Scarification is the best way to help keep moss at bay by removing organic matter such as moss or thatch from the surface of your lawn. Also, this stops your grass plants or lawn seeds from becoming suffocated before you plant them – so you won’t have to go through the stress of re-seeding! As we touched on above, the Comfort 38E is quite light. This makes it manoeuvrable, and easy to use, but does lead to a slightly flimsy feel. You may want to invest in a petrol scarifier if you want something more sturdy. The compact size really will make lawn care much easier and really makes the entire experience much less dependent on you struggling with a heavy over sized lawn rake. Is it smaller and lighter than the Flymo? well, smaller yes, but roughly the same weight. The integrated collection box does make the Flymo smaller for storage but the comprise is the smaller collection box and the need to empty more often. Bosch have tried to compensate for the larger box by making the collection box dismantle into two pieces for smaller storage.

The handles once assembled can seem a little flimsy and insecure. Bosch have gone someway to resolving this by providing longer bolts to connect the handles. Well firstly, we're pretty good at what we do. In fact, we'd class ourselves as experts. With more than 60 years experience supplying lawnmowers to both home users and professionals, we know what we're talking about. We pride ourselves on our high levels of customer service and we're happy to provide help and support throughout the process, from your initial decision making to after sales, servicing, repairs and spare parts. The service we're offering is a complete one, and unlike some other companies, we are specialists.Moss spores in April and September, so the best time to kill moss is in early spring and early autumn (when there is enough warmth, fertiliser and moisture available for the grass to recover). The most widespread method is to apply a moss treatment or chemical moss killer before raking the moss out a week later. An alternative method is to rake first then use a lawn moss killer to remove the remaining moss. However, filling spreaders and sprayers with moss control products or weed killers will not 100% get rid of moss on your lawn. Scarifiers also work to aerate the lawn. Their metal blades make small, shallow incisions into the ground, reducing compaction and allowing your lawn to breath. In saying this, specialised lawn aerators will do a better job at aerating specifically, as they can penetrate the ground much more deeply. The extra features like the Bosch Powerdrive and the ‘Jet Collect’ system are not just nice to have features but features that improve the performance of the lawn rake and make that job that little bit easier, besides you want features that will help achieve a lovely looking lawn with least amount of work and effort.

The light weight (9.4kg), small size and fold away handles make this lawn rake excellent for smaller lawns or lawns with smaller strips of grass. The 32 cm width seems to be just right when you need to navigate lawns with flower beds or narrow strips, however, if I had a very large open lawn I would consider a lawn rake with a larger width. Jet Collect’ system – This is innovative from Bosch, the drum has profiled air inlets that helps to not only make the collection of thatch, moss or leaves more effective but also the addition air flow pressure helps to compact the debris into the drum preventing clogging and increasing the amount collected. All of the above can leave lawns weak, undernourished, and prone to moss. This is why it’s a good idea to try and resolve these underlying issues first to avoid persistent moss problems. How To Get Rid of Moss

There is no level indicator or vision window on the Bosch ALR 900 so it can be little difficult to know when the collection box is full. The Flymo Lawnrake Compact 3400 does have a collection box window, this is a nice touch – well done Flymo. At this price range this really gives great value for money and you would be very hard pressed to find an electric lawn rake that performs this well, and has such a good build quality for this price. Part of the reason this electric lawn rake is so efficient is the 1300W motor. This is a decent amount of power, especially for such a lightweight machine. AL-KO has also included a 12m power cable, rather than a shorter 10m one, which is a nice touch. The ‘Jet Collect’ system on the Bosch does seem to, perhaps, just make it the slight winner when it comes to collection of wet leaves on the lawn for example. The flow of air produced by this system seems to help prevent clogging of the collection box inlet and slightly improves compaction.

By removing this debris, you’re allowing sunlight and warmth better access to reach the roots of the lawn, allowing your grass to grow more easily. The smaller your lawn, the smaller the width you’ll need. This is why manual hand held scarifiers are smaller. They need to be more nimble to manage smaller gardens.

How to choose a lawn scarifier

An aerating fork not only makes holes in the ground. It has hollow tine with which it removes the earth from the pierced holes. This allows a lot of air and water to penetrate into the ground. Here, too, you can fill the channels created with sand. Among the most user-friendly moss removal solutions currently available are the following Bosch scarifiers:

To give you some guidance on which type of customer would suit this model best, below I’ve got a list of the categories they would fall under: Moss typically grows in damp, shady areas and can pose a big problem for gardeners. This is because when left too long it forms dense mats which creep across your lawn, competing for valuable nutrients and moisture and hindering grass growth. Moss also prevents rainfall from reaching grass roots and can impede mowing with excessive build-up, jamming lawnmower blades. At some stage, nearly every lawn is going to benefit from being scarified. It’s just a question of whether now is the right time to clear all the debris, or if there’s not enough for it to be worth doing just yet. When should I scarify my lawn? This lawn has a large thatch buildup and desperately needs scarifying. While you can clear a lot of moss with a rake, cordless scarifiers are going to do a much better job, especially if you have a lot of thatch as well. An electric model of scarifier may make the job much more easy as well.Then we thought that we should be looking at Bosch Garden Power Tools rather than just looking at Garden Power Tools or just looking at Bosch products. By combining the two pieces of data it helps to ensure that the prices and analysis we’re carrying out is as accurate as possible and gives you the closest match to the average price of similar products to BOSCH ALR 900 Corded Metal Tine Lawn Raker as possible. You want to use your scarifier when your lawn is not too wet, but not too dry. If the lawn is too wet, you can do considerable damage to it by scarifying the grass. But if there’s not enough moisture, the scarifier might not do the best job dethatching your lawn. Normally I would complain that levers mounted on the front wheels of a lawn rake are always more difficult to adjust than those mounted more centrally, however the design of the height adjustment lever on the Bosch seems to work very well. Bosch have managed to mount the lever out of the way in the front but still allow for the height to be adjusted easily, very nice! The overall quality of any product is important, but it’s especially important when you’re considering Garden Power Tools. You’re making an important investment in this product so you want to be sure that it’s going to be durable and serve its purpose for a decent length of time. Also look at how easy the depth adjustment is on a given lawn scarifier, before buying it. If you plan to adjust the working depth often, you don’t want it to be a difficult process. What working width do I need?