weed control (11)
At the time of writing - Mid March 2021 - many, many people will have already given their grass its first cut of the year....
However, perhaps you haven't or can't or don't have suitable machinery?
Perhaps your lawn is such a long, unkempt, ugly, weed
Alan Abel from Complete Weed Control (South & Central Wales) has claimed that ICL’s residual herbicide, LockStar, has become an essential product in his armoury.
Since its launch last year, LockStar has been well received in the turf and landscaping s
Roundup ProActive: confidence for both contractor and customer
Adam Pilgrim from ANP Services Spalding Ltd, has long relied on Roundup ProActive from ProGreen claiming that it offers several benefits to both the contractor and the customer.
Roundup Pro
With the recent cooler weather, the high-pressure workload of spring and summer is behind us for now. However, the less busy months are still an important period and well-planned winter care can help to alleviate the pressure of the season to come.
We
Oeliatec return to SALTEX on stand number E055 to showcase their range of environmentally-friendly range of weed control products.
All Oeliatec weed control machines kill weeds with 100% hot water by delivering an efficient low pressure treatment at t
Perhaps you own or run your own business and need your grounds maintaining or are in a HR department and have been tasked with finding a grounds maintenance contractor to maintain your site(s)?
Some things you need to ask for from anyone tendering or
Hammer, a total herbicide from Everris which delivers effective weed control, has received approval to be used on hard surfaces by The Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD).
With an increasing amount of pressure being put on landscape contractors and
This is a question that is commonly asked, where 'undesirable weeds' such as plantains, daises or ragwort threaten to take over from the grass!
Unfortunately, its not a simple solution if you want to 'do it yourself'....
There are now not many selectiv
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A carefully-planned turf nutrition and treatment programme utilising three key Sherriff Amenity products has produced a sustained rise in the health, condition and playing standard of greens at the Milford Golf Club in Surrey.
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Edgmond Bowling Club has been awarded the title of Best Kept Green in Shropshire 2024, a competition sponsored by leading turf maintenance brands Dennis and SISIS.The accolade marks a milestone for the club, which is also celebrating its 50th…
"No I havent, I will give this a try, thanks"
"Have you tried cleaning the visor with a antifog spray, it works very well."
"From articles I've read, seems that even the new vans these days often seem to need expensive repairs ..... it seems the "cleverer" they make thing now, the more there is to go wrong and the more expensive to fix. I haven't even got electric…"
"No doubt you have seen my last response, what needs to be taken into consideration is that any repairs do not make your old van worth anymore so it"s effectively dead money, but the main issue is the longer you keep the old van the less it will be…"
"I'd just keep the old van going if possible and save myself £180 a month!! If they'd be willing to take your old van as a deposit, it can't be on it's last legs? Another advantage of an older van, no worrying about dents + thieves never reckon…"
Evening chaps!I'm after some recommendations for safety goggles, I need some for just domestic strimming, I used to use safe eyes mesh goggles, which where fantastic, but can't seem to find them anywhere now. since my last pair got destroyed I've…
"Thanks Peter, I used blue oil, think it was from screwfix, hope this is OK, been using the blower a bit lately.......... WOW! what a machine, knocks the socks off the br600, like you said it would 🤣 so glad I went for this one! "
"Going to disagree here, we used to buy used with cash as at the time could not afford new. But numerous very expensive repairs along with the downtime changed our ethos to only buying new and only keeping for the 3yr warranty period. It has worked…"
"I may be on my own here but I've always avoided paying for things on finance. If you can afford to pay the finance you can afford to save and buy it outright plus you don't have any interest to pay so it makes them far cheaper.
Maybe I'm missing…"
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"Thanks, I'll check it out. My vauxhall brava pick up was an Isuzu with vauxhall badges on and my vivaro is a renault with vauxhall badges on! "
"Be careful here. The Movano up until 2021 is a Renault Master with Vauxhall engine, Stellantis amalgamated Fiat. Citroen ,Vauxhall amd Peugeot in 2021 and the Fiat Ducato, Vauxhall Movano, Citroen Relay and Peugeot Boxer all started to use the same…"
We cannot believe the vast price differences for the same thing ! EG Bacho S240 cheapest £59 inc vat. Dearest £140 ex vat, Teng tt1281 £72 inc vat dearest £120 plus vat, Draper £50 inc vat, dearest £110 plus vat. These all off the net, what is going…
"Thanks for that, I tend to keep my vans a long time- I've had two in twenty years, hence the question - I don't buy vans very often! "
Safety goggles
Evening chaps!I'm after some recommendations for safety goggles, I need some for just domestic strimming, I used to use safe eyes mesh goggles, which where fantastic, but can't seem to find them anywhere now. since my last pair got destroyed I've…
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Bahco vs Chinese follow up
We cannot believe the vast price differences for the same thing ! EG Bacho S240 cheapest £59 inc vat. Dearest £140 ex vat, Teng tt1281 £72 inc vat dearest £120 plus vat, Draper £50 inc vat, dearest £110 plus vat. These all off the net, what is going…
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Van finance.
Hi all, hope you have all had a good Christmas and new year. Now thoughts turn towards the coming season. I have seen a good used van advertised at a main dealer. Assuming my old van would cover the deposit and left the remainder on finance. If the…
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Available from Moray Landscapes
As well as Landscaping we also sell equipment from a number of suppliers. Some of these items are absolutely fantastic for Landscapers, Tree Surgeons etc and will make a huge difference to the services that you can offer and the customers you…
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