Lawncare Advice

• Do I need to scarify?

  Yes, if you want to achieve the best results. Lawns require ongoing maintenance and we recommend scarifying throughout the cutting season, particularly at the beginning and end. You can find further advice on scarifying your lawn here.

• How do I achieve a striped lawn?

  Our cylinder mowers have full-width front and rear rollers which level the surface and create stripes for pristine presentation. We have published lots of advice about lawn stripes on our blog and YouTube channel. To find out more, you could start by visiting How to Achieve a Beautifully Stripe...

• How often should I scarify my lawn?

  Scarify regularly, at least once a month during the growing season. For more information on scarifying, why not watch this video?

• I have a new lawn, when should I use my scarifier?

  We advise to leave cultivations for at least 12 weeks of vigorous growth and you can see that a mat of thatch is starting to develop on the surface of the soil, below the grass plants. It is important to keep the growth vigorous with fertiliser and water as required until this time. If you start...

• What is Verticutting?

  To find out, please watch our YouTube video all about verticutting!

• What should my dial be set at when scarifying my lawn?

  We recommend that you set your height-of-cut dial to the same height as you would cut at to start with and see how it goes. The objective is to disrupt the lawn canopy and remove dead thatch material, but not to destroy your lawn. It is better to scarify twice than to try and go as deep as you ca...

• Why is my mower leaving grass uncut and folding long blades of grass?

  Blades of grass can be too long and too flaccid to stand upright so that they cannot present themselves to the bottom blade for cutting. This is not uncommon when first introducing a cylinder mower, and you need to get the lawn to a position where this doesn’t happen. Just to make sure this is t...

• Why is my mower leaving uncut strips?

  There are a few reasons you may be left with uncut strips: 1.Blades not set correctly or damage to blades from a stone. Tip the mower back on its handlebars so that you can clearly see underneath. Do the paper test to see how its cutting and whether you can work out whether the position of the s...

• Would you recommend using your mowers without the grassbag?

  To achieve a high quality lawn, always remove the grass clippings. You cannot achieve a beautiful lawn by leaving the grass clippings on the surface. If you play golf, you will see that grass clippings are always collected from the green, but not in the rough. Now decide where on this scale you ...