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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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Chafer grub causes havoc in Cambridge Colleges

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Total Weedkiller alternative to glyphosate

Has anyone experience of using Finalsan Plus? "A non-selective, effective weed killer for use against grass and broadleaved weeds, moss and algae. Delivers rapid activity, down the roots." Based on pelargonic acid and the growth regulator maleic hydr

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Agrigem's New Fungicide 'Emerald Turf'

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