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Contracts and pricing

Hi all. I’ve got a couple of queries that I’m hoping you can share your wisdom on.

I’m sure the answers to these are in the bog somewhere but I can’t subscribe this month as it’s been rather an expensive one for one reason or another. So I will join y

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Compost teas and DIY liquid bio fertilizers in lawn care

Does anyone make their own compost teas and liquid bio fertilzers for the use in lawn care and / or plant care ? 

Seems to be a growing area with a lot more suppliers offering a wide range of products you 'brew up' and then apply to help soil heath ei

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Rhus typhinia tiger eyes

Evening one and all,

Has anyone got good feedback on using The small shrub Rhus typhina tiger eyes?. I wanted to plant it by the front door of my house, with a bamboo root blocker around it.If it is likely to escape and run like Ronnie Biggs, then I w

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Husqvarna 525 RJX

Anyone use the Husqvarna 525 RJX strimmer? New purchase, replacing an Echo SRM  222es partly based on its low vibration. 

However, it judders alot when run on low revs (stone edeges, gravel, windows etc). Is this normal? Anyone familiar with this mach

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Self propelled mower recommendations please

Evening Juicers!

I need to get a self propelled mower as I have several clients with very large gardens.  One takes 4 hours to do and she insists on diamond patterning too! Ive got around 350 -400 in terms of budget. Im 6ft 2inch high so I need someth

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Safe chemical application and aftercare

Good morning,

Hopefully someone may be able to help me.

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this but we have found it to be more of a issue during lockdown. I look after properties where I apply a selective to the lawns, fertilse them infrequen

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Secateurs

Just wanted some feedback from all you snippers out there who use Japanese secateurs. Which ones do you have? How do you find them? 

I have used Felcos for many years and was wondering if I'm missing out :)

Thanks

Jim

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A spreader for fertiliser and grass seed

I am beginning to get a number of resquests for grass seeding and fertilising the grass. I am thinking about getting a spreader as I feel that this allows for the appropriate distribution. I would be interested how others spread thgrass seed and fert

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Kubota or Iseki?

We're looking a for a new cut-and-collect ride-on mower which can cope with lawns of a few thousand m2 and in particular, will cope in the wet.  I thought I'd settled on a Kubota G23-II with high-dump: but I've heard good reviews of the Iseki SXG323.

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Cut flowers.

Morning all hope everyone is  staying safe in these  intesting times we find our selves in.  I have a question about cut flowers...I've been considering growing on a small scale flowers specifically for cutting, I think that  due to the up surge of p

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Greasing battery hedge trimmers.

How often and what is the best way to grease the gears on a battery hedgecutter?  Or even battery strimmer head.  Some cheaper are sealed, unlike the ego or professional stihl ones that the bottom plate comes off.      Is a complete body dismantle jo

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Black Lives Matter

In light of recent events surrounding Black Lives Matter and issues of racism within our society, I thought it was important to have a short word on the topic.

Back in February, I posted a blog post delving into the lack of diversity within the hortic

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Anyone researched LawnBot

Have any LJN members researched or even used this product from the States?  Saw it on Linkedin and took a look at the website, not really suited to our business but can see it working with out and out lawn care teams.

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Relocating to Crewkerne and Chard Area

We are thinking of relocating from South Devon to Crewekerne/Chard in Somerset. I run a gardening business here in Devon and I am just wondering what the work like in that area and what prices are being charged. I have run my own business for the las

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Hedge cutter grease

Afternoon people. I use stihl hedge cutters and go through a fair amount of stihl grease, my question is does anyone have an alternative to those small tubes of stihl grease? Thanks

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onsite shelter

hi all just wondering what you guys use for on site shelters currently have a pop up gazebo but as most of my private jobs are fairly secure i can leave some tools on site and was wondering if you guys use anything other than a tarp to keep them dry

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Heading Back To Work Safely

Morning everyone, 

I'm relatively new to these forums, but it's great to see the broad range of expertise on display from members. Hope you have all been keeping weel throughout the last couple of months. Certianly has been a crazy year up to this po

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RIGHT! BE HONEST!!!! DO YOU LIKE ROUNDUP PRO VANTAGE 480 ?????

Hey yall what's good, what's green?

 

I dont post often, so my question is.....Do you rate this product?

I've been using it for 2-3 since it was introduced and I'm finding the weeds are fighting back..hahahahaha bless 'em!

My dilution ratio is 20ml to ev

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Landscaping prices

First of all I want to say hi, I'm new to the network, have just recently started up on my ownand based in Fife..

I'm looking for a bit of advice about my pricing method and rates, all feedback would be appreciated. I'm thinking on pricing every job b

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Books

 Anybody have any recommendations for up to date books on general lawn care and advanced books? 

Thanks in advance 

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