Sally Drury advises on copper sulphate alternatives and shares experience on seeding lawn areas.
From - Philip, Derbyshire.
Regardless of whether you apply for that job or not, you need to get yourself along to your nearest assessment centre now. You must attain the PA1 (foundation module) and PA6 (handheld applicator module) to legally carry on aspects of your work that involve the application...
Yes. It's all about achieving a uniform approach to classification and labelling of chemical products within the EU. CHIP came into force on 6 April last year and the regulations are commonly referred to as CHIP4. They deal with the law applying to suppliers of dangerous chemicals, requiring them to...
Typically, the supplier of any bait you are buying should also offer boxes. Spaldings, of Lincoln, includes rodent bait boxes in its offering. These boxes have been designed to take into account the behaviour of rats and mice, and they can be used indoors or out. The mouse bait box is tamper-proof...
27 Mar 2008
| by Sally Drury
Lawrence Containers offers ex-shipping containers for sale or hire. It has several depots in the UK and will deliver the container on a self-unloading lorry. In addition, the firm offers to convert containers into mess rooms and offices, with or without insulation. Call 01622 820308.
07 Feb 2008
| by Sally Drury
Try Flowgro at Barton-under-Needwood (tel: 01283 712172). You can also find a list for your area on the Agricultural Engineers Association website. Go to www.aea.uk.com and click on NSTS. This is the page for the National Sprayer Testing Scheme. Enter your postcode or click on the map to find dealers...
10 Jan 2008
| by Sally Drury
Gramoxone has been used worldwide since the 1960s. A non-selective,
non-residual contact herbicide that is not absorbed by bark, it has
proved particularly useful in the UK for the stale-seedbed technique of
growing forestry nursery stock and also for annual weed control in
orchards, forestry and bulb...
29 Nov 2007
| by Sally Drury
Yes. Aztec Global Sprayers bought the rights and trading name of Walkover Sprayers following the liquidation of Allen Power Equipment. Aztec spare parts are fully compatible with the Allen range of sprayers. Aztec Global Sprayers is based at Swansea. Call the company on 01792 798666 or see www.aztecglobalsprayers.co.uk
29 Nov 2007
| by Sally Drury
The advice in this helpline is independent. I am not employed nor paid by any of companies mentioned and I am in no way persuaded to write about their products for any other reason than they provide an answer to the question concerned. Many of the replies are drawn from my own experiences - from more...
29 Nov 2007
| by Sally Drury
Solo Sprayers, German in origin, are distributed by FGM Claymore of Warwickshire. For servicing, FGM Claymore recommends you contact garden machinery dealer Masons of Chudleigh on 01626 852140.
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