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I would be interested to know... Given that I have a feeling alot of the franchises are breaking the law with regard to the amount of herbicides they apply.
If you dont mind me hi-jacking this abit - does anyone know if NVZ (nitrate vunerable zones) apply to gardens... as I know GT apply Nitrogen in excess of what any sane, logical lawn care professional would apply to any ground, often right next to water courses.
I would imagine that they don't spray for weeds on each visit as it wouldn't be cost effective.
...Possibly water...according to an ex-franchise guy I employed years ago.....
I'm sure this was an isolated 'incident' and not indicative of the whole industry. However, it only takes one bad apple to spoil the whole barrel..ask Dan Penteado, Ex BBC Watchdog presenter ;-)
When I worked for them it was Relay and you were told to spot spray and the water is not too far from the truth, we found that after a couple of treatments the lawns were weedfree but if you were not seen to be spraying by some customers they thought they were not getting the full treatment even though there was not a weed in their lawns, so you were advised by the office to spray water so avoid any customers wanting a discount on their treatment.
David, the water would seem to avoid over applying herbicide!
indeed.
Richard Thornton said: