🤷♂️
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I think I must have had the blades set far too deep as it gouged huge channels through the lawn. Not dared do anything else to it since except weed, feed and mow! Gotta say though you are inspiring me to try something more again 👍🏻
Hi Daniel, I’ve got an Atco which seems to be similar to your Allett. Been looking for a verticutter after watching you. What height do you have your mower setting on?
Aeration comes in many forms i verticut this is a form of aeration, i dont believe in hollow coring or spiking on a domestic lawn, why do you believe in it? Can you categorically say this does anything ? Look at my lawns do they look like they need spiking or coring?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert it seems to be a tactic from the manual, I was just wondering your thoughts on hollow/solid tine as I value your advice given how good your lawns are. Your lawns look fantastic and hollow/solid tine comes at a big cost in terms of machinery or time of doing it by hand.
Do my lawns look like they need aerating? Most lawn care companies say its vital as they need to recoup the 4k investment, if i said to my customers your lawn needs aerating theyd say its look great and you have never bothered before so dont bother now
I agree with you on the no aeration. Just in case I try to back out later, I installed subsurface drip line 4inches below the surface that I’d destroy if put a mechanical aerator on it. Only liquid aeration and now I can add verticutting to my program. Thank you!
I have to admit. I verticut about once a month during the growing season. I just love the look. Keep on the great work. Love your chanel. Greetings from Germany
Tell everyone in Germany about me, the more views i get there the more chance of supply of my products to there
Ahh the beautiful sound of the Allette Kensington rear roller on concrete… brings back memories of just yesterday hearing that same awful sound at my house!!
Yeah pretty noisy lol
Although it rough tarmac
Yessss. Love it when a new DH video pops up on the feed 😃👍🏼
Saddo!!
Disappointed there was no Michal Jackson content this week. Chamone 😃
@@johncanter9575 well there was a grooming pun to be had i guess
No just one more thing either (Mr Lawn Columbo ) nice vid will be verticut ting and Stella this Sunday 👍
@@frankiepc8119 i know the more polished i get the more i dont forget lol but do have a lovely list of out takes lol
A belting video. You do a great job Daniel 👍🏻
VERTICUTTING is new to me but seems to work incredibly well
Your attention to detail amazes me. Cracking job👍🏻
i wish allett would make them like the commercial version..with blades alot closer together..im going to make my own verticutter cassette in the winter..its just a bar with blades with bearings either end..im thinking a thread bar.circular saw blades seperated with nuts..10mm apart(ish)..the stihl cordless is the same price with the blades the same distance apart as the allett..you get a verticutter and a scarifier with it and a battery for £260.yes its plastic but it hasnt got a big heavy roller that flattens what youve just stood up
Great video Daniel. I read the comments some good advice on them .
That’s some lawn Dan! Amazing job
Once again another top class job Danny bhoy... You make this look so easy 😎😎😎
Thanks for the video.. nice cylinder mower..
I especially like how the grass stands up tall after the Verticut. My Bermuda grass has become so thick, spongy, and matted down with runners. I really need to do this but I can’t seem to find any Verticutter machine. They’re all $10,000+ commercial grade or only a cartridge attachment from Allett but I don’t have that mower. If you know of a true Verticutter machine even if it’s a lot of manual work, I’d be grateful of a link or keyword to search. All I see on amazon are a hybrid dethatcher/scarifier for about $300 USD but the scarifier is much thicker blades and I think meant to dig into the soil. Whereas the Verticutter we want it to just slice those runners at surface level l and get the grass blades standing vertically.
I find that increasing the height of cut makes it a lot easier to get the verticutter cylinder in & out of the mower.
Since finding your channel I’ve been using the verticutting approach over hollow tine aeration and it’s produced far better results with less visible impact to the lawn. Making do with an electric verticutter on a large lawn is a faff but can’t afford the alternative sadly.
Exactly
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert why don’t you hollow and tine aerate I’m new to your channel hope to hear soon
@@grahamstubbs6278 coz the time it takes the money it costs and the results you get just dont make it worthwhile, if you got all day to spend driving a fork in the ground, feel free it wont do you any harm but when you got sore hip and blisters youll feel the same way as i do
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I agree! Used to look after a cricket square and hollow tine once a year to get air down to roots and relieve compaction from rolling. This encourages deeper roots which for cricket is essential to retaining a solid surface and the quality of the game. For gardens, agree the cost of machinery and top dressing volumes can make this very expensive. At home I have a cheap electric cable scarifyer & verticutter which is perfectly adequate. Just done a March feed / weed / moss killer and can’t wait to get out the verticutter. Nothing goes to waste, all off cuts composted too.
Where did you get your electric verticutter? Any link? I’m trying to buy one. All I see are scarifier or dethatcher online.
Excellent video - so informative
Your grass is brilliant. What variety of grass is that?! Rye? I’m fixing to overseed my hybrid Bermuda tif 419 with a special sports turf blend of annual rye. Going to keep it really low all winter for some green grass. Earlier this summer my Bermuda got so thick with runners. I could not find a verticutter anywhere online or in Texas so I tried a dethatcher and I pretty much ruined the last 5 weeks of my beautiful grass. If you or any blokes on here know where to get a verticutter machine for under $500 or some sort of manual make shift one (not a dethatcher and I don’t think a scarifier will work either), please let me know. Unfortunately don’t have an Allett machine as they are extremely pricey in the US with shipping. I have a Cal Trimmer reel mower and a manual earthwise reel mower.
Would really advise putting the bolts in the cartridge bit. Would hate to chew through the gear!
Could you do a video showing close up of various’weed’ grasses please. Fascinating videos. 👌👍🙂
Already exists How to get RID of WEED GRASS permanently | Chemical FREE
th-cam.com/video/p_6aU0dJQLA/w-d-xo.html
Top work 👌🍺🍺
Aeration is the key to a fantastic lawn. Drainage. Nutrient up take. Relive compaction.
Any idea why he's so against it?
@@Murtagh7484 don't know how he just gets by on just lawncare.
But Daniel does not do aeration and he has the best results on the internet !
Nice result. It would be interesting to see how you deal with the steep triangular area of grass behind the main lawn (beyond the steps) and I wonder if/how you trim/strim (?) the edges next to the fence.
They have another gardener for that area , not my thing that
Yes, I enjoyed😊. Whats the differents between a scarifier and verticutter (I normaly use my scarifier, but never tried my verticutter...)?
Verticuttter is far less aggressive. It’s like slicing down into the grass to clear out the crap and promote new growth.
I’ve been using mine on my new lawn that is around 10 weeks old, and it gets better every time
@@ajc2100 Thanks😊👍
Great video again! How do you work out how many bags of jacks magic you need when it comes to overseeding a lawn after scarifying? Keep up the good work 👍.
1 bag per 10m2 is my rule of thumb
Dan in your great wisdom, I have a lab electric power rake (tines), would putting it on the highest setting and using that in a regular basis in theory do the same as the verticutter ?
Notice you’ve kept the rake on when verticutting Dan, so presume you’re on something like 2-3 setting with the verticutter? Another great vid.
Had my verticutter cassette on order a few weeks now, on back order until mid September unfortunately, and a tad expensive 😲. If I leave the cassette securing blades out of my Balmoral 20s it makes a hell of a racket.
I’m on chalk in the south so there’s no way my lawn will look that colour this time of year as it’s too big to water. How often should I vermiculite in the summer. My lawn does still have a lot of thatch even though I’ve just verticut it.
Would you recommend more an scarifier cassette or the Verticut cassette
Any advice on a new lawn in a new built house. Not very big garden I want thicker lawn without mud patches. Cheers
Hi Danny get yourself a long t handle allen key can't remember the size but sure you can work it out but you can whip the side cover and cartridges out much quicker with one
I have several but i lost them
Use a small cordless drill driver with Allen key bit off in seconds.
The bike allen key set did the job nicely, i dont mind spending the extra time, lifes to easy sometimes just doing things the hard way instills a resolve in the mind
Who the hell would dislike this video? 🤣👍
WOW what a really nice lawn Daniel what grass seed is it 👍
Spring rake or verti cutter? Both at gentle heights.
Hey enjoy your videos welldone just wondering why are you so against Aeration ? I’ve looked at many other TH-camrs and they say the single best thing you can do for your lawn is aeration …?
And do their lawns look like mine?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert
Your lawns and the other TH-camrs I follow look amazing.. I have done aeration on my lawn and scarified and has been a game changer !! Iam not having a go just want to learn ! So more scarification and no aeration is what you would recommend!? Thanks 👊🏻
@@aidanmchugh7336 did you do a lawn and not aerate it?
Great video, I've just invested in a Scarifier and attached to an old Atco I have but I'm unsure if its worth the extra cost for a Verticutter as doesn't the Scarifier do most of the job at collecting thatch ? Great tip on the Jacks magic.. I've overseeded and put 4 bags down then a bit of your brilliant formula off eBay !
If u had buy one its deffo the scarifier
Any chance of some worm cast advice please?? Any preventive tips you could share would be great. Just started appearing here in the Midlands and i had right nightmare with them last year!! Another great video by the way..👍
Wish i knew some my friend!!
Excellent that Steve, thanks very much!! I'm onto it right away!!
Hi another great video
Where did u get verticut cassette from plz
I’ve been after one everywhere sold out
Cheers
Hey Daniel , love the video! Ihave 1 question for you. Since I have an old Allet Windsor 14s myself , I could have the same springs behind the front roller as your Kensington does. But i am wondering if it's worth it? and what extra's does it provide? hope you can give me some tips/ tricks
I dont use the tines in front of the blades as they dig in
I have them on their highest your lawm needs be perfectly level to use those
Another informative video thanks, I watched your video about the time for a first cut of a new seeded area, you used the Bosch and push pulled to avoid turning at the end of each pass, I only have my Hayter 48 to work with, would you suggest leaving it a little longer to get the grass seed established before the first cut ? Any progress with the T shirt availability ?
Can you not push and pull with the hayter?
Will be in touch re t shirt
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I was concerned that the weight of the Hayter would be a bit rough on the new grass and disturb it as it is very fresh, I have the strength to push and pull it but there has been some very heavy rain over the weekend. thank you for the reply.
Another inspiring video Daniel. Can I ask how deep the slits go into the surface of the lawn when you're using the verticutter please?
They dont they barely touch if at all thats the difference between a verticut and a scarify
Thanks for the help Daniel. I had been looking at bladed scarifiers/verticutters and most only seemed to go down 5mm. I thought the cuts/slits in your videos looked as though they were a lot deeper than that.
@@mikeswain1945did you get a verticutter? Which one? I’m trying to find one under $500 but all I see are scarifier or Dethatcher which both are slightly different.
I try to do my verticutting cassette. What is the best distance between blades?
That’s beautiful! What grass seed did you use for that?
Barenbrug extreme
Hey there Daniel, I have a Bosch scarifier one with the blades, I don’t have a verticutter. Could the bladed scarifier be used to do a similar task if the blades are set high enough to not cut into the ground?
It seems like your climate there allows you to do this all season long.
Get molasses on it this time of year that will help remove thatch and dead grass
Theres mollasses in Steller do covered that
Another lovely lawn there Dan.
I have a load of clover in my grass, and used weedol weed not grass killer over the weekend. How long would you recommend before I put any new seed down, would it be best to just wait until the spring now? Cheers for your help keep up the good work 👍🏻
4 weeks mate with that
Will be well into september by that point so cutting it fine
I spray it with iron...seams to go away. Lawn obviously does get a bit darker in the areas i spray but cleans up in a week or two.
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert cheers Dan, I’ll keep what I have at it’s best until spring and seed then. Would you have waited until the spring to deal with the clover?
Nar coz it would still be 4 weeks delay so least youll be good to crack on with seeding early if weather permits
Awesome lawn, very jealous. My wife isnt quite so bothered about the lawn so a verticutter is a lottery win off but i do have a petrol lawn rake, would this do a similar job by any chance?
Yeah deffo a more versatile tool
So, verticutting and scarifying appear to be the same same thing? And both seam to be similar to dethatching, just they are straight blades cutting instead of spring tines scraping the lawn. Is there a suggested depth setting for blades on the veriticutters/scarifiers? Just above the soil, touching soil, or digging into the soil?
Verticutting not as aggressive as the scarify
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I'm thinking that "less aggressive" just means the blade is set higher, right? Most cheap scarifiers/dethatchers (sunjoe) come with a height adjuster for the blade, so I thinking it could be used for verticutting?
Hi Daniel great video, how often would you recommend verticutting a lawn ?
If you have time every 2-4 weeks
I applied my ICL fert two weeks ago today when should I be thinking of feeding it again?
In about 6 weeks
Didn’t see you put bolts back in to secure cylinders. Have a Kensington myself and those bolts are always the painful bit. Can you leave them out?
Yeah just saves time
Can you get similar results with an allet scarifying cartridge but on the highest setting? Or is this asking for trouble?
Yeah it gets more crap out just doesnt have the slicing action
0.34 potholes into the earth's core 🤣
Hi. Do you know if the allett verticutter cartridge fits the qualcast classic? I have a qualcast, and the scarifier cartridge fits - so hence wondering if the verticutter fits as well?
Thanks so much
Not sure mate contact allett i reckon they your best port of call
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thanks a million. From what I can see it looks the same anyway - sure maybe someone else will know and as you see I can try to contact Allett directly
What’s your beef with aeration? I’ve only ever heard positive things until now
Hearing and seeing are two diff things buddy
"I don't like aerating, this is the next best thing" Therefore, aerating is the best thing...
@@stephenjebb5576 u mean verticutting?
The problem with aeration is it brings up all the weeds in the soil and deposits them actually plant them that’s why you can only aerate at the end of the season so they will not germinate
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert no. You said this, ie verticutting, is the next best thing. So if verticutting is the NEXT best thing, then what is the best?
LAWN
What type of grass is that?
Necrotic growth, please explain for an amateur ?😀
Grass that has died but still attached to the plant and is rotting away like gangrene on the human body
Are you happy cutting with the 6 blade cylinder rather than the 10 blade?
6 miles better do not buy the 10
You need the 10 blade for cutting below 20mm. It won’t cope with cutting long grass
It is for the ornamental low cut lawns
What height setting do you recommend the Verticutter to be?
Its all down to individual as each mower got different wear but you just want the blades skimming the top of the soil
Just subscribed. New to the channel. What type of grass is that? It’s beautiful!!
Dwarf rye
How frequently should I be verticutting?
Once a month if you like
Do you or anyone reading this have any experience verticutting Bermuda? Seems like it would be counter productive cutting the “runners” that grow out but at the same time, maybe it promotes thickening up the lawn… any thoughts or experience on this matter?
I cant help you not something ive dealt with
Yes. You actually DO want to Verticut Bermuda if it gets very thick and spongy in the summer. I really needed a Verticut machine but couldn’t find one so did a dethatcher and completely ruined it. My grass almost got too good and too healthy that it was growing so much laterally and since it was spongy and thick, and not standing up straight it wouldn’t really cut much even at the lower settings. So underneath the blades of grass the runners would keep growing and it would eventually show a lot of brown in the grass. I direly wanted to just slice the stolons but could not find this device so when I did the dethatcher it simply pulled up everything and I had to end up cutting it all manually with scissors on my knees. It was ridiculous. It created so many bare spots and looked awful for 5-6 weeks. Thankfully it recovered right before we are going dormant in Texas but it was stress inducing for sure. If anyone knows where to get an actual verticutter(not a scarifier) in the U.S. please do tell!
Why didn’t you tidy up around the fence?
Cant remember was few yrs ag
what happened to the drain cover on this lawn?
Covered it over
I thought if you cut too much off the grass would go yellowish.
A little but you keep cutting and it cone back green
So this isn’t a scarifying machine ? I do that in March. It’s nothing fancy just a Bosch one.
Its not as a fuller reel as the scarifier
Watch my mow lines straight properly
And then my show thatch the red card one
Can I ask when doing verti cut how many times a week is necessary? Once? Many thanks
Not that much on this lawn once a fortnight if really keen i guess
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Thank you for the answer. I got a fussy customer he basically wants a bowling green but, doesn't want to pay for it 🤣 cheers👍
@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 i know that feeling, those kind are ex customers in my world
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Yes mate, it's getting that way.
@@edmundblackaddercoc8522 the idea of a nice lawn is nice but the reality is it costs 1000s a year
I once tried verticutting mine and totally ruined it. Looked like a ploughed field after I’d finished, took years to recover. No idea what I did wrong 🤷♂️
Sounds more like a scarify
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I think I must have had the blades set far too deep as it gouged huge channels through the lawn. Not dared do anything else to it since except weed, feed and mow! Gotta say though you are inspiring me to try something more again 👍🏻
@@davek7256 think u need get back on the bike!!
Why are u so against aeration? Iv not done it yet but was gonna rent one tomorrow until I saw this vid!😬
Just not my thing you can do it if you like
@DanielHibbertLawnExpert love the vids. Iv learnt alot from u thats why I ask about the aeration.
Thought I was the only one who hated airating.
No me aswell
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert would verticutting every 8 weeks be ok?
@@supersonic249 yeah better than never
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert was leaning more towards is every 8 weeks too much 🤣 for the lawn and roots to recover.
@@supersonic249 every 2 weeks is fine verticutting shouldnt do any damage
What months do you verticut Dan?
Every month in the summer once lawn established
Another great video Daniel. Why don’t you like aeration?
Coz it hard work for not much reward
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thankyou
Made that same mistake. As you say…once and never again
Hi Daniel, I’ve got an Atco which seems to be similar to your Allett. Been looking for a verticutter after watching you. What height do you have your mower setting on?
Which mower?
Atco balmoral 17 inch.I’ve got the scarifying cassette with spring loaded tines and a 10 blade cutting cassette.
@@jamesatkinson7171 s for the verticut
just epic, not much apart from thanks for sharing
Why are you against air ration ?
Coz it doesnt do anything for the amount of time it takes, why are you for it?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert neither way,i do use spike sandals,but was wondering ,thanks
Just discovered your page, are u Aussie or British?
Do i sound Aussie? Lol
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert honestly, it's pretty hard sometimes to tell
Australia lol
@@paulhopkins686 what’s lol about Australia?
@@bryan4907 bit of a difference between Bolton and Brisbane.
Just wondering why you don’t believe in aeration? Chhers
Aeration comes in many forms i verticut this is a form of aeration, i dont believe in hollow coring or spiking on a domestic lawn, why do you believe in it? Can you categorically say this does anything ? Look at my lawns do they look like they need spiking or coring?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert it seems to be a tactic from the manual, I was just wondering your thoughts on hollow/solid tine as I value your advice given how good your lawns are. Your lawns look fantastic and hollow/solid tine comes at a big cost in terms of machinery or time of doing it by hand.
@@davidfellows5858 its unnecessary as my lawns show
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert thanks 👍
Why don't you like to aerate?
Why do u like to?
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert isn't aeration good for drainage & reducing compaction? Quite a clean option aswell.
Why are you against aeration? Most lawn experts say it’s the most important thing you can do to benefit the lawn.
Do my lawns look like they need aerating? Most lawn care companies say its vital as they need to recoup the 4k investment, if i said to my customers your lawn needs aerating theyd say its look great and you have never bothered before so dont bother now
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert 🤣🤣🤣 wise words mate. I just aerated. Now I feel stupid 🤦
@@mikekilby9785 its wont do any harm but what benefit will you get visually which is what lawns are about in the main
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert I watch a lot of lawn care channels & you seem to have a very simple but effective method. Keep up the good work👍🏻
@@mikekilby9785 cheerz thats the idea behind my ethos
Next door must hate you !
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Yeah
But he's constantly talking about the passed.
But what if our wives think we're only making it worse?
Just say get back in side love
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert Well that's what I thought!
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@DanielHibbertLawnExpert t-shirt please 😂
I hit the dislike button cos I’m well jealous of your lawn 😃