How best to pick up acorns from lawn

gwapenut

Sadly squirrels isn't the answer as the dog has scared them all away this year.

We have a mountain of acorns to clear from the lawn and wondered the best way of picking them up.

The petrol mower on a "high from the ground" setting doesn't vacuum them up, nor does the 3KW Worx handheld garden vacuum / leaf collector.

Has anyone found any effective and not-too-expensive ways of doing this? Does anywhere over here sell the nut collectors / pecan pickers that appear to exist state side - they look like a rolling cage built from metal coat hangers, strong enough to hold acorns inside but weak enough to "part" and allow an acorn to squeeze through into the cage when rolled over the ground.

sirbrainy

gwapenut wrote: »

Sadly squirrels isn't the answer as the dog has scared them all away this year.

We have a mountain of acorns to clear from the lawn and wondered the best way of picking them up.

The petrol mower on a "high from the ground" setting doesn't vacuum them up, nor does the 3KW Worx handheld garden vacuum / leaf collector.

Has anyone found any effective and not-too-expensive ways of doing this? Does anywhere over here sell the nut collectors / pecan pickers that appear to exist state side - they look like a rolling cage built from metal coat hangers, strong enough to hold acorns inside but weak enough to "part" and allow an acorn to squeeze through into the cage when rolled over the ground.

Mower on lower/lowest setting normally does better than highest :cool:

We use a decent bow rake from Gardena



which has a very nice action, close tines and makes a boring job quick and easy. Worked extremely well last week on conkers and sweet chestnuts and their casings - would work just as well on acorns.

http://www.watering.co.uk/rake-36cm-wide-g3178-20-p1155.html

grizzly1911

I have a scarifier for my cylinder mower that does the job perfectly, and the leaves too.

It might be worthwhile investing in one of the cheaper electric ones?

As PP says use lowest setting on lawn mower too.

glasgowdan

Yup, mower on low setting. You'll also do a final autumn grass cut at the same time and lift any other debris from the lawn while you're at it. Then you can change the oil, drain the fuel and sharpen the blade ready for next season.