Boultbee Vegetation Management
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Weeds on a playing field are aesthetically negative and have the potential to create hazards. Broadleaf weeds like dandelions and plantain do not stand up to foot traffic. It is these weeds that leave bare ground once they die. With irrigation and wet fields, foot traffic through the bare ground pushes away the soil resulting in a depression. The depression then collects water, and much like a rutted road, the depression becomes deeper and in a short time there can result a hazardous hole. It is this resultant hole that has the potential to injure people using the playing field. Boultbee Vegetation Management uses shrouded booms that provide a wide-swath application of herbicides which leave behind lush grasses.

The need to have fence lines sprayed for weed control is mainly a safety issue. Using a mower you can not get close enough to the fence line to control the weeds, while a weed eater can hit the fence and break the trim. A weed eater also has the potential hazard of flinging dust and debris into the air. This could potentially get into your eyes or damage surrounding vehicles. Boultbee Vegetation Management will only have to apply a single treatment yearly.


Recognizing Potential Hazards


 

Recognizing Weeds


 

Toxicity of our Herbicides

All products are rated to an “LD 50” rating system relative to their toxicity. The LD 50 scale starts at 001 and runs to 10,000: The lower the number, the more toxic the product. The herbicides our company uses start at 1000 and go as high as 7500. To give a point of reference, Aspirin has an LD 50 of 1,000; table salt an LD 50 of 3,320.

 

Boultbee Vegetation Management