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"Pro kleen liquid iron sulphate direct from Pro kleen around £21 for 2x5lts delivered. We put 2.5lts in a 12lt knapsack, thoroughly wet area, avoid hot windy days.
Have used it for years highly recommend."
Have used it for years highly recommend."
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"I haven't use liquid iron but do use soluble iron sulphate, takes a wee bit more mixing as it's a powder but I find it goes further and is cheaper than the liquid, I get mine from agrigem."
i have to treat some small areas of lawn with a lot of paving round them and one area there is a swiming pool. my usual way is lawn sand and a broardcast spredder but this is not ideal for this job, what liquid killer do you recomend for a knapsack…
"Horrible in the wet just shows we are all different. I wouldn't even consider hayter for the terrible collection reason"
"This is definitely NOT my field of expertise, but I'd guess what most buyers might be interested in, could include:
1) What's the realistic market value of your "hard" assets (vehicles, machinery, tools, materials etc).
2) For the "goodwill" part…"
1) What's the realistic market value of your "hard" assets (vehicles, machinery, tools, materials etc).
2) For the "goodwill" part…"
"I've used Hayter harrier 56 pro mowers for 30 years . They're the best for maintenance, admittedly not great in the wet , but I wouldn't change . "
"Interesting with the weibang I've had 1 for 5yrs bought new and it's been fine nothing to report as of yet which compared to the honda new needing a new back end after 18 months."
"Buy an old Honda roller mower, the new ones break in 18 months and cost you £500 that is then repeated every 12 months.
Either a honda or others the same which actually came out of the same factory with different names, sharp, lawnflite, kaaz, all…"
Either a honda or others the same which actually came out of the same factory with different names, sharp, lawnflite, kaaz, all…"
Im looking for my first 100 founding members to join and use canopy and i have approx 65 spaces left.. if your in the UK running a garden maintenance / landscaping company and could be intrested , feel free to enter the waiting list.Thecanopyapp.com
"Can you change the direction of mowing? Always using a roller mower in the same pattern can cause this.
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liquid moss killer
i have to treat some small areas of lawn with a lot of paving round them and one area there is a swiming pool. my usual way is lawn sand and a broardcast spredder but this is not ideal for this job, what liquid killer do you recomend for a knapsack…
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Im looking for my first 100 founding members to join and use canopy and i have approx 65 spaces left.. if your in the UK running a garden maintenance / landscaping company and could be intrested , feel free to enter the waiting list.Thecanopyapp.com
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Invoicing / Quoting
does anyone find themselves spending money on an invoicing and qouting app? do some of you use tradify to manage bookings and schedule?whats the best way to manage workflow when you get busy in the season ?
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At the Incentives and Promotional show on the other side of the NEC, the folks on the stands were bending over backwards to make conversation and tell us about their product ranges - but not in a pushy "hard sell" sort of way. Perhaps BALI or one of the trade associations could offer some sort of training for potential exhibitors so that we can all learn how to get maximum ROI on what can be a very expensive way to promote goods and services...
Did you find exhibiting at Glee to be a good ROI?
Regarding your comments on exhibiting before exhibiting at a show I always reread a chapter on shows and exhibitions in a book I have called Simple and Effective Marketing. I will dig out the details later and post them on here it case anyone wants to get a copy or borrow it from the library.
Pardon the blatant plug, but if anyone here is interested in designing a stand for a trade show and needs some assistance, then give me a shout.
It's really difficult to weigh up ROI on a trade stand, we found last year that our stand at Glee, which featured a green roof on a garden building from Olympian Sheds, attracted a lot of visitors and we did stimulate quite a bit of interest in Enviromat and in green roofing. So, from the point of view of product awareness, then yes, the ROI was good. Naturally, not all interested parties have bought from us yet BUT we know from experience that the decision making process for this particular product is quite a lengthy one so although financially the ROI hasn't set the sales team up with Ferrari's and Range Rovers, we're confident enough to plan on exhibiting Enviromat at Glee in 2011.
We also grow large quantities of turf but historically, we've found that it's hard to create show-stoppingly inspirational stand design based around a real live lawn - that means that at a trade show such as Glee or Saltex, fewer people stop to chat and to admire the product, hence fewer sales leads and not enough prospective new business to justify the cost of the stand space. It's something we're willing to try and improve on though, so any ideas on how to make grass "sexy" would be gratefully recieved.....
She might get turfed out for naughtiness :-)
Whilst it is perhaps good to see a few new items, a whole hall of Pet stuff and another of Xmas crap is not really going to appeal as a Show to most Landscapers and Designers.
As for the bacon versus bikinis, as Harry hill would say "which is better, bacon or bikinis? only one way to find out"