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Quote: Originally Posted by Lawnworks With these red knockouts... I guess it is a crapshoot b/c they are not exactly a compact growing specimen. It seems to cut it down to 1.5', there will be no foilage... that is kind of why I am scared to prune so low. Elmer's glue... great suggestion. Crapshoot, I like that. The one thing I don't like about knockouts is that they don't seem to push up too many new canes every year...

With these red knockouts... I guess it is a crapshoot b/c they are not exactly a compact growing specimen. It seems to cut it down to 1.5', there will be no foilage... that is kind of why I am scared to prune so low. Elmer's glue... great suggestion.

thank you buddy

Knockouts are extremely hardy, but do need some care to get established. Did they receive enough water? Which variety of Knockout did you use. There are Knockouts, Double Knockouts (Red), Pink & Double Pink, Rainbow, Blushing and Sunny. The Rainbow seems to be the most troublesome, especially in nursery conditions, but once established they will flourish. If all of them dropped all of their leaves, that would likely be transplant shock...

I don't think watering was an issue. As a matter of fact I thought the owners might have been overwatering after about a month so I ask them to back off to just a couple times a week. The problem started after about a month. First they stopped producing blooms them they started to loose leaves. I looked at them when the problem started and they didn't look to have any mildew on the leaves or worms. I have had problems before with...

Well actually for the whole deal. I'm getting 2 lesco spray tanks 200 and 50 gallons(trees and shrubs). $25,000 a year in lawn maintenance accounts $12,000 a year in chemcial treatment accounts. All kind of two cycle stuff and push blowers. $45,000 for the whole shibang. Does that sound fair? Thanks

Well you surely didn't profit 287.50. Out of that comes over head recover and other expenses. Did you pay for your time to buy the bulbs, your truck, your truck on the job, your insurances, your fuel, any other direct or indirect costs to that job? Bulbs are easy to plant, unless we are planting them in a heavily ground covered area, we excavate the entire area, place in 1000's of bulbs right side up and sift the dirt over top. Tapes...

If you are not renting equipment then a mattock(pick)

We have been using a couple homemade ones for the past two seasons to punch holes for bulb planting. They are faster than garden trowels but not nearly ideal. We attach the augers to 18volt rechargable drills and drill to clean out the hole then drop bulbs in and cover. What brand and size auger do you use? Also where did you get the augers? -SL

i like to use a very sharp round or flat point shovel, depending on the thickness of the turf... if its really think, a round point, otherwise a flat shovel... and you just want to scalp the grass... takes a little time to get the technique, you dont want to take out too much dirt... sod cutters have their use, but we rarely get one... heh, Weve scalped out some very large areas in our day with nothing more than a couple guys with shovels....