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Members in North Wales without a chemical spraying licence

Hellow everyone i am currently looking for any members on LJN base in North Wales who do not have a chemical spraying licence, who get request to carry this service out but are unable to, I would be happy to carry out these jobs as an affliate busine

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sprayer

looking to spray development site  about 1 hectare  have been looking at chapin 6200 pro sprayer    using  roundup pro biactive ,  sprayer coming in at about £130  anyone know of better sprayer and cheaper total weedkiller   

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Has anyone used Mossgo?

I've Just been asked to spray a block paved driveway that has some moss on - not alot but enough to make it look untidy.

I had a look and found Mossgo . . . . . so before i buy it I was wondering if anyone had tried it and had any success? or do you h

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Weed killers

Am new to this forum, but have had a lot of help with edging shears. Thank you.But now need to ask about weedkillers.. I don't have a spraying certificate:Are there benefits in getting a certificate?Where is the best place to buy weedkiller?Which are

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Best Practice: Glyphosate use on hard surfaces

Document(s) shared with all for information purposes......

The guidance in these documents is further endorsed by this years regulatory changes formalising the need to 'target' spray on hard surface and effectively outlawing blanket spraying with pes

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Mildew on oak trees

Hi, a couple of mature oak trees in one of my gardens have really fallen foul to mildew this year, and their leaves are falling at an alarming rate. I am in the South East, and have not really experienced this before. I assume it has been due to the

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What do you use to stop your plants being eaten by bugs

I have a few gardens i look after that have different plants, hedges & shrubs all in various stages of  being consumed by bugs.

I do not claim to be a gardener, I look after lawns in the main.

Whilst I can purchase general bug control sprays at around

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Fertiliser for border preparation and planting in September

We're preparing a border for planting which will be done in September.  Preparation planned for August.  We're clearing the plants and I've done some soil testing.  It's a heavy clay loam, with zilch nitrate and potassium (according to tests). 

So I'm

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Spraying in Hot Weather

After all the wet weather when couldn't spray now hot weather and problems with evaporation ...

Do you all just carry on spraying weeds with diminished results or withhold until temperatures are more favourable ?

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Bad News - 2nd discovery in England this year of ash dieback disease caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea (C. fraxinea)

Professionals in the plant nursery and tree-care sectors are being urged to check on the health of recently planted ash trees, and notify any symptoms of Chalara dieback of ash, a destructive disease only recently found in Britain for the first time.

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Controlling Couch Grass

My client has couch grass/twitch growing in from next door which is severely overgrown. Constant weeding is just about keeping it under control but is difficult when it's coming up amongst the flower beds to dig it out. Any suggestions on controlling

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Bindweed

A new client has a 100ft long, 5ft x 5ft hawthorn/holly/hazel hedge completely covered in bindweed - bindweed is, in fact, all you can see and the hedge is, not surprisingly, dying. Ripping it off will be a temporary solution, and I do like the follo

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Using 'Frost' to control/kill weeds...

Much has been said recently on LJN about use of pesticides and weed control.

This one option developed / implemented in the USA - uses man made 'frost' to kill weeds.

http://frostkills.com/

Seems early days for it, as long term results are not yet av

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Mares tail weed or horses tail pictures - kurtail

i have some pics of before spraying . ill try and up load but i will take some more to show the effects .(if the rain didnt wash it off) !

 

if not here today ill try again next few days.   ive had this product a year and only just used it.

 

robin

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Residual herbicide

A few months ago I did my PA1/PA6 course. I have since had domestic work where I have used Roundup ProBiactive 450.  I cut the grass on a large industrial factory and have been asked to spray kerb edges, perimeters of buildings and there is also larg

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Box tree caterpillar

"Anyone had experience with the 'box tree caterpillar?' - the consequences are not fully known yet but could be awful. See this link for more info - http://ning.it/N2z4Mf"

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Lawn Weed

Hi, can anyone identify this weed. It looks like dandelion at first glance but I am sure it isn't. I did think it might be shepherds purse but again on closer inspection I am not so sure. The weed is growing in a newly seeded patch of lawn. I know I

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Glyphosate Not So Harmless?

A news item in British Wildlife (April 2012) highlighted growing concern with the over use of glyphosate. Documented impacts included;

• glyphosate resistant weeds
• a build of of pathogens such as fusarium
• entire groups of organisms that don’t exi

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Japanese Knotweed, Could you identify it?

I've found 2 stands of Japanese Knotweed in new clients gardens over the last couple of weeks. The worrying thing is that both of these clients have had "gardeners" for years, either weekly or bi-weekly visits.

Japanese Knotweed is classified as a con

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Recommened pro lawn treatment products

Hi all,

I'm doing my PA1/6 course soon and want to offer a full lawn treatment service, as opposed to just mowing and edging that I do now.

I understand the treatments and timings (occasionally use off the shelf B&Q products the customer buys) and how

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