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Business

Wage War on Weeds

A Five-Step Lawn Weed Management Plan. You know who a lawn’s enemies are: invasive crabgrass, creeping ground ivy, and clover, disguised as innocent little flowers.

May 5, 2014

Business

Acme, Scotts Miracle-Gro to Unveil Line of Garden Tools

Acme United Corporation and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company are set to unveil Scotts AirShoc, a co-developed assortment of garden tools. The two lines of lawn and garden tools will be branded by Scotts and Miracle-Gro and are aimed at lawn care professionals and homeowners.

May 2, 2014

Business

Quali-Pro Adds Strobe 50WG Fungicide to Lineup

The Turf and Ornamental Products division of Control Solutions, Quali-Pro, has debuted a new addition to its fungicide lineup.

April 30, 2014

Safety

How to remove mower clippings safely

The Accident: A maintenance crewmember is mowing a lawn, but after a couple of rows, the grass bag fills up. He releases the drive-clutch lever and flywheel brake lever to stop the engine.

April 22, 2014

Business

Deere Adds Mulch On Demand to Select Stand-On Mowers

Previously only available in the ZTrak line, John Deere’s Mulch On Demand (MOD) mower deck is now on select QuikTrak stand-on commercial mowers: the 652R MOD and 652R EFI MOD models. The John Deere Mulch On Demand deck allows an operator to switch between mulching and side discharging without leaving the mower. The QuikTrak MOD […]

April 18, 2014

Design-Build

[Video] Redneck Lawn Mower Jumps Car

Don’t try this at home — no matter how fun it may seem. This group of redneck Canadians turns a mower into a stunt machine with a lawn chair. See what happens when they try to drive it over a car. [Brief language] [youtube F3KrSxct5Wg nolink]

April 14, 2014

Business

OxCart Features Power-Assist Lift to Move Heavy Loads

Designed to move heavy loads with a riding mower, the OxCart has been introduced for turf, lawn and landscaping professionals.

April 11, 2014

Compact equipment

New Lawn Maintenance Equipment & Products

Treat, cut and maintain lawns with these products and machines. Dump in truck The Grasshopper Company expanded its PowerVac collection system with the HighLift 15B. The collector can be emptied from a raised position by flipping a switch. With a 72-inch vertical emptying height, the HighLift features a 15-cubic-foot capacity and a tapered bottom that […]

April 1, 2014

Class 3-6

How to reduce mower downtime

How the right maintenance, operation and site prep can keep your equipment out of the shop

March 27, 2014

Safety

Safety watch: Slips, trips & falls

The Accident: A maintenance crew arrives at a residential property while the morning dew is still on the grass.

March 14, 2014

Design-Build

Pro tip: Give clients plant care info

What’s worse than spending hours installing expensive plants for a client, only to come back months later to see all of the plants are dead? You might be a horticultural expert — but that doesn’t mean your clients know anything about their new foliage. So instead of adding plants and leaving, give clients a care […]

March 5, 2014

Business

Swingle Acquires Nitro Green Lawn & Tree Care of Boulder County

Swingle Lawn, Tree & Landscape Care has acquired the lawn and tree care customers from Nitro Green Lawn & Tree Care of Boulder County (dba Schneider and Son’s).

February 19, 2014