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Organic lawn feeding

Good evening all, hope you are not all washed out !

I'm going to see a new client who has a sizable pair of lawned areas which she would like me to take care of.  This is fine but she would like me to use an organic system to do this.  Does anyone hav

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Hayter scarifier

A friend of mine is looking into buying a new hayter scarifier. And was asking if I'd used one before,  I haven't only eliets. So has any one got any experience of them or heard any reviews on them??

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Any lawn care people based near Poole/Bournemouth?

hello all and Happy New Year

I've got quite a few customers looking to get their lawns treated in spring and as it's not something I offer I wondered if any members here were based in Dorset/Poole/Bournemouth who I could recommend them to?

Thank you :)

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hi need help winter lawn feed?

hi there can  i put this winter lawn feed down about 8 weeks ago, was wondering can i put it down this week and am i okay to do so at this time of year ? thanks ian as theres no clear instriuctions of applying in colder weather or what time of year d

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Hayter or Honda?! Or neither......!

Now then! Hope all are well and surviving the rain!

Just looking for suggestions/general comments etc etc on roller mowers.  I bought a Honda mower a few months back, it doesn't have a roller but was bought for slightly smaller and more awkward jobs,

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Dealing with Leather Jackets...

Well if you can think of a better way of dealing with Leather Jackets, I'd like to hear it!? pic.twitter.com/7WNFiBIDG0

— Pitchcare Ireland (@PitchcareIRE) October 22, 2019

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Hayter pro 48

Anybody using the hayter 48 pro?? Any good or bad points?,

thanks

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Anyone can cut grass .....

If you’re into lawns, especially in a professional way such as turfcare/greenkeeping - a thought provoking article via Lantra :

https://www.lantra.co.uk/news/anyone-can-cut-grass

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Too late for seeding?

One of my mowing clients has asked us to have a go at renovating the front lawn which is approximately 350 square meters and full of moss. I was thinking of scarifying most of the moss out and then applying a granular feed/moss killer . With the exis

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Spreader

Good morning all

I need a new fertiliser spreader and would like some advice on what to buy. I have been using an Earthway Shoulder Spreader for a couple of years but the mechanism for adjusting the application rate seized up quite a while ago resulti

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Scarify before spray?

I'm going to be applying a selectivie - most likely Mogul - to a clients lawn soon, as well as scarifying, before reseeding (once interval between spray and seeding is up). Should I apply the selective before scarifying or after?

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Grass not growing much.......but we still have to make a living!

I have a street near me with 6 regular lawn mowing customers in it.

5 have been cut each fortnight but one has turned my workers away the last two times, stating that the lawn does not need doing.

The grass is not really growing much, as we have not ha

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Books

morning all hope everyone’s doing well on this wet Wednesday...can anyone recommend some good books on lawn care preferably with a good bit of technical detail about scarifying, fertilisers an the like. 

 

Cheers 

chris. 

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Turf

Evening. A question for lawns guys in Huddersfield area.

a mate is wanting rid of an existing lawn and replaced with new turf, from pics I've seen it needs spraying off, rotavating and raking level etc and new turf laid, what is the general rate per m

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Rolawn vs Tillers Turf

i've currently got options on both Rolawn Medallian or Tillers Arena for a sizeable turfing job.

I've always used Rolawn when i was based in the South East. Very consistent turf in my view and good for domestic clients.

Never used Tillers but have seen

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Lovely surprise

Our customers send us the lovieliest messages and occasionally the odd treat...not sure I'd say this was a treat ! Monday morning  ID - still alive and wriggling  - goes down nicely with a cup of tea!...

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