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The head groundsman at Durham School has found a way of getting its main rugby pitch fit and ready for cricket action in the brief gap between seasons. This year for the first time Barry Boustead used Evolution5, a coated, controlled release fertilis

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Tottenham Hotspur FC grounds manager Darren Baldwin has chosen a SISIS tractor mounted brush combination of a Zig Zag brush and Flexibcomb which have been fitted to a Twinplay frame for use on both the synthetic and natural surfaces at the club’s new

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A SISIS Veemo tractor mounted heavy duty de-thatcher and SISIS Multislit tractor mounted deep slitting aerator are helping Clemson University in South Carolina, USA keep on top of its grounds and turf maintenance schedules following head groundsman E

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Colfe’s school, which is one of London’s oldest school’s dating back to 1574, has become the latest SISIS customer to invest in dedicated machinery with the purchase of a SISIS Brush-Pro ride-on brushing system for all regular synthetic surface maint

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As part of its plan to significantly increase business and provide customers with the highest level of service, Complete Weed Control has appointed Ben Smith as a new member of its head office team with immediate effect.

3314216495?profile=RESIZE_480x480A former general manager at In

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Replay Maintenance has always been at the forefront of advances within the synthetic sports surface market. Replay Rejuvenation, Aquatrax and Replay Revive are all industry leading processes that have helped shape modern techniques for synthetic spor
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Andrew Betteridge replied to Lee Pope's discussion Country path
"The other issue is, the Type 1 is not free draining, it packs down into a hard pan, unlike chippings and gravel.
Round river gravel rolls around when driven on, chippings, crushed rock has angular edges and doesn't roll around but are free draining."
2 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to Ag's discussion How to make ends meet as a professional gardener
"Sound advice"
2 hours ago
PGM replied to Ag's discussion How to make ends meet as a professional gardener
"Grass cutting only jobs will massively increase your earnings provided you price them per job rather than for time. If you really want to focus on the more hands on gardening work than grass cutting, then at least fit a few grass cuts in in-between…"
3 hours ago
Landscape Juice replied to Ag's discussion How to make ends meet as a professional gardener
"You might have already seen this, but there is a spreadsheet on working out your hourly rate here: https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3314062352?prof...
And whilst it is an old thread, this might help as well:…"
4 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to Ag's discussion How to make ends meet as a professional gardener
"This is a difficult one, when I started a long long time ago I did not have holidays for 15 years, no pension and continued to work through illness. Unfortunately the only way forward is to replicate this by reducing your outgoings/costs and or…"
4 hours ago
Ag posted a discussion
Hi all,I'm looking for a bit of advice really if anyone has any thoughts. I'm a mum to a young toddler so work part time and fit hours into nursery runs so for me it works well to have set regular hours at customers' gardens. Eg x2/3 hours a…
10 hours ago
Tim harris replied to Kerry Parfitt's discussion Dandelions on lawn
"Depitox 500 for the selective herbicide and for the feedback Ive been using Nutrigrow phased release fertiliser, with food results. "
17 hours ago
Andrew Betteridge replied to Lee Pope's discussion Country path
"I also had to clean my shoes to get the dust off them as well, it's filthy stuff to walk on both wet and dry, because of the dust it contains.
It is all over my car as well, if you used around a house or other building it would be difficult to keep…"
18 hours ago
Andrew Betteridge replied to Lee Pope's discussion Country path
"MOT Type 1, a granular sub-base material, is a crushed aggregate, typically limestone or granite, graded to 40mm down to dust.
I was in a car park laid with stone like this today, it's completely unsuitable for areas where there's vehicles, as it is…"
18 hours ago
Peter sellers replied to Peter sellers's discussion Hayter, you could not make it up!
"Agree with you on the Honda and as we cetainly will not be buying a prostripe or new 56 stsrted to look for optiond the only thing we have found is the Lawnflite / Cobra 553HRSP-HST which has variable hydrostatic drive but the handles are very…"
yesterday
Peter sellers replied to Peter sellers's discussion Hayter, you could not make it up!
"John, thanks for your well considered reply and agree ( mostly) .  The variable speed on the 56 I still feel is better than the 3 speed but anyway Hayters presentation on the "new 56" I found to be the usual corporate bullshit that you can expect…"
yesterday
Jason Taylor posted a discussion
Hello all,Does anyone know where to dispose of soil in the Billingham /  Teesside area? 
yesterday
John Wallwork replied to Peter sellers's discussion Hayter, you could not make it up!
"I've been running a Toro ProStripe 560 for several years.  I bought it mainly because of the 3 speed belt driven gearbox so I have control over the speed and the ability to feather the clutch, so to speak.  It also lays down nicer stripes than the…"
yesterday
Gary Clapham replied to Dan Nate's discussion Charging Stihl tools from the van
"get a powerbank, got a 2kw powerbank so can charge a battery 4 times easily, ive 4 500s batteries so its like having 8 batteries.
ive fitted the powerbank in the van and wired a hook up cable outside to charge it up on a night so dont need to take…"
yesterday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
Pellenc has announced the launch of the Essential Line – a range of on-board battery tools which offer a practical and cost-effective solution for maintaining green and urban spaces.Pellenc is exclusively distributed in the UK and Ireland by Etesia…
Tuesday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
At Tonbridge School, known for its widely regarded sports facilities, Danny Stunt has embraced practical and effective solutions to manage its extensive grounds. With multiple sports pitches and surfaces to maintain, the challenges are…
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Country path

 Hi everyone, I was looking for a little bit of advice if possible.This is an existing path through a country park near me. This was done 3 years ago now.  Can anyone tell me what type of stone/gravel was used for this top layer?Any help much…

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