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Lawn Care Corner: Managing Summer Weeds

Depending on your location, what summer weeds your clients see popping up will vary in the coming months. ā€œIn general, annual grasses like crabgrass and yellow foxtail have emerged,ā€ says Ken Hutto, Ph.D., product development manager with FMC Professional Solutions.  ā€œYellow nutsedge and Kyllinga species are more noticeable in cool-season turfgrass markets this time of year. […]

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Foxglove Gardening: Serving the Fine Gardening Niche

In Flagstaff, Arizona, Foxglove Gardening has been offering fine gardening and landscape maintenance services for over 35 years. Founded by Joan Abbott, the company was purchased by married couple Jason Minshew and Annie Taylor when they learned she wanted to retire. Previously, Minshew and Taylor had worked together at a landscape architecture firm called Gardens […]

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Lawn Care Corner: Controlling Summer Insect Pests Begins in May

Depending on your location in the country, May is prime time for certain insects to begin attacking your customers’ lawns. How you go about identifying the damage and treating it properly is crucial so check out the prime suspects that may find their way to your customers’ susceptible turf. Scouting for these insects in May […]

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Lawn Care Corner: Proper Tank Mixing Practices

As a lawn care operator, efficiency is key, especially as you add more customers and need to cover more properties in one day. One method for efficiency is to take advantage of tank mixing multiple products to treat several lawn issues in one visit. ā€œTank mixing is needed for lawn care operators because oftentimes they’re […]

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How I Do It: Operating with A New or Used Fleet

To buy new or used equipment, that is the question. While everyone likes the idea of an all-new fleet, there’s nothing wrong with operating with a fleet of used equipment or a mixture of both. It really all comes down to where you’re at in the business as one size does not fit all. Todd […]

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Greenworks Commercial 82-Volt Equipment Line Has Many Benefits

Sponsored Content Greenworks Commercial focuses on providing only battery-powered equipment, from zero-turn mowers to handheld outdoor tools. Their tools are engineered to meet or exceed gas-powered tool performance. Greenworks’ 82-volt lithium-ion batteries provide the necessary power and runtime to get the job done without producing emissions. The batteries retain power capacity even after 500 charges […]

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Lawn Care: Preventing Customer Call Backs

With the official start of spring just around the corner, lawn care crews are ramping up for the season. One way to make sure this season is particularly productive is to cut down on customer call backs. ā€œCall backs are very costly to a business: the inefficiencies on your time and labor, fuel, wear and […]

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Soil

Lawn Care Corner: Why Knowing Your Soil pH Is Important

When it comes to managing your customers’ soil fertility, knowing soil pH values is critical. ā€œBy definition, soil pH is a measure of the soil Hydrogen ion (H+) content in the soil solution,ā€ says Ben Hamza, Ph.D., product development associate director with FMC Professional Solutions. ā€œThis measure falls on a scale from 0 to 14, […]

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Lawn Care Corner: The Science Behind Preemergence Herbicides

It’s that time of the year again. Time to treat customers’ properties with preemergence herbicides before weeds like crabgrass can rear their ugly heads. But do you understand the science behind this practice? Dr. Tina Bond, technical service manager with FMC Professional Solutions, shares some insight into preemergence herbicides and how to use them effectively. […]

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Takeaways from On Tour with Blades of Green

Blades of Green recently shared some of the things that make their company tick during the virtual On Tour event. To view the whole On Tour video, click here. Blades of Green, based in Edgewater, Maryland, serves more than 10,000 clients with more than $12.5 million in revenue. The company started in 1989 as a […]

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