dont worry, knowing trugreen its probably just water :laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

Your probably right... I mean the mow guys were there the same day to mow it

 

Yea so even if he was spraying anything worth while it probably went to waste anyways...

 

Locally to me they are spraying dismiss, Celsius, msm, and I hear occasionally they will put down some barricade. No fert.. it costs extra. Aparently they will push an empty spreader across your lawn and call it lime as well.

 

Pushing an empty spreader does save on cleanup time, if they do that.

 

FYI...those guys are trained and well educated. Most have years of experience and can identify many plants. I know I have checked, such as the difference between grass and trees.

Actually, I have seen some well trained, some not so well.

Judge not less thee be judged.

As for your guy....perhaps he needed education ??

 

FYI...those guys are trained and well educated. Most have years of experience and can identify many plants. I know I have checked, such as the difference between grass and trees.

Actually, I have seen some well trained, some not so well.

Judge not less thee be judged.

As for your guy....perhaps he needed education ??

Im glad your guys atleast are educated...the guys here who ive talked to are a whole different story...Its honestly sad...

 

The few that I've talked to here couldnt even tell me what they were spraying, I knew judging by the smell it was likely some sort of 3-way product, but come on...gotta know what your spraying...

 

Trupower. Its a 3 way made by trugreen and produced by nufarm

 

But......have you yet to witness a guy posting a flag without any treatment ?? somewhere here in the archives....there is.

Again...stop and talk with one or more.

Then report back.

I am guessing most sort of know what they are doing with what .... most that is, some have no clue

 

drive a white pickup or car with green stripes around ( usda truck ) and they do weird things like pack up half way thru a lawn .... ( being near a large national prairie has its advantages or pitfalls )

 

On a call, you have a good point, many seem to judge without actually knowing the facts. However, in general it sounds like trugreen is a terrible company, and I would agree with that. They are dog **** here, and actually their presence is almost non existent here anymore. Their employee turnover is insane, it's all about how many lawns can you get "done" in one day, doesn't matter how or what they look like after the fact. How are they the biggest company in the entire green industry? That's simple. MARKETING. They market themselves to be the best. Trugreen commercials are shown across the entire nation, TV and radio. So, to the unsuspecting homeowner, that's the first company they are going to call if they need lawn treatments. I read on here many years ago that trugreen was a marketing company, not a lawn care company. I couldn't agree more.

 

Jbell I agree that Truegreen is about the bottom line. But they almost have to be with buying all that equipment, uniforms, health insurance, advertisement, nice buildings, and well...there is a long list. Add to the fact that they did develop the industry for the most part and set the pace. Too bad so many smaller companies lowered the standard by cutting prices here and there. I remember Chemlawn charging $ 175.00 for a 6000 sq ft lawn and doing many of them a day all fall long.

Do not get me wrong I am saying they are best. But they do have some skilled people in certain areas.

I have two neighbors that use them. Both are 5000 sq ft lawns. One has the full service everything except mowing. Her lawn looks great but she paid $ 550.00 for the season. The other had their spring special I think 3 treatments for $ 150.00 looks like nothing was done. She had chinch bugs and other issues that were never addressed. It does look like weak lawn. Same guy treats both. I certainly would say for them it is about money. As the tech knows how to make em look great.

Bottom line....big company may or may not give you what you want or need.

oh...BTW....IMO they are the best advertisement we have

 

They were doing an adequate job here--as far as I could tell. Probably two adjacent houses. I cannot see any weeds or crabgrass. I forgot to check to see if he was wearing eye protection, gloves or boots. The guy used a funny wrist-flick action of the spray gun. Braid-in-vinyl 1/2 inch transparent hose--not suited for much pressure, maybe. What do you think? I am thinking the pressure and volume, as gallons per minute were low. I forgot to sniff the air to see if I could tell if herbicide was included. At least he got the edges of the sidewalk slightly wet. Truck had complicated plumbing, pressure valves, pressure gauges, two reels, Honda motor and probably two tanks. Big door on the side flips up. Temperature was about 75.

Exercise walk tomorrow to the east. Hopefully, I can check on it and see if the grass is green.

 

With T.G's recent merger with Scotts, I wonder if they will state using Scotts products?
Scotts has some sort of liquid additive that they branded "Smart Water".

 

Man, those trucks tho. That's a hell of a setup.

 

I thought it looked odd that he pulled out about 200 feet of vinyl hose just to do the front yard. Can you see that extra hose??

 

The standard "pull-point" of go to the back yard first, and then spray the front last.

 

I find that strange too Riggle. That is like pouring 100 pounds of fert into a spreader to do 3000 sq ft.

But to each their own I guess.

I would hate to guess how many times I have pulled out my hoses

Again there may be a few bad apples in the bunch of applicators but all in all...they work hard too.

 

True green is a hit miss service imo. I've seen guys spread empty carts before and they have yards that look like shat but other tru green crews do a pretty good job. I think thy are pathetic with those little pushmowers. They only do basic chemicals nothin special that thye act like they do

 

Checked today. Nothing changed.

 

With T.G's recent merger with Scotts, I wonder if they will state using Scotts products?
Scotts has some sort of liquid additive that they branded "Smart Water".

Found the answer. Scott's WaterSmart is their patented formulation with an Active Ingredient "Alkoxylated polyols". Which is a sufactant formulation designed to improve and maintain uniform water movement, distribution and retention.

 

But....does it work.

I have seen other products with promise but did not last or work well for the price.

 

Tree makes a good point. I am skeptical, also. Wetting agents, detergents and surfactants for soil--if they worked--every farmer in the country would be using them--especially dry California.

Probably too costly for TG in any case.

http://www.jswconline.org/content/67/4/275.refs

 

Great point R. If it did work as marketed California would drive the price to no return. I remember years ago perhaps 30 when a guy from Andersons was checking to see if it worked. He lived next door to a customer of mine. His lawn was under water and yet still applied the stuff. He over applied...looked like someone had pored jello on his lawn. What a mess. I think in the long run he damaged the turf.

Tree makes a good point. I am skeptical, also. Wetting agents, detergents and surfactants for soil--if they worked--every farmer in the country would be using them--especially dry California.

Probably too costly for TG in any case.

http://www.jswconline.org/content/67/4/275.refs

 

After about 3 weeks there is a slight uneven green. Remember the yellow fire hydrant visible in both photos.

 

Actually Trupower contains MCPA, clopyralid, and dicamba. (When I looked it up).

In theory, it should do well at controlling violets. Yet, I guess it does not have the restrictions that are on the Confront label. This is even though it contains clorpyralid.

 

Trupower doesn't do a great job of controlling anything

 

dont worry, knowing trugreen its probably just water :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Beat me to it.