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  Graeme @ BGS April 17, 2009 at 6:13pm

  Evergreen is good but there are plenty of other products.
  
  For example Sportsmaster Renovator Pro 10+2+4+Fe £27.73 Plus VAT and delivery for a 25kg bag from Pitchcare web site. This would cover 714 square metres at 35 g per m2
  
  Sportsmaster Renovator Pro is a triple-action product.
  
  As well as providing essential nutrients to promote growth and improve colour, it contains three selective herbicides giving a useful level of control of common broad-leaved weeds. Sportsmaster Renovator Pro will control common turf weeds including Cat's Ear, Creeping Buttercup, Daisies and White Clover. Dandelions and Plantains are moderately susceptible. Resistant weeds are Common Bird's-Foot Trefoil, Field Woodrush and Mind-your-own-business.
  
  In addition, it contains Iron for the control of moss, and rapid green-up of the turf.
  
  Personally I find Pitchcare expensive - Phone Sherriff Amenity - You can't go wrong!
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  Mark April 18, 2009 at 6:58pm

  Thanks for the usual good advice and associated info..;-)
  
  Customer has gone for the Evergreen stuff, I now need a spreader...will be another string to my bow I suppose.
  
  I've also just bought an extender for my Ally Hight Step Major (although struggling to sort out problems of faulty manufacture with Henchman right now !!!!!) because of a job that has finally stretched the existing platforms limits. So my second year in gardening is still demanding that I be more versatile to secure work and offer more to the customer.
  
  Good job I'm working 6 days a week at the moment so can afford to invest a bit back into the business.
  
  Anyway thanks for the feed back, I can now treat this lawn with a bit more confidence in the product than I would otherwise have been able to do.
  
  Cheers
  Mark
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  steve loftus April 20, 2009 at 10:31pm

  we have a henchman major and because of when it was bought,the 3 foot extention does not fit our model(design changed the following year)
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  Mark April 21, 2009 at 7:28am

  steve loftus said:

  we have a henchman major and because of when it was bought,the 3 foot extention does not fit our model(design changed the following year)

  
  Interesting Steve....they sent me the extension and it didn't look right even before I put it together, the legs were marked up incorrectly (left/right, right/left..!) and when swapped around the stays wouldn't line up properly..?
  
  After lots of emails & pictures they are sending me two new hedge side legs by 9.30am today to try and cure the problem. My Major is a couple of years old now and they needed to clarify which one I had before sending the "correct" extension.
  
  Cheers
  Mark
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  Phil Voice April 21, 2009 at 8:50am

  Hi Guys
  
  I have set up a dedicated Henchman review page - all your comments are valuable to others who are contemplating their purchase of a platform and of course, Tom Kitching of Henchman will will the feedback very valuable too.
  
  http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/xn/detail/2074886:Topic:36724
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  Dan Frazer Gardening November 17, 2009 at 7:39pm

  Just to come back to this thread, I am treating a lawn tomorrow with Evergreen (haven't used it before). It's a reasonable sized lawn (about 3200m2) and is fairly mossy. My plan is to visit 3 times a fortnight apart and initially spend a couple of hours spreading the evergreen, then scarify, then aerate the lawn. Would this seem reasonable treatment for use of Evergreen?
  
  The Client is likely to be a regular so future visits shouldn't be a problem.
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  Kieran Ray November 17, 2009 at 7:51pm

  Yes just colstly if it is mainly moss why not use soluble iron, this will kill of the moss exelently.
  
  Realy though the feeding time of lawns is over until next march.
  
  Dan Frazer Gardening said:

  Just to come back to this thread, I am treating a lawn tomorrow with Evergreen (haven't used it before). It's a reasonable sized lawn (about 3200m2) and is fairly mossy. My plan is to visit 3 times a fortnight apart and initially spend a couple of hours spreading the evergreen, then scarify, then aerate the lawn. Would this seem reasonable treatment for use of Evergreen?
  
  The Client is likely to be a regular so future visits shouldn't be a problem.
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  Graeme @ BGS November 17, 2009 at 8:00pm

  Dan Frazer Gardening said:

  Just to come back to this thread, I am treating a lawn tomorrow with Evergreen (haven't used it before). It's a reasonable sized lawn (about 3200m2) and is fairly mossy. My plan is to visit 3 times a fortnight apart and initially spend a couple of hours spreading the evergreen, then scarify, then aerate the lawn. Would this seem reasonable treatment for use of Evergreen?
  
  The Client is likely to be a regular so future visits shouldn't be a problem.

  
  I wouldn't suggest scarifying this time of year. Feed (Autumn and or Moss treatment is fine) plus aeration. May be prudent to delay followup treatments i.e. non feed until next year.
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk November 17, 2009 at 8:05pm

  yes ive been advised by one of the best lawn-care experts against any feeds till spring . too much nitrogen ?
  
  lawn sand is cheaper (looks ideal for moss and cost is 1/2 weed and feed)
  
  see graemes advise. just tell her as it is -it shouldnt be fed lol only treat -moss its your reputation....
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  Dan Frazer Gardening November 17, 2009 at 8:25pm

  The Client already has the Evergreen - I'd have probably used more cost-effective means myself. So the advice is to spread evergreen just now and aerate, perhaps cut the grass? I'll suggest scarifying in the spring