Barry Straker

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Barry

County

Hampshire

Postcode

SO50 9JF

About you and your business ( please complete)

Self-employed garden maintenance in south Hampshire

Skills ( please complete )

RHS L3 qualified gardener with 15years experience

Business category

Landscaper, Maintenance, Lawn Care, Consultant, Domestic

Business Size (based on Turnover)

£0-£50k

Where did you hear about Landscape Juice

Google

Sam Bainbridge posted a discussion

High tip mowers

Hello everyone I'm looking at buying a high tip mower, currently running an iseki low tip wondered which one people rate?Needs to be able to tip into my tipper trailer solely for leaf collection time sides are 1.8m from ground but could tip in back…

Sam Bainbridge replied to Julian chambers's discussion Price increases

"I just tell them.on my first visit of the year, take it or leave it it's not like there's a shortage of work. You charge the price you charge because that's what you feel you need to make it worth while, if they don't want to pay let them go I had a…"

Barry Straker is now a member of Landscape Juice Network

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Peter sellers posted a discussion

Stiga/mountfield roller mower

Anyone got the 21 inch Stiga/Mountfield 21 inch rear roller mower? Appreciate your thoughts.

Graham Taylor replied to Graham Taylor's discussion Mossy lawns

"thanks........... as you say, I don't want to "endup in the firing line" when it all fails..... and I suspect that might be the case with a not very satisfactory outcome! I'm tempted to just recommend they use one of these services like…"

Sam Bainbridge replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"Cooper peglar"

Tom Greener replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"We only buy Berthoud Vermorel sprayers and have done for 20 years.
They are a little pricey but they're the best and last years.
We spray, iron, fertiliser, herbicide, pesticide and algaecide, and they never let us down."

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Si Al replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"I have used the STIHL SGA 85 Cordless Sprayer primarily for the application of fungicides and insecticides for the treatment of box blight and moth. It's great as its battery powered and ideal for high spraying. No issues with it for over 2 years…"

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John F replied to Graham Taylor's discussion Mossy lawns

"Agree 👍 "

Peter sellers replied to Graham Taylor's discussion Mossy lawns

"Graham, they can"t expect a decent job without spending the money. We use a compost roller for larger areas which need overseeding but use westland bagged top soil not compost . They are available for under £100 now on ebay and cut the volume of…"

Peter sellers replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"We use Matabi excellent"

Graham Taylor posted a discussion

Mossy lawns

Just took on a new customer and their lawn is absolutely terrible........... so much moss that I'm not even sure there's any grass there! Anyway, they want me to scarify the moss out... thats no problem but I've pointed out that it will look awful…

Graham Taylor replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"I've had a cooper pegler CP5 for years with no problems. Not the same model now but still appears to be called the same.
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Honey Badger replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"Solo sprayers are my favourite. Thinking about it i have four 5l solo sprayers, a 7l, 1l hand held and a 15l cooper plegler. All for different things, nuts really. I forgot about the handheld its in my garage somewhere. You can get parts for solo…"

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Fusion Media posted a blog post

Redexim and Russells Groundcare Strengthen Collaborative Partnership

Redexim and Russells Groundcare have announced a significant expansion of their long-standing partnership, with Russells now taking on responsibility for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in addition to their existing Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire…

Billybop replied to Adam Woods's discussion Hand held pressure sprayers

"Hand held as in the one-handed jobs? I don't use them but for a small pump-up one with a lance I find the Matabi brand pretty good, think they make hand held sprayers also"

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