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Power raked my front yard last fall, pulled up a bunch of thatch and dead grass. My yard is 100 times better this spring!

Possibly one of the most informative (and briefly funny af) DIY vids on lawn maintenance..thank you G

I’m glad I watched your video I think we need to do this at my HOA because the grass looks like crap. However, the least you could’ve done was to give us some pictures six weeks later to show the improvement! I wanted to see the fruits of your labor, namely the results. 😁

Best line in this video "move out of the way of the doers" - love it. Also, this morning - I couldn't understand when he said 'it's hard on your back and your legs on your arms'.....then....this afternoon (after power-raking my lawn) - I'm two cans of Yuengling lager deep and my entire body is still throbbing. Helpful video. Good stuff!

This was by far the best and most comprehensive dethatching video I've watched. Thanks so much! Now all I need to do is learn how to decide what fertilizers and soil conditioning to use

This "LIKE" is especially for the Yoga session. Good to see you looking after yourself!

I removed the thatch from our yard (using a metal rake only) in Houston because the grass just would not grow and it was getting over grown with weeds. I spend weeks digging out weeds and raking thatch. 13 trash bags later....all clear. Added fertilizer (Nitrophos) and the grass started growing like gangbusters! Weeds didn't stand a chance with new strong grass growing! Great video!

great job .. could you take a video of what lawn looks like weeks later? would love to see the final results

thumbs up and thank you so much. I too purchased a thatch rake...that thing will kick you in the rear real fast, but it makes me look cool to the lawn nerds and just plain crazy to everyone else. My chiropractor loves it, he's in Costa Rica right now with my help.

Best step by step video on dethatching! Cheers Ginja!!🍻

Dang it Ginger with all you great information and Installation I can't tell the wife I don't know how to grow a green lawn ! Thanks a lot ! Lol guess I better get to it. This is really going to sux.

I just want to thank you for taking a project that I thought was going to be really quick and making it probably 2 or 3 days but this lawn is definitely gonna be saved because of your video I just want to thank you check out all the thatch that I pulled off this lawn

Ok, a very professional video; I learned a few things. I see you got the same rake at Lowe’s that I brought. I plan on ordering the Green Works this fall but will hang on to my rake to do some spot raking if needed or just use at times to loose weight.

Intelligent man he is. Glad he mentioned that some thatch is good.

I can't wait. My new, old lawn has been neglected for a decade. Maybe i can get the wife to do it.

Glad you're back Ginja, I've missed you over the winter.

I was thinking the manual thatch rake cause that's what i used last year and boom it pops in the video......the rake is amazing..... i pulled everything out my lawn last year and over seeded ........ now its jumpin....

Hats off to you sir. That is some hard work. I’ve had two lower back surgeries. A couple years ago, I was healed up and feeling like a man again and went to Home Depot, bought a dethatching rake, used it for about 10 square feet and took it back haha. The power rake isn’t the best but I’ve learned to just be happy with it. I love the shirt too!

Just bought a house with 17000-18000 sq ft lawn. Last time I did this on a small lawn I had the biggest pile. I've been cutting mine to 3". Back yard is nice. Front hard has spot that grow way faster maybe it's Crabgrass. Lost of areas of dead material.

Thatch rake is your friend and enemy at the same time. I still need to finish... Subscribed to see the rest of your content.

Hahahaha, your workout routine was HILARIOUS!!!!! Love ya brother, keep up the good work.

Nice job. Hard work, I know. I prefer to mow with a bag instead of raking. You're right, the mower bags are smaller these days it seems. So every couple of passes I just dump the debris in chosen spots in the yard and keep going. This way it's less tedious for me and when done, pick up and bag all the debris at one time. Any loose residual I lightly rake or use a blower. I guess it boils down to whatever method works best for the homeowner, not to mention age too. One thing's for sure, you'll shed some pounds in the process. Thanks for sharing. ~Mike

Ahh the power rake, wonderful invention. It's also great for getting rid of moss, which I spent doing for three weeks this spring for clients. Needless to say, two passes don't always get the job done! If only these things were self propelled! We found that using a blower, for larger lawns, can really help get out that deep stuff that the power rake has pulled up (front and back were each 20-30 40gallon bags of moss!). You know you're pushing too hard if the machine is grabbing as you go, but on large estate lawns getting it done at one setting without that happening is almost hopeless.

Good information...hand de-thatching is WORK!

Awesome review on the subject for us turf professionals, we all need to keep up to date and fresh on the knowledge base

Mr. Ginja, please try the Greenworks Dethatcher. It is a cheap unit, but it does better than the commercial units. The tines are small and scrapes the lawn vs digging into it. Using a dethatcher rake afterwards is pointless because this thing gets all the dead grass. In this case, cheap is better.

I just used a spring rake once in the spring to clear the debris(once the grass starts growing again in the spring) and used a manual reel mower. The nitrogen, well, I get that for free it comes from the sky from a thunderstorm; the fertilizer was the grass clipping. My yards always came out lush and gorgeous green, while others next to me look like that in the video.

Great video! Hard work! You sir, are the bearded Bill Burr!

Feel like taking a business trip to Calgary to work your magic on my lawn? In all seriousness, this is what i needed to see so i can use these tips on my lawn. If we didn't get 2in of snow on Thursday night I'd be starting this.

I just bought an Earthwise dethatcher. Holy cow! I filled an outdoor trash can no problem just with the small front yard. Crazy. Now on to overseeing.

I used to be so crazy about my lawn too, now I own an acre and, well I dont treat it so good any more, lol Thanks for your hard work. Lawn care isnt for the weak

Yooo! Definitely brought it back to life. It'd be awesome to see a follow up video to show the progress. Anything they could do about that quack grass?

Ginja, you magnificent bastard. This video is exactly what I needed because this is the EXACT situation I have in my lawn. You’re a bearded god send. I’m on the south shore of Long Island in NY and I’m noticing that I’ve got that brownish tinge to my lawn where as everyone else is greening up nicely. I have the green works de thatcher. I’m going to use that and then buy a hand thatch rake and really crush this problem. My only question is if this will effect my pre emergent (prodiamine) I threw down? Should till my brown areas after and over seed, then hit it with some tenacity? I’ve got a mix of rye and fescue. PS, you’re slowly becoming my go to. I appreciate when you said you don’t “spray and pray”... what a burn, lol.

I bag my clippings. I use the clippings in my compost. I compost my grass, leaves dead branches that fall daily from my 7 trees. Two are pine trees. I have grass growing under my pine trees to most people's amazement.

I like your little shows, last year I saw one of your shows about power raking so I hand raking it help a lot . You have inspired me to step up the Care on my lawn.

Lmao “Im huge in Japan” lol great shirt 👕

Merry me and help thatch my yard😂

I always found additional hand raking was necessary. I start with a good variable-spacing wire rake. The wire gauge would be sbout 16 or 14 AWG. Mine is chrome plated tough steel. This doesn't pick up much at all, but it aligns the junk so a sawtooth rake can pile it up without pulling up the live grass. If I used the sawtooth rake alone, it would pull up lots of good live grass. Just a little trick I picked up over the years.

I picked up the same rake at my local lowes for $8. The guy there told me the never sold one in several years. It works great but because my lawn is so uneven and bumpy I was tearing roots and all.

What about hitting it with a leaf blower after you have raked up everything?

I've done manual thatching and it sucked! Great workout tho

I TOTALLY need that bada** machine. Dethatched with wire rake which is slower, but good exercise and fun. Problem is square footage for people. I've got about 3,500 square feet. Great video. Thanks!

I read a book on lawn care many years ago. Jerry Baker's book. He recommended adding beer and/or cola to a lawn sprayer to help those microbes eat the thatch.

looks like Utah. lawn looks great. I'd love to see a "month later" shot

Looks like that beard needs a dethatching!

Those machines are sweet, love the results once the grass gets to breathe!

Quick tips.... get spring tines put onto your thatcher... way better then flail blades!!! Next you can either use the mower as a vacuum or use a blower and blow it into piles.... the blower will get more out for you then even a rake. Specially if you have a good backpack! Work smarter not harder....

At first I thought the caption said "KGB". I was like, "How can soviet Russia help save my yard?"

you have a nice beard man!

I didn't know I needed to thatch, but I'm checking in the morning. My front yard looks amazing, but I'm always trying to make it better. Thanks for the video, Ginger.

I felt your pain with that dethatching rake. I did my yard which was half the size of the one you did and I was gassed. Honestly the hard work paid off in the end. I feel like it got up a lot more thatch and I was able overseed since the soil was broken up nicely.

That beard needs a good thatching.

Nice job airing out that lawn. I found that the Bluebird self propels as it churns up the thatch, buried gumballs, pine cones, twigs, and so many things you had no idea were buried in the lawn. It does an excellent job. I am about to try for the first time dethatching my Zoysia. Its naturally dense but it has stopped reproducing and I am fighting moss and fungus now. My co-op said don't dethatch until it is fully growing, which means June here in Md. I didn't think to inquire about special nutrients after beating up the lawn, so thanks for mentioning that. I'll have to inquire about Zoysia specific needs. Thanks for the video. Cheers

😅😅 Your funny!! Collapsing and doing exercises on the lawn! It made me laugh! Thanks for the video, I learned alot! 👍

I usually mulch the final bag back into the lawn, its the oldest and has the most microbes and nutrition. The lawn can certainly break it down now, but i still use the mower to mulch it up and spread it around. Its gone so fast, and helps the turf recover from the process.

Dethatched my lawn last fall...this brought back awful memories.

my lawn is garbage, so I decided to do something to it, last season I de-thatched the entire thing by hand (it sucked hard btw), 6 lowes paper bags 2 days and plenty of blisters on my hands my lawn is still garbage ... but its getting better as its went from mostly clover to mostly fescue since last fall I dont think anyone has done work to the lawn since the house was built in 1992 and we moved in in 2016 lol

Jerry Baker used to recommend spraying beer from a hose-end sprayer on the grass by July 4th to speed up thatch decomposition.

I bought a Sun Joe after watching one of your videos thx

Wow...from all the part time lawn jobs...wow..schoold me there. Good to know!😅😅

I just finished doing my front yard and oh boy it is super humid and hot here in Tampa Fl. 92 degrees and 95% Humidity feel like 98*

My left side began to hurt while looking at you pushing that dethatcher and that RAKE!!!!

Thanks for the videos. I feel sunburned just watching these videos

My friend, the video is very educating lawn lovers like me. Many thanks.

Ginja style! dethatched about 6 weeks ago with a manual rake.... Glad it's a once a year event!

Thank you for the video. I think I have been through all your videos about this subject in the last week, some of them were older but still applicable. :) I have been cleaning my lawn up. I have a thatch rake as well but have been using my Groundskeeper 2 and it has been awesome. Thank you again

Saw the Utah plates in the garage and got super excited, haha! Hello from Central South Utah County!

What an amazing tutorial... hopefully the weather will be good for me to do this process (with a friend) Thx so much

This video was amazing. This is exactly what is wrong with my lawn. My buildup has gotten so bad that its has a really Brown hue and the ryzen are growing verticle instead of horizontally. New sub right here mah Ginja!

Woah... He's got the power rake out! Motivating me to get the Agri-Fab tow aerator together!

Now I just need you to come to my house in Michigan and do that to my lawn. I pay well 💰

Superb video with great instruction! Love your style and when you started rocking on the ground sucking your thumb, I laughed out loud! Thanks for posting!

@ 12:39 - 12:46 Hilarious! Love the motto. "Do it right". Awesome vid!!

I pulled 22 @55 gallon bags out of my lawn this spring... gonna have to do it a few more times this year!

OMG! We know what labor means and sucks😥 but is rewarding we stop for now but you bring lots of tips. Thanks so much for your tips really such a great job!

Thankyou from the information. Lol try to use a push mower on a 1 acre property. I purchased a power rake blade. Little by little come back. 5 year ago my lawn was so freaking thick. One pass the bag was full. Iam thinking about redo the whole property over because of the crabgrass.

This video prompted me to rent a power rake . My property is 100'x200' and 3 hours later I found myself renting a 14' x 7' dump trailer to haul the debris away, 500# according to the scale at the dump.My yard is starting to show signs of rejuvenation.Now I will concentrate on the Vole issue that has plagued our neighborhood.Any and all comments from "THE" Ginja appreciated!

Awesome information! Loved the yoga session in between power raking.

Was looking for info on my lawn and found your page. Love the insight. Gonna have to get on this particular job this weekend. My grass is looking like yours, only with more weeds. Smh

Good video! We do the lawn mowing different. I found that if I cut the lawn after power raking, I don't have to hand rake at the end.

I see great results and only do it once, maybe cuz I do a short mow after but I don't see a need to do it twice. LOL

Best video I've seen on this topic. My grass is basically dead, and I need to revive it. I'll power rake then overseed. Should I wait till fall and give up now because I'll hurt it more than help it? It's cool season grass. Thanks

Thanks, man. I watched my my first video from you, and quickly suscriben, decided I’ll bing in all of your content as soon as posible.

Was I the only one wearing headphones and looking around to see where the car was coming from? That directional microphone was amazing

Thank you for sharing your know,ledge!

Dethatching by hand is a royal PITA but it’s totally worth it once you have everything cleaned up.

Great job! Will be doing this now that I’m quarantined!!

I've watched a few of your videos as I am new to the area and also owning a lawn that I must maintain myself. As you showed the lawn I thought "Yup, mine looks just like that." Then you panned the camera and I saw the mountain and thought "Hey, that looks like my mountain." After checking a few of your links I discover you are very close by. I am however a bit further up the Wasatch in the Clearfield/Layton area which is sadly out of your service area. Thank you though for providing tips and ideas of ways to make my lawn look its best!

Wow! Hard labor! But the results will be worth it! Lol You must have had a hot sweaty day!! You certainly know your stuff! Thanks for sharing Ginja!

Thank you for keeping your camera as steady as you can. I was hit by a drunk driver and now have vertigo and a lot of these videos make me nauseous. But not yours.thank you again!

Awesome video! Thanks for the tips and keep them coming! They are a huge help to all of us!

Best thatcher ever

Loved the workout humor! Thanks for the info, I know I need it

Over 1500 subscribers in 2-3 weeks? Keep up the good work. Cant wait to see the follow ups on these yards later on.

Great information and instructions, thank you for this great video!!!!!! I learn as lot just by watching your video. And it wasn't boring, you made it kinda of fun to watch. Great job!!!!

Thanks for the video. I live in Arizona and we have Bermuda grass. Last year I detached it with a rake and it worked pretty well. I have a small yard. I battle clover and some other weeds too so I use weed and feed or turf builder and that helps.I’m over it when it short because I have a mulcher on my mower and I don’t use a bag but I’m thinking I probably should. My color is off this year so it looks like I might have to dethatch. Last year we had so many days over 100° in no monsoon season or rain. It was brutal. Thanks for the info

Another great episode of advice Ginger!! and I can honestly say that I'm learning so much!

Thank you for a great video - new homeowner! 🍾🍾

Great videos. Very informative. Thanks!