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Turfcare (522)

Lawn issue, can you identify this problem?

Good evening, I wonder if you lawn experts can help me out here, Went to one of my jobs to mow the lawns and noticed it was patchy and looking a bit sorry for itself, two weeks ago there was no sign of this at all.

On closer inspection I could see wha

Started by andy @Doughty Garden Maintenance in Turfcare

15 Replies · Reply by Kevin Barnett May 5, 2012

Mower strips, Plant border edging

Looking at ideas for a border edging, have to go back to client iwth differnet plans thought about brick paving edging ( using a turf cutter to cut shape then lay in bed of mortar) using mower proof edging from Ottis or making a very different angula

Started by CJ in Turfcare

14 Replies · Reply by Trish Reynolds Apr 22, 2012

Robotic lawnmower, yes or no?

Hi all,

one of my clients is considering purchasing a robotic lawnmower and has asked me for advice.

I have little experience with them, but am hoping someone out there can tell me about their farings with these things.

It is for a large lawn, it is rea

Started by Franne Ravensbergen in Turfcare

13 Replies · Reply by David Cox Nov 1, 2012

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A Lawn Tax - unthinkable.........?

Could we be pushed into not growing or having lawns for aesthetic reasons ?

Is there a growing movement towards this or some form of lawn 'property tax' to bolster the Government's coffer's ?

is this reality ?

Well, this 'idea' is now above the para

Started by Gary RK in Turfcare

10 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt Apr 8, 2012

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Lawn Shop - LJN Discount Code for Members

The Lawn Company, members of LJN and the people behind The Lawn Shop have set up a discount voucher code for Landscape Juice Network Members where they are giving 10% off the purchase of lawn treatment products until the end of June 2012.

The Lawn Com

Started by Mike Seaton in Turfcare

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GPS tracking lawn jobs

Hi everyone - we have been out today cutting 3 of the large gardens that we look after. The last one I thought I would use our new hand held GPS to see how far I went on the Kubota. Well, it turns out that I travelled 14.5km on the one garden! 14.5km

Started by steve lowe in Turfcare

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Slow and low growing turf?

I am looking for a supplier of slow and low growing turf (which only needs to be mowed or strimmed a few times a season...??) Needs to be fairly hard wearing, as used for paths in places. It doesn't need to be beautiful & manicured (clients quite lik

Started by Tracy McQue in Turfcare

6 Replies · Reply by Tim James Oct 9, 2018

hollow tine v solid tine lawn aeration

hollow tine v solid tine aeration

I am trying to get to the bottom of the arguement on hollow v solid tine aeration of lawns. I know that various

Started by duncan ross in Turfcare

9 Replies · Reply by Benjamin O'Neill Sep 24, 2012

Scarifiers

Any views on the best scarifyer on the market please for small to med lawns thanks

Started by chris in Turfcare

1 Reply · Reply by Phil Voice Feb 3, 2012

Winter mowing.

I have a customer, elderly, who family took over the garden after i had done it for 3 years to help with some cash for university. I got a distressed call from the lady asking me to mow the lawn. Whilst i wouldn't normally take a mower out till sprin

Started by Phil Luscombe in Turfcare

6 Replies · Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening Jan 20, 2012

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Ethical question: turf or grass seed, what is best?

If I wanted to create a new lawn in my own garden (or a client's) I'd have no qualms about using grass seed every single time as I know I can achieve the same results, if not better, than I could with imported turf.

With time on my side, grass seed a

Started by Phil Voice in Turfcare

14 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Jan 15, 2012

Leatherjackets and Badgers

Hi guys, I had a phone call from one of my customers today saying that he has had trouble with badgers lifting the turf on his lawn. I'm going to have a look at the lawn tomorrow but my first thought is that there after leatherjackets?, however, i'm

Started by Michael Bates in Turfcare

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Live on Turf Grass

Watch this: http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/profiles/blogs/great-video-about-turf-1 Originally posted in this blog, it's truely a lesson. Forget the amercanism's and just suck in the facts and figures. We are lucky to all work in someway with su

Started by Gary RK in Turfcare

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information on turf disease fusarium

Its that time of year where turf diseases start to show up more and its finding different ways of dealing with them,

The most common one is fusarium i have written some information on this disease.

Probably the most common and damaging disease of fine

Started by Rich AGS in Turfcare

4 Replies · Reply by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance Nov 17, 2011

Lawn edging

Doing a job at the moment that needs lawn edging but really do not like smart edge as too difficult and messy to deal with. Has anyone got any idea about lite edge and how good it is. Looked at Everedge and need to make a profit on lawn edging

Started by Lisa Valentine in Turfcare

1 Reply · Reply by Kevin Barnett Oct 29, 2011

Lawn edging

Doing a job at the moment that needs lawn edging but really do not like smart edge as too difficult and messy to deal with. Has anyone got any idea about lite edge and how good it is. Ever edge too expensive and need to make a profit on lawn edging

Started by Lisa Valentine in Turfcare

4 Replies · Reply by Ofer El-hashahar Oct 30, 2011

Equipment hire seeding large lawn

Well the title says it all I need to seed a large area of both lawn seed and wildflower meadow mix.

I am looking for someone in the Norfolk area to hire a cultipack stone burier and seeder from.

Although if you can suggest something along those lines i

Started by Shadow Hall in Turfcare

6 Replies · Reply by Shadow Hall Oct 25, 2011

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Bad lawn

We laid a lawn 4 months ago for a client, using a regular turf supplier. The area (circa 100sqm) that the lawn was laid on was dug over with a digger a couple of weeks before the lawn was laid and

2 lorry loads of topsoil was bought in and raked over

Started by Daniel Gillings @ DC inc in Turfcare

10 Replies · Reply by Daniel Gillings @ DC inc Oct 3, 2011

Heavy Clay soil, drainage problem

I Have a garden that has a drainage problem at the moment, the garden is landlocked on all sides, 2 sides where the garden level is slightly higher than the garden in question.

The soil is very heavy clay in the most, and some ash type soil.

The gar

Started by James Hall in Turfcare

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Autumn winter lawn feed cost, suppliers and spreaders

Today I have been getting prices for my autumn lawn feed, quite a few suppliers have not got any to stock yet, others say give me your details we will get back to you within the hour, no ring back after 4 hours.

Best I have managed is Rigby Taylor own

Started by Bespoke Lawncare in Turfcare

2 Replies · Reply by Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care Sep 9, 2011

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