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Warranty Registration Essential Say Etesia

Equipment manufacturer Etesia is reminding all buyers of its turf care machinery and its UK dealerships of the importance of warranty registration at the time of purchase.

 

This follows an incident recently where a ride-on mower bought three years ago

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Ferrari Introduce New Compact Model

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Italian Manufacturer Ferrari has added a new compact tractor range to its well established series line-up, distributed exclusively in the UK by Lamberhurst Engineering. 

Full to the brim with features that will assist its operator, The new Ferrari Cro

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Garden Designer Vacancy: Cheshire and Manchester

Cheshire/Manchester based multi-award winning design practice Kirman Design requires a full time garden designer to work from a busy garden centre office. Candidates must be able to think on their feet,

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Green-tree Open day 25th March 2011

Last few places left !

On the 25th of March 2011, Green-tech the distributors of Green-tree Top Soil will be holding a preview morning to promote its range of sustainable soils. The preview morning will take place at its main soil production site in D

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Anyone for Tennis?

The most common problems encountered on artificial grass tennis courts stem from a lack of maintenance, which is a year-round requirement on any artificial surface.

The characteristics associated with tennis – the concentration of play across the surf

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Resin bound driveways

Peak surfacing have sucessfully installed a number of new resin bound driveways over the last few weeks.

Bottesford Near Scunthorpe Lincs X2

Bradford W.Yorks

Cress well Derbys.

Barnsley South Yorks.

Wetherby N.yorks.

 

Based in sheffield we supply and insta

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More than half a million people play golf regularly in Sweden; Parnevik and now Henrik Stenson have made top ten world rankings. The country may not be blessed with an ideal golfing climate, but it is one of the games’ rising stars.

 

The prowess of Sw

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Do Contractors need Designers?

 

This is the title of a seminar to be delivered by Mark Gregory of Landform Consultants and the London College of Garden Design at Landscape, the industry trade show to be held at Olympia on13th and 14th April.  It’s a question that caught my eye, as

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Hi all, hope the last few weeks were good for you. Lots of things are happening for me and some things takes too long.

 

The internet is amazing tool for information, as you know, think about all things that happening in many arrabs countries thanks to

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Landscaping Liverpool

 

Property Prices have now fallen, so why move home? We can improve your garden or driveway which will increase the value of your property. Many people are now getting their gardens landscaped rather than going abroad to also save

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Open forum activity

Jamie replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Again thank you for all your replies. As a self employed gardener i need the best, which from research and talking to others Stihl are the best. They do need repairs every so often but then they all get plenty of use. I do more or less 50 hours a…"
11 hours ago
Adam Woods replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"I generally spray a heck of a lot in Feb/March, or just befroe the buds appear, then as soon as the leaves have appreared stop... unless I have a real problem with a particular plant - otherwise I would spend my life spraying for blackspot :)"
yesterday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
Avant Tecno, a renowned manufacturer of compact loaders, is embarking on a quest to uncover the oldest Avant machine still in operation in the United Kingdom.As part of its celebrations marking 25 years of successful operations in the UK, Avant…
Tuesday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
An ICL trial at St Andrews Links demonstrated that tank-mixing Vitalnova SMX with an H2Pro TriSmart programme significantly enhanced golf green turf quality and rootzone health, surpassing the improvements achieved by using TriSmart alone.A trial…
Tuesday
Tim Bucknall replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"That surprises me.  Do you not continue through the season? Surely you'll only get a few week protection at best from each application?"
Tuesday
Adam Woods replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Sticking in a late reply here...  but, and it depends totally on this.... how big is the lawn? and how established is the garden? + of course how much is the client willing to pay/put up with to get a solution??? In new estate houses locally (built…"
Monday
Billybop replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Absolutely nothing wrong with that Graham if you enjoy it... like these people who restore WW2 aircraft and old steam engines etc ... I wish I had the patience to do it !  I have to be in the right frame of mind to repair things, and it can be very…"
Sunday
Graham Taylor replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Sad I know but I rather enjoy tinkering around with these things!!  I've a couple of BG86's..... one I've had for about 6 years    The only problem I've had is with the "ergstart" spring failing    fitted a different starter spool which did away…"
Sunday
Adam Pilgrim replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Interesting discussion but as I currently live in the area of two of the largest gypsum mines in the UK and in an area where the prevailing soil type for arable use is 'Nottingham brick clay', if applying gypsum worked to break up the ground, all…"
Sunday
Billybop replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Same here Vic...even if I was offered a free petrol blower with a lifetime supply of fuel thrown in, I would decline it. Not for environmental reasons either. I use the most powerful Ego battery one but have kept a couple of the previous Ego models…"
Sunday
Adam Woods replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"Rose Clear. concentrate .. but I finished blackspot spraying over a month ago"
Sunday
John F replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Just out of interest how deep is the clay Gary ? 
Are you automating the aeration process mechanically or manually ? 
Large area or small area ? 
If the clay is deep you need to go down into the clay beyond the root zone therefore hollow tine but a…"
Sunday
Vic 575 replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"I’ve had two BG86s and they both only lasted just over three years, just long enough to pack up just outside of the warranty. I then switched to the stihl BGA 100 battery blower. I would never go back to petrol.
It’s the same with the Stihl petrol…"
Sunday
Tim Turner replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"I got a manual one from amazon of all places - was about £150 but it actually works, unlike the £40 ones.  I'd recommend it on a small area."
Sunday
Tim Turner replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"I've never used it I'm afraid but I'd be very interested to know how you get on with it. Where did you get the idea to use humic acid and seaweed extract? How will you apply the gypsum? (I thought it had to be incorporated in to the soil to be…"
Sunday
Gary R replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Horticulture gypsum is an organic mineral. 
Considering a lawn is generally 80-90% of a garden keeping it green, healthy and free from disease is in my opinion, gardening. "
Sunday
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Stihl BG86c problems

Hi all, hope this is in the correct thread.So i've had some BG86c blower problems recently. Long story short, i've replaced the carb with a genuine Stihl carb as my previous one wasn't priming, everything was fine once replaced but on full throttle…

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