If you’re striving to achieve or maintain the perfect lawn, you’ll already understand the important step of scarifying – or dethatching.

This process removes the dead layer of grass that sits on the soil and prevents rainwater, sunshine and nutrients from penetrating the soil and keeping the grassroots healthy.

The consequences of not removing the debris can be devastating, leaving your lawn looking soggy and dull. While scarifying may look harsh initially, lawns thrive after having the dead thatch and older grass removed. It’s basically a ‘wake-up call’ for your lawn. To help keep your lawn healthy, Ryobi has launched the 18V ONE+ Brushless Scarifier. It has 16 stainless steel blades on a drum that lightly perforates the lawn, removing moss and other harmful debris. It’s also tough enough to deal with New Zealand’s harder soil types. It has a 35cm-wide scarifying path and four depth settings to help you achieve the lawn you’ve always wanted but without all the effort of raking or the expensive of bigger machines.

Because scarifying is a tough job, this unit requires 2 x 18V ONE+ batteries to drive the powerful brushless motor and gain maximum results. The Scarifier has a catcher for the simple collection of thatch and debris.

Folding/collapsing handles make the unit easy to store. The best times to scarify your lawn are the start of Autumn and Spring.