$10.00 off each carton until July 4 - $0.56 per 1000

[ICT Bill]

Our pricing is reduced on our original formula 1-2-3 Instant Compost Tea until July 4th by $10 each carton.

We have an additional discount of 10% on small pallets which is comprised of 48 cartons of Instant Compost Tea

[Prolawnservice]

What is the shelf life if stored in non-heated/cooled building?

[ICT Bill]

I believe the expire date on the in stock product is April 2009. In very hot environments (above 90) the shelf life may come down 10 to 20%. In cooler environments it will extend the shelf life.

Testing results show 18 to 24 month shelf life at room temperature where it still meets the biology claim on the carton, we claim 12 months on the packaging.

There are actually many more beneficials in the product than are claimed on the label. The claim is at 12 months for obvious regulatory issues

the NPK and micronutrients do not go anywhere but the biology is affected in long term shelf life

[caddi]

How many quarts are in a carton?

[JDUtah]

1 carton covers up to 90,000 SqFt (32 oz)

[ICT Bill]

Space coast, The Florida Nitrogen ban is affecting you guys right now, right?
yes 90,000 sq ft per carton, our operations manager likes to call them "kits" whatever
It works out to fifty six cents per 1000 sq ft at that price

[JDUtah]

Haha, no way I haven't heard of the ban, is it ag-study based?

[ICT Bill]

Florida has put into effect a nitrogen ban for the monsoon season. basically that is it.

go here http://www.flaes.org/pdf/Urban_turf_fact_sheet.pdf

I believe it runs from June 1 to the end of September

next year the nitrogen restriction begins as to how much N you are able to apply in the zone you live in or the turf type that you are treating the lowest is 2 lbs per 1000 and the max is 6 lbs per 1000 (I believe) PER YEAR!

Some of these companies and Homeowners are applying twice that and more

[JDUtah]

Huh, interesting. You might need to forgive me for just skimming through the article but the restriction also applies to organic and natural sources of N?

[Elden]

Yes, if it has a number for nitrogen it is included organic or not. There is a loop hole though if you can show through a soil test that the soil has a insufficient amount of N, P or K you can apply as needed.

[DeepGreenLawn]

I bet the sale of Fe is going to go through the roof

[DUSTYCEDAR]

oh boy a sale i love sales

[ICT Bill]

last week of the special

fifty six cents per 1000 square feet treated.

What increase in fertilizer prices :confused:

:cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2::cool2:

[ICT Bill]

August ad:
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Original Formula 1-2-3 Instant Compost Tea™ can be applied as a foliar or as a drench without worry of burning up drought stressed turf. You get more site visits on your books and your lawns look better and grow better -- underground, where it really matters.

3 days left on Junes special pricing

[DeepGreenLawn]

With the numbers that you have as your NPK, how much of a result do you expect to get? I know it won't be like traditional ferts... well, we need to get the numbers down around there anyway.
If we can't water the treatment in (it is up in the air, the ban says you can HAND WATER, how do you expect people to hand water 10,000 sq ft?) then will it still have the same effect?

You need something that we can hook up to a sprinkler system, has anyone done this yet that I just don't know about? Kind of like your hand held sprayer thing you got going? But instead you siphon it through the sprinklers, the lawn gets treated, and they get to water at the same time.

What way do you recommend applying the product. I know we talked about this before and I have tried to get my sprayer to put out more product but it still takes me a while to get the product down and I have to take time out to refill more often. One 200 gal tank may treat about 20,000 sq ft? I am not sure on these numbers, just know my tank empties A LOT faster than it did when I was making a normal herbicide app in the spring.

What mods can I make? I know tree said a wand, I looked into a wand, picked one up at waly world actually, I know it is not the same quality, actually blew up a few times from the pressure, but I was still unable to get more product down. I think it comes back to the size of hose I have.

At the FD we have a booster line that we use for trash fires and an attack line we use for structure fires. The attack line is bigger therefore we are able to get more water through it. It all comes down to friction loss. The smaller diameter hose the higher the friction loss. Too much pressure the higher the friction loss. The higher the friction loss the lower the amount of out put.

Do I need to get a new hose (that I don't have the money for right now) or a new gun, or what? I know no matter what I am going to run out of water faster. SO, when I am on the other side of town, a good hour from base, and I run out of water and the customers house is way more than 100' away, the longest length of hose most people have, where do you suggest I go to get water? Also, this is no 5 gal tank, it's 200 gallons, people don't mind the 5 gal, they understand that, but you start filling a 200 gal and they don't tend to like that too much, I know I wouldn't. The last time it happened a nursery with a retention pond let me fill up there, but I don't want to have to do that too often as it seemed to be a hassle for them.

[ICT Bill]

I don't know what size hose you are using but the typical hose used is one inch, some use 3/4. you are correct the bigger the hose the faster you can go

Most of counties have a fire hydrant license it typically has a meter hooked to it so that you can pay for what you use. You work full time for the fire Department so I would think you would be pretty comfortable filling from the fire hydrant. Some use creeks, lakes.

What does 200 gallons of water cost? five cents?

In drought restricted areas it may set off some kind of penalty for the home owner, or warning notice, I really don't know

Our #3 has the NPK in it and it is small amounts of NPK and micronutrients. to the plant as a foliar it works great, as a food for the mirobes is its biggest role. We want them coated with food so they get going right away

[DeepGreenLawn]

so using it as a foliar is good enough? I know the ideal thing would be to get it to the soil but... like I said, I can't spend the time to get to do that. I would need a tanker to support all my lawns, which is in my mind down the road. Also, when I do compost top dressing I plan on putting it down, but this is treatments I am thinking.

You and I both know water is inexpensive, the customer doesn't think that way. Plus you made a good point with the spike on their meter. I will look into the hydran meters. I do know how to handle a hydrant pretty well, used them a time or two. I guess I will have to get a different meter for each one though, the ones I have seen, if they are the same thing, are big boxes though. Am I wrong on this?

[ICT Bill]

I really don't know what they use in your area. The ones I have seen are just inline meters, one end to the FH and the other to your hose. pretty small

there is often a deposit that you have to pay for the meter, it is a very common practice for hydroseeders and folks who fill pools for a living

[DeepGreenLawn]

sounds like the best and only way I can feasibly go about doing this, the only thing is I will probably have to get one from each county, or one for whatever county/city is in the center of everything.

I will look into that, Thanks

[ICT Bill]

I may have mislead, I don't think its a county thing but the company that supplies the water that you get the meter from, around here it is the WSSC, they cover several counties and washington DC

[ICT Bill]

I found some contact information
Contact
Public Works Facility
210 Bell Pl.
Woodstock, GA 30188

"Bubba" Chris Martin, Temporary Supervisor

Hours

Maintenance: M–F 7 am to 4pm
770-592-6055, Heather Gaddis

[treegal1]

we got one , in our area the meter is 150$ deposit and they want an air gap and back flow. other than that, good luck finding a 5 sided wrench with out a fireman attached to the other end!

[DeepGreenLawn]

I think I may be able to come up with something