"It could well have been that the customer has booked the lawn scarifying, with not much idea as to what is required and why, and not communicated this. The lawn business has carried out a standard scarifying service without the thought / knowledge t…"

"I find that a lot of customers are shocked at the state of a heavy scarification. In fact I am aiming to do several scarifying jobs this week and I will set the blades so that you can see the marks in the lawn. I will do two passes in different dire…"

"Surely for the amount of orders you would need to place you could take on that responsibility from your wife. While all other orders are placed by her.
My point is if we tighten things up the public will have a better view of the profession. We alwa…"

"Unless government make it law then its not going to happen. 
Thats just business - business is full of morality issues verses financial profits - 
I dont see 1 supplier taking the morale stance whilst the remainder continue to sell -- "

"To me it's black and white. You want to spray anywhere other than your own back garden, then get your PA1 and PA6 at the minimum. I'm new to landscaping and I've got the training and certs and haven't even bought and applied any industrial grade spr…"

"The problem from our point of view is I have the license but my wife runs the admin side of the business and as such she purchases the products we need, for your idea to work would I have to put her through training so she can get the licence even t…"

"Problem is Scott if the residents have a zero tolerence to the use of chemicals by definition kerb granuals are chemicals , far better to add value by promoting organic weed control solutions . I.e mulch ."

"Thanks Andrew i do suspect this is the case , I did think perhaps an easy mistake to make if the blades were set on a high spot and they then missed their target but it would have being obvious as the work progressed . 
My first instinct is to look…"

"Thanks Paul 
The lawn is level , There are very slight drops in places  but its nothing drastic and the finish is always good , I have used different mowers on this lawn both cylinder and rotary and the blades take the grass off every time , I have…"

"Do you think landscape juice has a bit of clout on this issue. It is niggling at me I also saw a guy working for a large local firm spray my estate in joggy bottoms and a t-shirt then go back to his van and tip the contents of the sprayer down the d…"

"True mostly. But it seems like a massive loophole in the process that most industries would close not least to protect the industry."

"We're talking about generally inert products that don't have any toxicity though. "

"I see your point Dan but don't you think it would be better if they couldn't buy pesticide then the customer would know when you to rocked up the treat thier weeds that you have at least invested in your profession.
Don't get me wrong with this perh…"

"To be honest Graeme it doesn't bother me at all that anyone can buy weedkiller. It doesn't affect my business, and I value the fact I'm trained and use that as a selling tool to market myself over others who aren't qualified. "

"If there are no blade marks in the soil, then the blades have not been set deep enough to hit the real thatch layer. Sounds like only surface debris has been removed.
Depending on machines used you should see lines around 2cm apart and around 5mm de…"