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Pesticides (440)

Winter weeds

Happy New Year to you all

Got a car park paved with setts that is rapidly turning green due to weeds, seedlings an the like. Would normally use a herbicide, but that seems to make no sense at this time of year so thinking of pressure washing. Or am I

Started by AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo in Pesticides

18 Replies · Reply by Ben Mallow Jan 7, 2017

Japanese knotweed

Hi guysCan somebody help me or point me in the right direction to a Japanese knotweed management plan?Just wanted to know all the proper paperwork really that goes alongside the treatment of knotweed.ThanksNathan

Started by Nathan millward in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Accreditation

3 Replies · Reply by Progreen Weed Control Dec 7, 2016

Progreen. BIG THUMBS UP

Hello

Just wanted to give a shout out to Progreen.

Found there contact through landscape juice and contacted them. Spoke to a chap called Richard and he was very helpful. Great to deal with a supplier that is quick to give helpful advice.

Fully recommen

Started by Nathan millward in Pesticides

2 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Dec 1, 2016

Lawn treatments

Hi guys.Can anyone give me any advice please on pricing for lawn treatments? Something like 4 treatments a year for every season . Do you price per square/meter? Or is it more of a guessing game when you see the lawn.ThanksNathan

Started by Nathan millward in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Turfcare

17 Replies · Reply by Daisy Lacey Nov 28, 2016

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Interesting article about gylphosate and cancer

On both sides of the Atlantic a battle is raging between starkly opposed views of what science tells us about risks to our health emanating from our surroundings, including our food, water, and the wider environment.

This battle often pits advocates,

Started by Green Girl Garden Care in Health and Safety and Pesticides

15 Replies · Reply by James Brett Dec 10, 2016

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'Killer' Harlequin ladybirds breeding in NI

Killer invasive ladybirds that eat the offspring of the native variety have been recorded as breeding in Northern Ireland. for the first time.

Harlequin ladybirds are larger (between six and eight millimetres) and more dome-shaped that the native spe

Started by Gary RK in Pesticides

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Ivy and Ground problems

I've got a very large garden with a very large ivy problem it's everywhere as is the ground elder. To give you an idea the grounds are on a grade two* lisited house in the woods. The grounds are well established in a English country garden manner so

Started by Cheltenham Garden Maintenance in Pesticides

23 Replies · Reply by Jane Harries Nov 7, 2016

Crane fly controll

Hi I have been asked by a social housing provider to treat a housing estate which has a very bad crane fly problem. Can anyone point me in the right direction on the best pesticide to use as I believe that a few have been discontinued recently. I bel

Started by Andrew Evans in Pesticides

3 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Nov 2, 2016

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Chafer grub causes havoc in Cambridge Colleges

What’s eating Cambridge’s courts?

A cocktail of crows, grubs and the EU is causing a headache for Cambridge’s gardeners

Iconic Cambridge courts are being disfigured, as crows attack the lawns of at least seven colleges. Jesus and Pembroke have had to r

Started by Progreen Weed Control in Pesticides

2 Replies · Reply by Billybop Oct 26, 2016

Tank mixes/spray combinations for ground elder

Morning all,I'm in the process of creating a new herbaceous border for a customer and need to eradicate a substantial area of ground elder which is along one edge of the border to be.My question is: Does anyone have a preferred chemical combination f

Started by Tom Beevor in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Pesticides

15 Replies · Reply by Glen Stillman Apr 30, 2018

Split fig tree

Evening all,

A maintenance customer of mine contacted me in a bit of a panic this weekend, saying that their treasured standard fig has split down its trunk. I have seen much larger ones that have not done this, so cannot really think of a reason for

Started by Tom Beevor in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Jobs

4 Replies · Reply by Tom Beevor Oct 2, 2016

Water cabbage

I have a customer with a running stream coming from a golf course, it runs through her garden and onto a neighbours property which is a 200sqm pond, and runs further on....She wants rid of the water cabbage which has invaded her stretch of stream.It'

Started by matt evans in Pesticides, Plants, and Water gardens

1 Reply · Reply by Progreen Weed Control Sep 23, 2016

japanese knotweed removal courses

wondering the process to become qualified in the above.is there any courses etc and anyone know if there is much work to be picked up in this .cheers

Started by paul berry in Pesticides

5 Replies · Reply by Harry@VWGS Sep 6, 2016

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Cooper Pegler CP15 2000 series storage ?

Hi everyone, looking at finally sorting a new knapsack sprayer and have a question for you all ref the Cooper pegler 2000 series sprayers. When in storage position in van, can you have the pump handle in the Vertical position or is it stuck in the ho

Started by Harry@VWGS in Pesticides

6 Replies · Reply by Steve Booth Aug 15, 2016

Horsetail problem

Just got an allotment as if I needed more gardening to do!Anyhow it was hugely overgrown but has a problem with horsetail it's everywhere. It's not just my plot but suggestions.I've cut it down, removed waste, sprayed, cultivatored anything else I've

Started by Cheltenham Garden Maintenance in Pesticides

6 Replies · Reply by James Brett Aug 14, 2016

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Box Tree Caterpillar damage

Has anyone had an experience with Box Tree Caterpillar infestation?

My box balls/box hedge is being decimated by caterpillars as I type.

I have no idea where they have come from but the damage has occurred very swiftly. It's rather disappointing as

Started by Phil Voice in Pesticides and Plants

8 Replies · Reply by James Todman Sep 6, 2016

Bug bomb my van?

Hi,I've got a van full to the brim with green waste that I can't dispose of until Monday morning as the trade waste area is closed. Needless to say the vans already infested with bugs, webs everywhere, etc. Whilst I'm not squeemish, it is literally i

Started by Chris in Health and Safety and Pesticides

8 Replies · Reply by Green Girl Garden Care Jul 4, 2016

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Glyphosate gets an 18 months extenstion ...finally

28.06.16 : Professor John Moverley, Independent Chairman of the Amenity Forum: "Late yesterday, just two days before the license was due to expire, the Health and Food Commissioner confirmed an 18 month extension. This is certainly shorter than we

Started by Gary RK in Pesticides

2 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Jun 30, 2016

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Weed Control

Hi, can anyone advice on the difference between Roundup Vantage and Roundup Pro Bio?Also can I mix Paradise with this weedkiller, to prevent regrowth? Or can anyone recommend anything better?Thanks

Started by Bryn Dunkerley in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Turfcare

1 Reply · Reply by Gary RK Jun 22, 2016

Lawn weed and feed

Hello everyone. Hope your all coping with all this rain.Just need some recommendations please for a decent weed and feed for lawns. Got a lot of customers that need scarification on their lawns and I need a good treatment to apply to kill the moss/we

Started by Nathan millward in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Turfcare

9 Replies · Reply by Jeff Mennell Jun 25, 2016

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