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ferrous sulphate

Hi

Can anyone help with this

 

I had delivered today Ferrous sulphate as a replacment for Premier Soluble Iron which i have been using for years at the rate of 300g in 10 Liters of water which treats approx 100m 2.

 

I know the two are the same but never

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Grass seed for shady & damp area

Can anyone recommend a good grass seed for a shady area which can also be on the damp side?

 

 

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re turfing quote

hi

i have been asked to quote for re turfing and improve drainage on a lawn 10 x 10 metres, access is difficult through a garage and up some steps, i think i would need to incorporate 4 tons of sand before laying the turf.  i would also hire a turf cu

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HAYTER PRO

Hi now the hayter pro has been out a while i was wondering what people thought of it?

Positive comments?

And more importantly does anyone have anything negative to say about them?

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Can you stripe with a 4 wheel mower.....?

Yes, here's what we have done (spin off thread from Etesia UK thread):

 

We have some 3rd party "bolt on" rollers for a couple of 4W Hayter 53 Pro's that we used to use. This is what we use:

http://www.amazon.com/Lawn-Stryper-LM408111B-Striping-Patte

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astroturf

Is anyone on LJN based around North London -Herts area that could help me with a supply and lay to around 130 sqm of good quality astroturf, sandfilled if applicable, please let me know what I should be allowing to supply/install.

 

We will do all the

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Lawn treatment in this weather?

Two weeks ago when there was a frost, we saw a lawn company treating the next door lawns with a liquid treatment. We were bit shocked at what we had seen and expected to return a fortnight later to a burnt lawn. The lawn is now a lush green with just

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Lawn Treatments - How often and what are people using?

Looking forward to next year, I'm considering including lawn care treatments as an additional income stream.

After reading various articles about this subject they've left me a little confused.
I'm looking for some advice on:

. how often to apply the t

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Mowing Patterns

Over the past couple of years I have developed an interest in mowing lawns in non-traditional ways to form interesting patterns. My own lawn, for example, I now mow in a spiral pattern radiating out from a central circular bed, or in another, more co

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mower vibration levels

does anyone know which is best ?  hayer 48pro, viking mbvr?55, or other ....

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Croquet lawn Mower

Hi allWe have been asked to tender for the cutting of three croquet lawns for our local club from next year. so what I was wondering was if anyone has any experience in this what mowers would you recommend, the tender stipulates that it has to be a 2

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Leatherjackets

Went to see an old client today and was very pleased to see their new garden thriving, except for a large yellow patch on the lawn. Client explained the patch had only appeared in the past week, and I suspect Leatherjackets are the culprits.What trea

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Using A Turf Cutter

I need to lift and then relay a section of lawn (using the same turf) in the next few days. The turf is in good condition and was mowed today. I'm hiring a turf cutter and have not used one before, and have two questions:1. What should I look out for

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Have a look at this grass for me people - it looks scorched too me - just been treated by trusty digit company.

Hi there,I've just taken over this garden, cut the grass last week for the first time (had been long until the week before, someone else cut it and i cut it a week later.To me it looks like an over treatment and its scorched the grass - am I right/wr

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Chafer Grubs

Has anyone got any experience in using nematodes for treating chafer grubs ?Am seeing an awful lot at the moment but have only ever used merit turf which isn't recommended for this time of year.

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Lawns recovering from the "drought"

Despite the rain we've had over the last few weeks, I've a couple of lawns that still have very large brown areas in and showing no signs of recovery...... unfortunately, I get the blame as you do!! ("shouldn't have cut it so short" which unfortunate

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Cutting grass up to a lower path edge

One thing I always dislike is cutting a lawn where it goes up against a path that is slightly lower level than the lawn ....... higher, no problem with the strimmer to get a nice straight line finish but otherwise, its so easy to end up scalping the

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Mushrooms in lawns...

Hi all,I've recently laid a new lawn for a customer (just under 2 weeks ago). We are giving it a month to let it take and grow but I've just been contacted by them saying that there are mushrooms growing over the lawn.Is it normal for a new lawn to h

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What's the best push along lawn aerator advice?

I have a couple of small lawn rescues to attempt come the start of September. Both clients previously had GT treating the lawns! and what with the dry/hot weather they look absolutley terrible.
Plan is a light scarification, aerate, topdress and rese

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Lawn Treatment Charges

Anyone up for a discussion on how to put together lawn care treatment costs ? Not talking about indvidual's prices, but the method by which you arrive at the price given to your client. Having won and lost a few quotes during the spring I wanted to l

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