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King Green Shares National Lawn Care Month’s Impact

April often marks the month when many lawn care companies’ season starts and is also designated National Lawn Care Month. This is a time to educate consumers about the benefits of healthy lawns, and it highlights the professionals committed to maintaining those healthy green spaces. “It brings attention to an industry that has been in […]

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Landscapes of the Month: Establishing Turf on a Mountainside

Located in central Virginia, this client wanted to open up the view on the mountain and cut down trees, and implement turf for erosion control and looks. They also wanted walking trails installed, a high-quality standard of turf, treatment on all turf areas, and for the turf to be mown regularly; this includes a flat area, […]

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Colorado Community Opts for Balanced Solution of Water Usage and Turfgrass

When communities are faced with drought and water concerns, it is often lawns that come under fire as a key water waster. The common response is to eliminate turf entirely, ignoring the numerous environmental, economic and socioeconomic benefits turfgrass provides. However, areas like Highlands Ranch, Colorado, are choosing to replace the grass type used in […]

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Lawn Care: Selling Fall Fertilization

If your client has cool-season grasses, fall is the best time to set your client’s spring lawn up for success with fertilization. This is the time when the grass is strengthening its roots so it can survive the winter. This service is the foundation of a successful turfgrass fertility program, so take the time to […]

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Lawn Care: What’s Discoloring the Grass?

If you’re getting calls from customers complaining about why their grass isn’t green, there are a number of possible causes behind this. It’s critical to take your time identifying the true issue as you don’t want to make the matter worse, when trying to remedy the issue. Nutrient Deficiency When certain nutrients are lacking in […]

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Past successes lead to future goals

Happy 2012! PLANET is excited about the upcoming year, and is looking forward to serving you for another year. While 2012 promises to be full of education, events, and networking, the accomplishments of 2011 have surely helped to get us where we are today. In the spring, planning started for the inaugural PLANET Gives Back, […]

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Is history repeating itself, again?

In a recent Newsweek article on Al Gore entitled, “The Evolution of an Eco-Prophet,” the former vice president was interviewed about the genesis of his new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. During the course of the interview, he talked about several ways to control greenhouse gases, including the use of […]

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