"I have a Stiga with plastic brushes - its used mostly to clear dead moss off a tennis court - before its arrival I hired a Westermann a few times, with the steel brush - that was so much better, almost no need to kill the moss first"
"I discovered that after putting this on. It looks the same as the westermann but with a 5yr warranty rather than westermanns 2yr.
Going to have a demo see what it's like"
"Many Thanks . Not quite the frozen north but North Yorkshire .
Initially tied fleece on but they just looked depressed with leaves dropping off but since removing fleece and putting in a sheltered position they have perked up .
I did put plenty of…"
Hello looking to buy a petrol Moss brush looking at CUBB, Westermann and Powerbrush 1010Has anyone got any of these?Huge price difference on replacement brushes cubb £80, Westermann £200, powerbrush 1010 £400Any advice welcome
"Hi - here in Southern France they are out all year once they are hardened off. Cold and snow doesn't seem to bother them once established. However, grafted olive trees might be different - no idea :-(
Basically, as far as I know, if an olive tree…"
HiMy Etesia Pro51 after 12 years, has I think decided to retire.I would like another but they are so expensive and I'm not sure I can justify the cost.What other mowers are recommended? I've looked at Stihl RM756YC and Weibang Virtue 53 ASD BBC…
"They need a massive amount of grit in the compost, so that it is really free draining - Given they are growing in the Alps and high up on the Dolomites I would have thought they should survive - though I would agree with Tim, that the roots should…"
"It has the look of a lawn that's had a granular 4 in 1 treatment applied during a hot dry period. I speak from bitter experience. I'd suggest it needs stripping and reseeding or turfing in the spring. "
There is hardly any lawn to scarify. 2 passes would take half hour. The rest of the job would be done by 10:30am.
£200 including seed/topdressing would be top price.
Not hearing of chafer grubs and offering to put grass seed down now in…"
"Caroline, we swear by westland top soil it's in smallish bags , I think 35 lts . Its a nice sandy loam free of nasties and consistently good, don't buy wickes B&Q and other own brands its garbage mainly green waste. We hire in hollow tine machines.…"
"This sounds like good advice! I never know what top dressing to use can you recommend any please? Also what do you use for aeration on a small/medium lawn please?"
"Don't know what your classing as North, lots of people class Manchester as north which is a joke 😂. Up here in Cumbria we just don't have them the weather doesn't work in their favour.
I know a few people who have tried and failed, I suppose on the…"