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I frequently see several lawn chemical application companies applying the chemicals (presumably glyphosate, liquid crab grass preventer and 2,4-d according to season) applying no matter the weather.
Ordinarily some of those chemicals are less effective if applied during rain or if the temperatures are below 50 degrees yet those guys are out spraying.
Are they just wasting money and chemicals applying when their schedule allows and not when it's most optimal for the application?
Are they just wasting money and chemicals applying when their schedule allows and not when it's most optimal for the application?
Yes. It's all about what works for their schedule and not what is optimal. Same is true of pest control companies. I stopped having my local pest control people treat my house for ants when they showed up on a January day when we were going to get a huge snowstorm (which we got). A. it was the dead of winter, and the darn ants aren't active in winter. B. whatever granules they applied outside would get either blown away or washed away in the snow. I told them I wanted to skip that quarterly application and do it in the early spring. They said then they would have to charge me as a "new customer" (more $$$) if I skipped a quarter. Bye, I told them.
These guys applying their chemicals are just doing a job, they get paid whether it works for you or not. The same applies to the gardeners that cut your lawn on schedule. It's dry there is no grass yet the are mowing, with does flying everywhere.
Someone actually saw a lawn care person doing their job? Too many times I've observed them and pest control trucks on my street. The drive up, sit in the truck for 10 minutes, get out, place their card on the lawn 'xyz serviced your lawn today' get in their truck, take another 5 minutes filling out their work order and leave. Total rip off.
Someone actually saw a lawn care person doing their job? Too many times I've observed them and pest control trucks on my street. The drive up, sit in the truck for 10 minutes, get out, place their card on the lawn 'xyz serviced your lawn today' get in their truck, take another 5 minutes filling out their work order and leave. Total rip off.
maybe they were using the new environmentally friendly 'program'.
The ones near me leave yellow stains on the side walk so you can tell they were there.
These guys applying their chemicals are just doing a job, they get paid whether it works for you or not. The same applies to the gardeners that cut your lawn on schedule. It's dry there is no grass yet the are mowing, with does flying everywhere.
We pay$40 per mow. When my neighbor used to 'manage' the lawn service for our condo complex, we'd pay for weekly mow regardless whether the grass needed it or now. The lawn guy runs his equipment and go thru the motions for 30 mins even when the grass never grew an inch. Used to drive me crazy to have to split a huge bill for lawnmowing every few months.
Now, I manage the lawn service and asked the lawn guy to come as needed (I simply text him a few days before needing the mowing). Sometimes, the grass needs a weekly mow (early Spring) and other times, it'd be monthly (Aug-Sept). The lawn bill is 1/3 lower and the grass looks no different.
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