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Say youāve decided you want to add lawn care services to your business and that going the franchise route is what meets your needs the best. What next? Now it is time to choose which lawn care franchise you want to work with. There are a number of different options out there and there is […]
Lawn care as a service has been thriving over the years, and demand has only picked up as people are reinvesting in their backyards and spending more time at home. Even in times of economic downturn, the lawn care segment does well. āWe are a low-ticket item that helps homeowners protect their biggest asset,ā says […]
Depending on your location, what summer weeds your clients see popping up will vary in the coming months. āIn general, annual grasses like crabgrass and yellow foxtail have emerged,ā says Ken Hutto, Ph.D., product development manager with FMC Professional Solutions. āYellow nutsedge and Kyllinga species are more noticeable in cool-season turfgrass markets this time of year. […]
Depending on your location in the country, May is prime time for certain insects to begin attacking your customersā 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 […]
Lawn diseases are unsightly and unwanted in any customerās yard. They can also be a challenge to identify properly as drought and pest-damaged lawns can look like diseased turf. Fungal pathogens are the culprit behind lawn diseases and for a lawn disease to truly take hold the right conditions, a vulnerable grass plant, and a […]
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. āTank mixing is needed for lawn care operators because oftentimes they’re […]
Nutsedges are perennial weeds that are aggressive and difficult to control. While the weed may look grassy, it is not a grass or a broadleaf weed but a sedge. Sedges have triangular stems and three rows of leaves. They grow at a much faster rate than turfgrasses, making them very noticeable in yards. Sedges require […]
Itās often said itās easier to sell services to your existing clients, rather than finding all new ones. This is why upselling is so profitable as you are simply asking a customer if they want to add on another service to the existing ones youāre providing. While you might be reluctant to upsell out of […]
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. āCall backs are very costly to a business: the inefficiencies on your time and labor, fuel, wear and […]
When it comes to managing your customersā soil fertility, knowing soil pH values is critical. āBy 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. āThis measure falls on a scale from 0 to 14, […]
