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| Texas A&M irrigation engineers test subsurface drip systems
| Eight drip irrigation products at different spacings of the drip lines being evaluated in heavy clay soils | | | Loss of Busch Gardens work triggers big landscape company layoff
| | One Source Landscape & Golf Services will lay off 253 employees on Dec. 31 after Busch Gardens begins doing its own landscaping and grounds work at the beginning of the new year. | | | Progress Solar Solutions distributes Visible Light Solar's line
| | Progress Solar Solutions, LLC will distribute Visible Light Solar Technologies' full retrofit product line, including LED and Solar/LED lighting solutions for street, parking, area, security wall packs, parking decks, bollards and interior high bay and low bay lights. | | | Renowned PGA Tour player Corey Pavin joins Dow golf team
| | Pavin joins PGA Tour player Sean O'Hair and LPGA Tour player Suzann Pettersen in representing Dow and promoting an array of Dow products that bring value to the golf market. | | | Schréder Lighting USA appoints Mark J. Domzalski operations manager
| | In this newly created position, Domzalski will help start up and oversee the firm's manufacturing facility and product development department. | | | Anthony's chosen to beautify Veterans Blvd.
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| The Louisiana-based firm recently transformed a local busy intersection into a stunning tropical garden as part of an innovative beautification project. | | | Austin Young joins SipcamAdvan
| | In addition to handling the Turf and Ornamental product line for SipcamAdvan, Young will also handle the pest management line of wholly owned subsidiary Sostram Corp. | | | JC Guillen joins Austin Outdoor as business development manager
| | Guillen comes to the Florida-based company with numerous years of experience in sales, marketing and client relationship building within the landscape industry. | | | Dow Agrosciences lowers pricing on Dimension, Eagle products
| | Based on challenging market dynamics, Dow AgroSciences has lowered the price on all formulations of Dimension, including Dimension 2EW, Dimension Ultra 40WP and Dimension on fertilizer; it has also made price changes to Eagle 20EW specialty fungicide. | |  MORE ARTICLES
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| Rain Bird Irrigation Training dates, locations
| | Rain Bird's non-manufacturer specific classes are designed to help contractors create savings and conserve water through improved irrigation practices. | | | Irrigation Direct sells irrigation products direct to contractors
| | Irrigation industry leader Bill Hayes has launched Irrigation Direct ? a new company that will manufacture and supply high-end irrigation products directly to contractors through the Internet. | | | WSJ lauds ET Water Systems
| | ET Water Systems LLC, a 4-year-old irrigation systems supplier, was named a Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) Innovation Award winner in the Environment category for 2006. | | | What price water?
| | Speaker at Rain Bird's "Intelligent Use of Water Summitt III" urges efficiency to head off water crisis | | | WaterSense goal - boost H20 efficiency
| | New EPA-industry partnership kicks off this fall with landscape irrigation labeling, certification | |
| Water-saving turf
| | Turfgrasses provide many benefits to the environment including carbon dioxide sequestering, reduction of wind and water erosion, and cooling of the environment. In spite of these documented benefits, there is increasing pressure to reduce the use of grasses — primarily to reduce the water requirements of urban areas. In many settings, turfgrass is watered much more than is required to maintain turf quality, often because of older irrigation systems or failure to understand how to water the grass. However, there are choices that can be made in species and cultivars to reduce water usage. | | | Rainwater collected from roof of O.J. Noer Research Facility keeps grass green
| | A soil scientist and a grad student rig up the mighty rainwater catchment system at the University of Wisconsin turf facility. | | | Horizon offers resources to help contractors spread use of smart controllers
| | Smart controllers adjust irrigation run times in response to environmental changes, and apply the correct amount of water to landscapes. | | | Historic drought causes Tampa to forbid use of lawn sprinklers
| | About 140,000 Tampa water customers, including those who live in unincorporated Hillsborough County, will face stiff penalties for breaking the rules. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Ornamental: Purple Knight Alternanthera
| | Purple Knight is an Alternanthera with foliage that becomes darker in full-sun plantings, however it is tolerant of shade. | | | New landscape rating system released
| | Last week a partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Botanic Garden released the nation's first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without buildings. | | | Tree: Kagiri-Nishiki Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum
| | Kagiri-nishiki is a small Japanese maple with variegated foliage in shades of green, white and pink that turns red in the fall. | | | Color: TigerEye Rudbeckia
| | As an F1 hybrid, TigerEye offers branching, abundant and large blooms, long-lasting garden performance and reduced sensitivity to Powdery Mildew. | | | Simply Beautiful partners with Calloway's Nursery to benefit charity
| | The Lena Pope Home receives a donation from contest. | | | Ornamental: Nagoya series
| | Mums aren't the only game in town for fall plantings. | | | Tree: Thuja Green Giant
| | Green Giant is a fast growing, pyramid-shaped evergreen that has no serious pest or disease problems. | | | Color: Storm series Agapanthus
| | Snowstorm blooms up to three weeks earlier and longer than most Agapanthus, flowering on average 70 days per season. | | | Color: Snow Princess Lobularia
| | This sterile alyssum blooms throughout the summer, delivering fragrant white flowers in containers and landscape plantings. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Big names promote mowing game
| | Manufacturers enlist celebrity endorsements for their mowers, but the bottom line is: contractors love their horsepower and they're addicted to speed. | | | Making the cut
| | Nobody disputes the need for speed in today's competitive maintenance environment. But experts agree: the real measure of profitable commercial mowing is efficiency. | | | Key factors for profitable mowing
| | Coming up with an accurate bid for mowing is not difficult if you know the level of profit you want to receive for your efforts and you build your bid accordingly. | | | Technology boosts mower fuel economy
| | Recent mower innovations can help reduce fuel consumption while increasing on-site speed and efficiency. | | | Mower Safety: Zero-turn training success
| | David Holmes, a Marion County, FL extension service director suggests ways to get your zero-turn mower operators to participate in effective safety training. | | | On the Record: Mowers and chemicals
| | Today's zero-turn mowers are shiny and fast. But these sexy machines aren't kid's play. They're big-time work machines, and operators have to realize this. | | | It's all about the Zs
| | Zero-turn mowers are still red hot. That's the general consensus among the major players in the commercial mower market. And they don't see demand slackening any time soon. But recent economic and demographic changes have led them to believe there may be a shift in the demand for certain types of zero-turns over others, while more economical choices like walk-behinds might make a small comeback. | | | Shipments of commercial riding mowers grew 39% in model year 2004
| | The OPEI says zero-turn mowers boosted sales of riding mowers | | | Man killed in lawn mower accident
| | Zero-turn overturns on embankment | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| On the Record Podcast: The power of a peer network
| | Green Industry consultant Jeffrey Scott talks about how a peer network can help you navigate through tough economic times. | | | LMdirect Podcast: Always be closing (ABC)
| | Jody Shilan discusses the common mistakes contractors make before, during and after their sales presentations that often prevent them from closing the deal. | | | LMdirect Podcast: Surviving in a down economy
| | Green Industry speaker, consultant and all-around expert Tom Oyler shares strategies on how to survive (and maybe thrive) in a down economy. | | | LMdirect Podcast: Grub busters
| | Dr. Chuck Silcox, global turf and ornamental product development manager for DuPont Professional Products, gives professional landscapers some tips on grub control | | | LMdirect Podcast: Brand new day
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| Phil Harwood, founder, president and CEO of Promotion Marketing, discusses the importance of bringing a unique brand value to your operation. | | | LMdirect: Podcast with Jeffrey Scott
| | In this podcast with Landscape Management, Green Industry consultant Jeffrey Scott discusses "Time Bandits: How to stop employees, coworkers and clients from stealing your time and sucking away your profits. | | | LMdirect: Podcast with Paul Sessions
| | Paul Sessions, Director of the Center for Family Business at the University of New Haven, discusses the importance of "safe containers" for dealing with those difficult business issues. | | | LMdirect: Podcast with Steve Sandalis
| | Steve Sandalis, owner of Mystic Water Gardens, talks with Landscape Management about the trends and opportunities in the water feature market. | | | LMdirect: Podcast with Mark Schlossberg
| | Mark Schlossberg, president of Pro-Lawn-Plus and past president of the Maryland Turfgrass Council, talks about the importance of turfgrass and the efforts he's leading to promote the public and environmental benefits it provides. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Innovations
| | Better Outdoor Products' Quickie 32, Arysta LifeScience ARENA, Wright compact Stander, Bobcat T320 compact track loader | | | Innovations
| | Kioti HST Tractor, Bobcat tree fork attachment, Wright Stander RH, AvailSuite software for the Green Industry | | | Innovations
| | Cub Cadet 4x4 Utility Vehicle, Kubota RTV900 Utility Vehicle, Bobcat Co.'s 2300 4x4 Utility Vehicle, John Deere Gator XUV 4x4 Utility Vehicle | | | West Coast Turf offers Sea Spray as both sod and seed
| | Salt-tolerant seashore paspalum hybrid thrives under reclaimed
wastewater, sea water and rainy, cloudy or foggy environments | | | Drafix releases PRO Landscape Version 12
| | New version offers photorealitic depictions of project designs
without the complications of a CAD program | | | PBI Gordon adds generic imidicloprid product line
| | ImidiPro Systemic Insecticide protects turf and ornamentals from
grubs and other insects | | | Turbo TeeJet adds innovations to its spray tip product line
| | Turbo TeeJet Duo, Turbo Teejet Induction and 025 capacity Turbo
Teejet flat spray tips provide coverage and drift control for
fungicide, herbicide and insecticide applications | | | Profile Products introduces green topdressings line
| | Profile Field Fairway Emerald and Profile Greens Grade can help
camouflage worn areas and improve turf quality | | | Becker Underwood launches new surfactants and a new spray adjuvant
| | Capacity, Affinity help turf managers deal with dry spots and
compacted soils; Impact improves efficacy of pesticide applications | |
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