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National Proficiency Test Council - Training for the pesticide industry
STRI - The Sports Turf Research Institute
Golf Course Superintendents of America - American Greenkeepers Association
Slender Speedwell - Veronica filiformis
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Fusarium Disease - What is Fusarium Disease
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Red Thread - What is Red Thread Disease
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Controlling Moss - Sports turf remedies
Moss and its control - Understanding Moss
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On 10th October the HSE formally issued a withdrawal notice for Carbendazim. Subject to stock levels Carbendazim will be available for sale and supply until 28th February 2017. End users will then have until 31st August 2017 to store, use and ultimately dispose of any existing stock.
The reason is illustrated in the statement provided by John Moverley, Chairman of the Amenity Forum:
Trees are good for the environment.
They absorb harmful Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen for use all to breathe. They absorb toxins from the air and provide a habitat for wildlife, provide shade and also require lots of water that is often good for keeping an area dryer, a bit like Willow Trees in a wet hollow in a garden.
Young trees are therefore very important and should be given every opportunity to develop and establish once planted. Allowing weeds to grow around their base once planted will only allow the weeds and weed grasses to compete for any available water.
Here at Weed Free we use pesticides almost every working day, normally having a break only when it is blowing a bit of a storm or torrential rain.
The key aspect of pesticide application is having the correct methodology to make the work effective but also as easy as possible for the Team.
You could have the most expensive knapsack in the world but unless it is calibrated correctly, you may end up doing the task twice in order to get the desired results.
Continue reading "How to calibrate a hand held knapsack sprayer" »
When a gardener visits their local garden centre, they are really expecting to find the landscaping, plants and borders and site looking like it is cared for at all times of the year. The gardens on the site, inside and outside the retail space which are customer facing should be in order and weed free and pleasing on the eye.
The Weed Free Spraying Mantis fleet of three shrouded boom sprayers are each capable of spraying in excess of 35 Hectares of amenity sports turf per day especially when it is windy. Their 1994 registered sprayer is still working daily after 19 years of loyal service and they comply in excess of all LERAP requirements.
Weed Free extend to all areas of the United Kingdom but we are especially active in Southern England primarily south of a line from The Wash to The Severn with the hub of activities centred out of our base in Berkshire.
Continue reading "A complete weed & pesticide application service" »
Yes, that's right, you heard correctly. It is now time to think about your winter weed control tasks whether you are a home owner, commercial facility manager, garden centre or golf course manager or owner.
The colder winter months are a great time to get 'weed free' and get your site clean for next year's spring burst of weeds.
Weeds really ruin the fabric of a fence line and building line and post and wire fence base as well as brickwork and pavings.
Turf Managers are always faced with challenges in their daily work, mostly from the perils of the prevailing weather, making their work harder. Advice may be sought from an amenity turf care products supplier or distributor, relating to one of their fertilisers or chemicals or from a professional body such as the Sports Turf Research Institute or the Institute of Groundsmanship.
When gardeners and landscapers make liquid or chemical applications to their sites, they are faced with a big dilemma - how can they mark where they have sprayed already?
Professional Turf Managers have been using Spray Pattern Indicator Dyes for decades but these have never been widely available before to the amateur lawn owner.
Turf Managers also use what is called a foam bout marker on their large sprayers which leaves a trace blob of foam down the travelled run of the fairway so that the operator can match up with the last pass on the return run. The foam soon disappears after an hour via sunlight.
Continue reading "Making easy work of using a garden sprayer or knapsack" »
If you already work in the sports turf or horticultural industry, you would have already come across the term Pesticide and be familiar with the use of such products to be used as management tools to control a wide range of weeds and pests etc to protect what you are trying to grow or develop.
Anyone who uses a Pesticide must by law hold a Certificate of Competence and there are numerous competence levels to obtain relevant to the type of application equipment that the operator is likely to use in their work.
Continue reading "City & Guilds / NPTC Pesticide Training" »
Wadebridge could soon be "chemical free" in the way it tackles weeds and pests, if town councillors embrace a change to how they maintain the town's parks and recreation areas.
Like many local authorities, Wadebridge Town Council currently uses Glysophate, a controversial herbicide which has been the subject of many academic studies. While most have concluded that it is safe to humans when used properly, a World Health Organisation report earlier this year linked the chemical to cancer.
