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Prep Grass for Spring

The new year is here – and to ensure you and your lawn are prepared for the upcoming year, Grass Seed USA and other natural-turf specialists have come together to develop an easy 12-month lawn-care plan to help guide your lawn maintenance throughout 2013.

January 14, 2013

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PLANET Student Career Days

The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) has announced that registration is open for companies that want attend the largest recruiting event in the industry. PLANET Student Career Days (SCD)—The National Collegiate Landscape Competition—will take place March 7–10, 2013, at Auburn University, in Auburn, Ala.

January 10, 2013

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Pesticide practices: Label lessons

Why users should read pesticide labels every application. Professionals from all segments of the green industry, including lawn care and golf course turf management, indicated they always read the pesticide label prior to using a product for the first time, according to a Journal of Extension study.

January 8, 2013

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Vancouver Convention Centre’s Green Roof Gets Annual Haircut

As a lawn, the green roof of the new Vancouver Convention Centre is kind of a mess. But the roof, even though it’s been getting its annual mowing for the last week or so, is more of a natural landscape than a lawn.

December 4, 2012

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Snow Mold to Fear?

October was cooler than normal, which is the first time in a full twelve months that a month did not have above normal temperatures. In accordance with the low October temperatures, soil temperatures, are also below normal throughout the state. In addition, rainfall was at or above normal for most of the state with areas averaging 3.5 – 6.0” of the wet stuff for the month.

November 21, 2012

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Ryan Introduces New Lawnaire Core Aerator

Ryan has expanded their line of walk-behind aerators to include a unit that features new Easy Steer Technology. The New Lawnaire V with EST combines all of the same great performance and user-friendly features and benefits as Ryan’s current Lawnaire V core aerator with a new tine assembly that enables the unit to turn easily while in the aeration process – without removing the tines from the ground.

November 19, 2012

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Rejuvenate Fall-Season Turf

While long-term effects of the 2012 Drought have yet to be seen, short-term impacts are already clearly visible. With more than 60 percent of the U.S. locked in a cycle of “moderate” drought or worse, lawns and turf in these regions are suffering.

November 13, 2012

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B3C Fuel Solutions Wins Dealers Choice Award

For the second year in a row, B3C Fuel Solutions has won the Power Equipment Trade Magazine’s GIE+EXPO Dealers Choice Award. Several judges from the lawn and garden power equipment dealers voted on the basis of five categories: accessory/attachment, business services, handheld and industrial/engine and wheeled.

November 7, 2012

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Planet announces 2012 EIA Recipients

About 120 entries were recognized at the PLANET Green Industry Conference for the 43rd annual 2012 Environmental and Improvement Awards. The EIA program acknowledges interiorscape, landscape, and lawn care professionals who design and create superior projects and work to preserve landscapes.

November 1, 2012

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With The Right Mentality, Money Really Does Grow On Trees

For every millennial worker (or manager) who has complained about lack of ease, the hard economy, or the trials of working with a challenging customer, here’s a motivational story for you. In 2008, Josh Skolnick, now 28, was a 25-year-old career landscaper who had started a multi-crew lawn service while still in high school. He was no stranger to hard work, and his innate proclivity to entrepreneurship was clear even then. But it was the challenge of dealing with the hard demands of a customer that led to his most profound business win.

October 30, 2012

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Renewal & Remembrance

On July 9, members of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), the international association of lawn care and landscape professionals, will work to preserve the landscape at Arlington National Cemetery through the 16th annual Renewal & Remembrance beautification project.

June 7, 2012

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TrynEx International reaches 15-year milestone

TrynEx International, the manufacturer of SnowEx, TurfEx and SweepEx product lines, celebrated its 15-year anniversary on March 2. Established in 1997, TrynEx was formed from a small lawn care and snow removal company. TrynEx has made multiple breakthroughs in its 15 years, including offering the first spreader with a roto-molded polyethylene hopper, developing the first […]

March 27, 2012