How to Use a Lawn Dethatcher | Step-by-Step Lawn Revival Guide - video Dailymotion

Shiva Tanamala

Is your lawn looking thin, patchy, or struggling to grow? Built-up thatch might be the problem. In this video, we’ll show you how to use a lawn dethatcher to remove dead grass, moss, and debris—so your lawn can breathe, absorb nutrients, and grow thick and healthy.  💡 Pro Tip: Dethatch during active growing seasons—early spring or early fall—so your grass can recover quickly.  👍 Like, comment, and subscribe for more DIY lawn care tips and equipment tutorials!  #Dethatching #LawnCareTips #HealthyGrass #YardMaintenance #DIYLawn

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00:00Today we're going to talk about a lawn thatcher. Some people call it a lawn

00:14comber, but the reason for the machine is to draw and comb out the dead grass out

00:20of your lawn so that the moisture can get in, the fertilizer can get down to

00:24the roots and the nutrients can get down and make the grass grow. A lot of the

00:30lawns after not using a mulching blade, which is common on lawnmowers, leaves the

00:35dead grass on your lawn and because it costs to get rid of grass now for the

00:40except for taking it to the dump, this builds up into your lawn and sometimes

00:45mats very hard into your lawn and doesn't let the moisture get through or the

00:49fertilizer get down to the roots. This machine will help you resolve that

00:53problem. Now you can do it with a rake by hand, but this is the motorized version

00:59of combing or thatching, dethatching your lawn and combing out the dead grass. Now

01:04the blades on this machine, I'll show you, are a little thicker than something you'd

01:09use in an overseeder, which we'll show you at another time, but the blades are a

01:13little wider. They're very loose. You'll see they can just rotate on the shaft and

01:18the reason is so that they'll comb and if they hit grass it's too hard, it won't, it

01:24won't ruin anything, it'll bypass, but it being thicker it'll comb out more grass out

01:28of the, out of the lawn. The way to use it is not much different than using your

01:34lawnmower. All you're gonna do is walk along with it, start the engine, walk along

01:43with the thatcher. See if you're pulling out any grass, dead grass, out of the

01:48lawn. Now if you're not, the machine is adjustable. That's what this lever is up

01:53on the top here. And what you do is push it aside and you'll see the front of the

01:59unit going down, getting closer to the soil. What you want to do is adjust it so

02:06that the grip, the blades just touch the top of the soil. Not to the point that it's

02:11too deep that you pull yourself along with the machine, then you're going too

02:15deep. Now what you want, don't want to do is get on your lawn too early in the

02:20spring when it's just mud. Or you're gonna, the roots are very tender, your grass, you

02:25want to wait till it dries out a bit so that when you do pull out the thatch out of

02:29the lawn, it's very easy to rake up and dispose of. So adjust it where you want to

02:35have it. Don't get on it too early. Don't have the blade down too deep so that

02:40you're scarring the soil and the machine's pulling you along. You want to

02:44just be, do have it so that you're just combing and you're just walking along

02:48very easily with the machine and going back and forth over your lawn. Sometimes

02:53you can go 90 degrees to your previous path as well to dig out more thatch, but

02:58don't get too aggressive. Take your time and this will do a perfect job and dig out

03:03that dead grass for you.

How to Use a Lawn Dethatcher | Step-by-Step Lawn Revival Guide

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