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Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
#1996128
01/19/17 03:13 AM
01/19/17 03:13 AM
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ikillbux
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Not like the local boy who cuts your grass, but one of those Trugreen or Chemlawn deals? I used to really enjoy doing all that myself, but I just don't take the time to anymore. Wondering what they cost before I call and get one of them chasing after me. Is it like $25/mo, or way more than that??
Last edited by ikillbux; 01/19/17 03:13 AM.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
#1996142
01/19/17 03:30 AM
01/19/17 03:30 AM
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Bait57
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Several of my customers back in VA used Trugreen. I told them not too because it was a waste and was gonna cost them more in the end. Now don't get me wrong their lawn grew like crazy and was really green. But I had to charge them more because it got to the point I was mowing it twice a week due it growing so fast.
I would rather be tried by 12, than carried by 6.
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
#1996144
01/19/17 03:31 AM
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Posts: 6,778 Alabama
3FFarms
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Hunterturf. Great guy, great company.
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
#1996152
01/19/17 03:36 AM
01/19/17 03:36 AM
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Posts: 3,829 Chilton CO. Alabama
bama1157
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Truegreen only makes your yard grow as far as I know, They don't cut yards that I know of...
The end of democracy and the defeat of the American revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporation's Thomas Jefferson. 1812
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: 3FFarms]
#1996178
01/19/17 03:57 AM
01/19/17 03:57 AM
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Posts: 377 mccalla, al
aubigmac
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Hunterturf. Great guy, great company. X2
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
#1996198
01/19/17 04:11 AM
01/19/17 04:11 AM
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k bush
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I worked for a Chemlawn franchise while in college. They had a good program, costs were figured on square footage and type of service.
The "green" comes from applications of iron sulfate. We added granular iron to the tank mix. N was added as a mix or urea and sulfur coated urea (slow release). Potash was bagged and Phosphorus added as phosphoric acid.
Back then broadleaf control was a mix of triclopyr, dicamba and 2,4D. Pendimethalin was added as a pre-emergent in the spring. I'm sure there are newer formulations of herbicides used now.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
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01/19/17 04:11 AM
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ikillbux
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Oh, I love cutting grass and doing my landscaping work, I just don't know anymore that it's cost effective to do my own fertilizer/weed-n-feed/etc. That @#$@# is high!!! LOL And honestly I don't know what I'm doing...plus my yard is sorta a mix. Got some Bermuda, centipede, even zoysia or st. Augustine. I confuse myself reading up on it, some things will kill certain grasses, etc. I just always hear about the "sanding" and chemical spraying...and it looks nice. (Not sure if they sand anymore?)
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
#1996205
01/19/17 04:15 AM
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Posts: 5,740 Lower AL
k bush
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Sand is great to fill in low places. The grass will fill in rather quickly. You see it a lot on athletic fields.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
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01/19/17 04:24 AM
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Posts: 4,617 Alabama
Rmart30
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I used one about 8 or so years ago for about 2 years. Weed control was why I signed up. I never really saw a difference in weeds. I gave them up when I was home one day and watched the guy literally run thru my yard as fast as he could spraying and jump in the truck and leave. No way did enough product get put out.
I cancelled and got on a fertilome program with pre emergents and every other month spread granuals. Works good. Less weeds means healthier thicker grass.
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
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01/19/17 05:38 AM
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I use Hunterturf as well. Great guy and does a great job. Goes way above and beyond a normal lawncare company. Always sends me a text the day before he's coming so I can unlock the back gate and have the dog put up then he locks it back for me when he leaves. Last summer he pointed out a yellow jacket nest in the corner of the yard so my kids wouldn't get stung. I guarantee you some Joe Blow just doing a job with a big name company wouldn't do that kind of stuff.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: Remington270]
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01/19/17 06:14 AM
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James
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My dad used a local guy for a while. One time the guy accidentally sprayed the whole yard with roundup and the guy mysteriously wouldn't pick up his phone after that-fail! Damn.. We had a an employee from the shop, who decided he was gonna spray the fence line at my mother's house with roundup in 15mph winds
How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them...
Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: StoneMan]
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01/19/17 08:11 AM
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Posts: 6,095 Anniston, AL
ikillbux
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I use Wayne's. $25/ month and have some pretty thick grass for my house being built on top of rock and gravel. That's sorta what I'm looking for... I just couldn't justify anything really expensive. All I really want is my front yard...I'm guessing it's 100' x 50'. So something like $100/mo would just be illogical. And like we've said above, I'd still be doing all my lawncare, I'm just wanting someone who'll do the sciency-chemical stuff.
We were on the edge of Eternia, when the power of Greyskull began to take hold.
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: aubigmac]
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01/19/17 08:47 AM
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Posts: 7,532 lower shelby county
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Hunterturf. Great guy, great company. X2 but if he texts you about army worms in your yard, go out and make sure he aint jankin your chain before you call Wayne's to bitch at them
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
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01/19/17 08:50 AM
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Posts: 26,410 Helena
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Hunterturf. Great guy, great company. X2 but if he texts you about army worms in your yard, go out and make sure he aint jankin your chain before you call Wayne's to bitch at them LOL! Sounds like just like him.
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Re: Anybody use lawn companies like Trugreen??
[Re: ikillbux]
#1996586
01/19/17 09:27 AM
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Posts: 8,747 bessemer, al
hunterturf
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