eruuska
LawnSite Senior Member
- Location
- Rensselaer, IN
I did some marketing for cleanups in a VERY large gated community nearby, and have decided to heavily market there this winter/next spring to expand my fert n squirt business.
The community has a website, and there was a link for their fertilizer policy, and there were a few things I found odd:
-- Application of manufactured fertilizers shall not be permitted prior to April 1
nor after November 30 in any year (due to inability of frozen soil to absorb
nutrients).
-- Fertilizer Content: No commercial applicator may apply any manufactured
fertilizer, liquid or granular, which contains any amount of phosphorus
-- You also have to buy a license to apply commercially ($50 plus insurance cert, copies of state license, etc)
I understand the "no phosphorus" rule, as this community has several lakes and streams and there is a real possibility of runoff, but restricting applications to after April 1 doesn't make any sense. How is a guy supposed to get his PreEm in and get it to work? April 1 is just too late, isn't it?
In another section it explains how you can appeal to get around the rules if needed, but I don't know how strict they are.
Has anyone run across this before? Is this worth the effort? We're talking about a community of over 2600 homes packed in to an area of about 2.5 square miles. Lots of retirees and DINKs.
TIA,
The community has a website, and there was a link for their fertilizer policy, and there were a few things I found odd:
-- Application of manufactured fertilizers shall not be permitted prior to April 1
nor after November 30 in any year (due to inability of frozen soil to absorb
nutrients).
-- Fertilizer Content: No commercial applicator may apply any manufactured
fertilizer, liquid or granular, which contains any amount of phosphorus
-- You also have to buy a license to apply commercially ($50 plus insurance cert, copies of state license, etc)
I understand the "no phosphorus" rule, as this community has several lakes and streams and there is a real possibility of runoff, but restricting applications to after April 1 doesn't make any sense. How is a guy supposed to get his PreEm in and get it to work? April 1 is just too late, isn't it?
In another section it explains how you can appeal to get around the rules if needed, but I don't know how strict they are.
Has anyone run across this before? Is this worth the effort? We're talking about a community of over 2600 homes packed in to an area of about 2.5 square miles. Lots of retirees and DINKs.
TIA,