Home gardeners with a penchant for homemade garden tools do not think about investing in an expensive scarifier. With a little imagination, the existing machine park can be expanded with a self-made scarifier. This guide explains what a scarifier has to do. Browse through tips, tricks and ideas for building your own.
A shoe with tines is a great scarifier
What must a scarifier be able to do?
The motto "Nothing going on without moss" is refuted twice in the garden if a frugal home gardener with DIY skills works here. In order to scarify the moss-covered lawn and transform it into a representative green area, you don't dig deep into your pocket here. Rather, resourceful gardeners construct the useful device themselves. A scarifier (€84.00) must do the following work:
- Use pointed tines, spurs or knives to pull moss and weeds out of the turf
- Leave healthy, well-rooted lawn grasses
- Score the soil 2 to 5 mm deep to aerate the roots of the noble grasses
Furthermore, a scarifier should be able to be transported evenly over the lawn, either with muscle power or motor power. In order for the device to fulfill its task for many years, weatherproof building materials are recommended.
Ideas for a self-made scarifier
Proud owners of a lawn tractor easily solve the problem. A disused seedbed harrow or meadow drag is quickly converted into a scarifier. Farmers regularly offer used harrows for little money on the Internet. Drags and harrows are equipped with spikes or tines and a suspension device.
The device is attached to the lawn tractor and pulled over the mossy lawn. For the most part, moss and weeds stick to the spines. Then sweep away the remaining clippings with the rake. Meadow towing has the additional benefit of leveling out bumps, such as molehills. After scarifying, we recommend reseeding so that bare spots close quickly.
tips
A self-made scarifier only meets the high expectations if it is used at the right time. Scarify the moss-covered lawn when the soil temperature is at least 8 degrees Celsius and there is no risk of frosty temperatures. No rain should have fallen in the previous two days.