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Three ways we can save you time

Time is money

Here are three great time-saving ideas from Christensen’s Plant and Hardscape Center.

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We will help in your plant selection by inspecting, and pre-tagging your material up to five days in advance of your visit. Don’t see it in stock? No problem! We can look at an estimated arrival day, and tag the material as it comes off the truck, holding it up to five days until you need it.

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Hardscape staging. We will pre-pull your order and palletize it so you can get in and out quicker. We will even sell Brussels by the individual brick, also Copthorne, Town Hall, and Holland.

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Deliveries. We will carefully select, pull, prep, and load your material, and send it directly to your job site or yard. $210.00 for plants, or plants, lighting and brick, all on the same truck! Brick deliveries are only $140.00 in our local area, with a three pallet minimum. Add $35.00 for our Moffett, and we’ll unload it for you. We deliver all over the State, (and other States too), but our local delivery area is HUGE! It encompasses Toledo, Adrian, Jackson, Fowlerville, Fenton, Clarkston, and St. Clair Shores.

In conclusion, you, the Contractor, often do not have enough time in the day to accomplish what is needed. We can help you save time so you can focus on what’s important. Let us partner with you to save you time!

We can save you time
Bill Ten Eyck

Preventing weeds in landscape beds

Treflan

Spring is here, now is the time for weed prevention, and Christensen’s has a few ways to prevent weeds and up-sell products to your customers for increased profit. Today I want to talk about Treflan and landscape fabric.

Treflan

Treflan is a pre-emergent herbicide for annual grasses and broadleaf weeds. Treflan can be used in new landscape beds, around trees, groundcover, and in established landscape beds. Now is the time to apply - before you see weeds emerging. Treflan creates a chemical barrier to germinating weeds. If there are root fragments in the bed, Treflan can’t stop them from coming up, so bed prep is important for good results. Be sure to follow the directions on the bag for coverage and how to apply. Also note the part of the directions about how the product must be watered in. This is an easy step that is key to your success when using this product.

Another way is using landscape fabric. It stops approx. 95% of weed growth by creating a physical barrier to the weeds germinating. Fabric is useful under decorative stone in landscape beds. It also works very well as a filter fabric around drain tile and behind retaining walls. Christensen’s carries a wide range of fabric in sizes from 3’x 50’ to 10’ x 250’.

Please remember that both of these products only prevent weeds coming up from seed. Anything existing in landscape beds will not be stopped by Treflan or landscape fabric. Your only move is physically removing them or using a product like Killz All. But that’s another topic!

Applying Treflan is a good plan when installing mulch. It’s a value-added service resulting in great-looking beds and happy customers. And make sure that you check out Jermi’s mulch video from last week to get the best practices for installing mulch and making you more money.

David Krajniak
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