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Attendees at BTME 2024, visiting DLF's stand 126 in Hall B, can anticipate a showcase of cutting-edge products from the world's premier grass seed breeder and producer.

In the face of increasing demands and pressures on modern greenkeepers to maintain

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SISIS Machinery will take the spotlight on booth 3557 during the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show 2024 in Phoenix from January 29 to February 1.

Formerly known as the Golf Industry Show, this globally renowned event is a nexus for golf industry profess

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Plumpton Racecourse has been named Champion Groundstaff team of the year, culminating another year of excellence in the field as part of the Racecourse Groundstaff Awards, jointly sponsored by Agrovista Amenity, DLF and Duralock.

Plumpton, already a w

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Pellenc products certified LONGTIME®

Committed for many years to the durability of its products, Pellenc is pleased to announce that they have obtained LONGTIME® certification for 4 of its professional tools.

The certification includes the Helion 3 electric hedge trimmer, the Airion 3 el

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Seeding is simple with the Dennis S500

The Dennis S500 Plus seeder is helping to get the lawns into shape at Cheltenham Ladies’ College according to Ross Spry, Head of Grounds and Gardens.

After initially starting his career in greenkeeping, Ross Spry has been working for various colleges

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Construction has commenced on the new multimillion pound headquarters for Avant Tecno UK at Suffolk Business Park in Bury St Edmunds.

The development of the 32,200sq ft facility is being led by Churchmanor Estates and built by SEH French.

A groundbreak

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Dun Laoghaire Golf Club recently played host to the insightful Turf Science Live seminar, an event co-organised by ICL and Syngenta. With the goal of sharing the latest knowledge and trends in turf management, the seminar proved to be a very useful g

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Ross Spry, Head of Grounds and Gardens at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, claims that his new Dennis ES-510 cylinder mower is supporting the college’s sustainability requirements.

Ross, who has been working at Cheltenham Ladies’ College for 15 months, exp

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Finnish compact loader manufacturer Avant Tecno has introduced two new loader models in the popular Avant 600 series: the single-speed Avant 635i and the double-speed Avant 640i.

Both new models have the all-new Kohler KSD engine, which provides more

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ICL is delighted to announce the appointment of Lewis Blois to the role of Business Development Manager - Landscape & Industrial for the UK & Ireland.

With over 15 years of experience in UK and Ireland amenity sector, Lewis' journey started with Agrov

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As one of the longest-standing exhibitors at SALTEX, SISIS is looking forward to attending the 77th edition of the show.

For over 90 years SISIS has been designing and manufacturing a range of professional groundcare equipment which is ideal for the m

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Open forum activity

Adam Woods replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"I generally spray a heck of a lot in Feb/March, or just befroe the buds appear, then as soon as the leaves have appreared stop... unless I have a real problem with a particular plant - otherwise I would spend my life spraying for blackspot :)"
yesterday
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Avant Tecno, a renowned manufacturer of compact loaders, is embarking on a quest to uncover the oldest Avant machine still in operation in the United Kingdom.As part of its celebrations marking 25 years of successful operations in the UK, Avant…
yesterday
Fusion Media posted a blog post
An ICL trial at St Andrews Links demonstrated that tank-mixing Vitalnova SMX with an H2Pro TriSmart programme significantly enhanced golf green turf quality and rootzone health, surpassing the improvements achieved by using TriSmart alone.A trial…
Tuesday
Tim Bucknall replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"That surprises me.  Do you not continue through the season? Surely you'll only get a few week protection at best from each application?"
Tuesday
Adam Woods replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Sticking in a late reply here...  but, and it depends totally on this.... how big is the lawn? and how established is the garden? + of course how much is the client willing to pay/put up with to get a solution??? In new estate houses locally (built…"
Monday
Billybop replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Absolutely nothing wrong with that Graham if you enjoy it... like these people who restore WW2 aircraft and old steam engines etc ... I wish I had the patience to do it !  I have to be in the right frame of mind to repair things, and it can be very…"
Sunday
Graham Taylor replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Sad I know but I rather enjoy tinkering around with these things!!  I've a couple of BG86's..... one I've had for about 6 years    The only problem I've had is with the "ergstart" spring failing    fitted a different starter spool which did away…"
Sunday
Adam Pilgrim replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Interesting discussion but as I currently live in the area of two of the largest gypsum mines in the UK and in an area where the prevailing soil type for arable use is 'Nottingham brick clay', if applying gypsum worked to break up the ground, all…"
Sunday
Billybop replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"Same here Vic...even if I was offered a free petrol blower with a lifetime supply of fuel thrown in, I would decline it. Not for environmental reasons either. I use the most powerful Ego battery one but have kept a couple of the previous Ego models…"
Sunday
Adam Woods replied to Oliver clarkson's discussion Rose spray
"Rose Clear. concentrate .. but I finished blackspot spraying over a month ago"
Sunday
John F replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Just out of interest how deep is the clay Gary ? 
Are you automating the aeration process mechanically or manually ? 
Large area or small area ? 
If the clay is deep you need to go down into the clay beyond the root zone therefore hollow tine but a…"
Sunday
Vic 575 replied to Jamie's discussion Stihl BG86c problems
"I’ve had two BG86s and they both only lasted just over three years, just long enough to pack up just outside of the warranty. I then switched to the stihl BGA 100 battery blower. I would never go back to petrol.
It’s the same with the Stihl petrol…"
Sunday
Tim Turner replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"I got a manual one from amazon of all places - was about £150 but it actually works, unlike the £40 ones.  I'd recommend it on a small area."
Sunday
Tim Turner replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"I've never used it I'm afraid but I'd be very interested to know how you get on with it. Where did you get the idea to use humic acid and seaweed extract? How will you apply the gypsum? (I thought it had to be incorporated in to the soil to be…"
Sunday
Gary R replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Horticulture gypsum is an organic mineral. 
Considering a lawn is generally 80-90% of a garden keeping it green, healthy and free from disease is in my opinion, gardening. "
Sunday
Gary R replied to Gary R's discussion Horticultural Gypsum..... How long?
"Hi again.  I don't have a hollow Tyne machine. So the plan is to use either a manual one or just fork the area if worst comes to worst to get some light/ nutrients etc in to the root system. Sand. Never really considered it tbh "
Sunday
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Stihl BG86c problems

Hi all, hope this is in the correct thread.So i've had some BG86c blower problems recently. Long story short, i've replaced the carb with a genuine Stihl carb as my previous one wasn't priming, everything was fine once replaced but on full throttle…

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