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Bulb suppliers

Large bulb planting job, trawled the net but many of the suppliers have poor Trustpilot reviews, those that come up ok their prices are excessive. Appreciate you get what you pay for but looking for some middle ground or do we go down the B&Q or gard

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AS 84 mulchmeister - anyone used/got one?

As title please guys, anyone got one or used one? Debating buying one, used to have a hayter condor which I sold at the beginning of the year, but been asked to do a few jobs recently, which require very overgrown areas to be cut back, usual, meter p

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Bird poo

A commercial site I look after has had a kestrel move in up high near the entrance to the building. 

The owners are happy for the bird to be there but the issue is bird poo on the block paving by the entrance. They know all the time it is there it is

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What mower to get

Hi i am looking for recommendations on these two mower i have narrowed it down to weibang virtue 50 svp and the weibang virtue 46 svp i have a lot of small/ medium gardens and a few large  gardens  that i cut thanks

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190m of hedge trimming

Hello all,

pricing up 190 meters of hedge cutting. About 8 ft, not been touched since last year. I'm thinking £875 + £100 for waste.  
Do you think I'm right ?

Probably 16 dumpy bags of waste.  We get charged £40 a ton but we don't have a big enough tra

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Depth of soil for turfing

Hi all I've been asked to lay turf but the client has sub base all over the area to be turfed so if I put down turram and soil then turf at what depth would be best to get the best results 

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Liquid Iron Application

Hi all, looking to spray all our lawns with a liquid iron treatment fairly soon. For most lawns it'll be primarily to green them up and give them a little protection over the winter rather than to blacken all the moss off. This year i'd like us to tr

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Review of Makita 40v XGT garden tool range

Hi All. I recently had the opportunity to spend the afternoon with Chris from Makita, testing out lots of machines from Makita's XGT 40v outdoor tool range. After being well impressed with the tools I have decided to do a review of a selection of my

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A first for me....

A first for me... gardening with engine hoist, rotten wooden planters being replaced with galvanised bespoke ones  - all went to plan, 2 done, 4 more to do when the blacksmth delivers enough bolts to assemble the planters... which he delivered as fla

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Auger or bulb planter

Got a job I hate this Autumn, planting bulbs.

They are going in soil not turf, we have a bulb planter but find it difficult to use so considering a hand earth auger. Do have a petrol posthole borer but the augers are too large for bulbs. Any thoughts

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18ins lawnmower

Hi looking to replace my etesia with something else since there not makeing the pro 46 anymore what woukd you recommended that's similar to the pro46

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Quoting yearly and billing monthly for domestic clients?

Hey all, just completing my 3rd year as a gardener and have benefited from lots of great advice here in the forums so i've finally paid for premium to get full benefits of the forum!

I’ve just dropped 3 days private estate work a week year round due

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Honda HRD 536 QX

Anyone used/got one? Appreciate your thoughts on forward speed/ wet collection/ reliabilty and whether user friendly IE easy to mow around trèes etc. Thanks.

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Telescopic step ladders

Looking at Telescopic step ladders specifically for hedge trimming and pruning at height .

Main reason my henchman is far too long to fit on top of my new smaller vehicle and the telescopic step ladders actually work out cheaper than fitting roof bars

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Mower blade style.

I have an HRH536 and wrecked the blade on it. Just wondering what people think of the mower blades with the air flow holes (?) on the back of the cutting edge?

Gimmicky or worthwhile? Before I get one.  

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Honda Izy 46push or Weibang virtue 46push

Hello 👋 I am looking to buy a new mower for my small business where I currently mow small/medium lawns among other things.

I've whittled it down to two contenders with the size, budget and weight in mind for me.

so please if anyone has working knowledg

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Hedge trimming costs

Hello all,

we've got a hedge trimming job to price up. 72 meters, 35 meters are about 8 foot. The rest is about 5. Cherry laurel and beech. 
We're going to go £360 + £40 for waste disposal. Is this about the going rate?

The customer said it took two men

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Large building site plot maintainence.

Been asked to maintain several plots for a national builder. The plots are landscaped and ready for sale I just have to keep them looking ok, mowing weeding etc. Do people charge a premium for this, I assume the house builder wants it as cheap as pos

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grass cutting

how is the grass cutting going i dont do many now, bu the ones i do have onley been cut once in 6 weeks, even my own has gon 4 weeks and that was just to cut the seed heads off at a high setting also do people still have the lawns fed in the drought

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Zero Turn Cut & Collect Mower

Hello, 

I'm in the market for a Zero Turn mower around 42" and up to £6000. I'm looking for recommendations for any models preferably with a grass collector attachment so I can get more use out of it as this will be my most expensive tool yet.

So far I

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