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The biggest problem facing irrigation, lawn care professionals today is the lack of skilled labor.

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“The major problem the (green) industry has faced in the past couple of years is the shortage of a solid labor pool ... contractors will not take on additional business because of lack of personnel.
- 2001 Status Report on the Green Industry

This lack of labor prohibits companies from growing!

The Solution is the FertiGator.

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Reduce Time Spent Per Property
And Lower Your Labor Costs
The traditional methods of fertilization are imprecise, inefficient and time-consuming. Automatic fertilization with the FertiGator will allow you to handle more properties with the same number of employees.
Conventional Spray or Granular
It takes one person at least 15 minutes to do each lawn - to unload, setup, spread chemicals and re-load.
The FertiGator:
It takes one person less than 5 minutes to replace or refill the fertilizer jug.
That's a 67% Reduction!
Fertigating your properties with the FertiGator is simply the
most labor efficient and cost effective way to fertilize.
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Increase revenues and profits
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Do more properties with the same guys or
eliminate your problem employees - or both!

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No more wasted time walking behind a spreader
or dragging hoses around the property
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No uneven distribution of fertilizer
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No chance of streaking or burning
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No chance that rain can wash away the application
 
It takes a lot of effort keeping your customers yards' green. The FertiGator is your perfect employee - it delivers the right amount of fertilizer day-in, day-out. All you need to do is drop off new product every month or so. You can allocate your limited human resources elsewhere.
 

Give your Properties the Benefits of
True, Micro-Dosing Fertigation
Fertigation is not just dumping fertilizer into an irrigation system - it is the consistent micro-dosing of fertilizer over a long period of time. If you don't control the rate of fertilization, it isn't true fertigation and you don't get the benefits.
"The keys to successful fertigation are micro-dosing the fertilizer over the course of a significant period of time, delivering fertilizer with every watering and delivering the same amount of fertilizer each time you water."
- Steven King, Professor of Irrigation Management
at Lake City College, Florida
The FertiGator does what no other competing system can do - it provides consistent, precise fertilization by zone every time you water. With flow-through-type systems the fertilizer is frequently used up in 2 to 3 days and the grass and plants starve until the next load of fertilizer is applied. That is not even as good as granular fertilizer - which isn't good if you want healthy plants and green grass.
 

The Key to Beautiful Landscapes is Micro-Dosing
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Creates deeper, thicker root zones
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Increases root surface area
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Increases the health of the soil
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Increased microbial and earthworm populations
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More microbes means better nutrient uptake
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More earthworms means easier soil for roots to grow in.
“I have noticed up to 2 inches of additional root growth. To me, this device is valuable for that reason alone. We just couldn’t get the bluegrass to respond in the sand medium with the inconsistency of the previous nutrient supply. I’m a happy person!”
- Valerie Matonis, City of Redwood City, California
 
Fertigation Reduces Chemical Costs
and Produces Better Results
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Uses inexpensive rapid-uptake fertilizers
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Perfect application every time you water
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Deeper more consistent soil penetration
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Cannot burn or streak
Time-release products attempt to do the job BUT
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They are expensive

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They can still wash away and cause pollution
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They don't release or penetrate uniformly
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Improper application can still result in streaking or burning
"Not only does fertigation deliver labor and fertilizer savings, it also can mean a healthier landscape and environment through micro-dosing of nutrients."
- Robert E. Reaves, Landscape Management, July 1999
 
You'll have Fewer Problems and Headaches
with FertiGated Properties
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Healthy grass is naturally more resistant to pests, fungus and disease.
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Fewer weeds and weed treatments
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Consistent fertilization means no boom growth which causes harmful thatch. Depending on soils, aeration and de-thatching may become unnecessary.
"Agronomists have proven that plants micro-fed the correct fertilizers will develop healthier root structures, need less water and be more resistant to disease and insect infestation."
- Ivy Munion, Landscape and Irrigation, 1999
"By maintaining a vigorous healthy lawn you will have eliminated about 90 percent of the problematic weeds.”
- Dennis Swartzell, Arboretum Director at the University of Nevada/Las Vegas, Southwest Trees & Turf, February 2001
"Growth spurts are nonexistent, because you are not dumping out the next three months of fertilizer all at once. The growth is a little more constant, so you don’t have to deal with the mowing problem that usually follows a week or two after you fertilize.”
- Jeff Prink, City of Aurora, Colorado
 

Reduce Watering Requirements by 30% or More
The FertiGator creates deeper root systems for grass and plants so they need less water to stay healthy and green.
“Fertigation … has been shown to decrease water use by
30 percent, while reducing non-point source pollution from granular fertilizer.”
- Robert Reaves, Using Every Last Drop,
Irrigation Business and Technology, Jan./Feb. 2001, p. 26.
In many parts of the country, this water savings alone will go a long way toward paying for the cost of the service.
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The irrigation system component of the water bill can easily exceed $150 per month.
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Reducing this portion by 30% or more saves the homeowner at least $50 per month.
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This happens over time, of course, as the roots lengthen and increase in density.
Less Run-Off Pollution
The FertiGator precisely delivers a smaller concentration of fertilizer, which results in a better absorption rate and means less or no runoff available to contaminate streams, rivers and ground water.
“The FertiGator system design also causes less runoff
and reduced pollution.”
- Landscape Architecture, Nov. 2001.
More and more property owners are concerned about the environmental impact of lawn care but until now haven’t had the choice of an environmentally-friendly technology such as the FertiGator.
 

Increase Customer Retention by
Offering Something No One Else Can:
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An affordable, environmentally-friendly lawn care service which creates healthier, better-looking lawns and gardens..
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Lower your customers’ water bills - a 30% reduction in water costs may pay for the entire lawn service.
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Solve your customers’ most emotional problems - Other lawn care services do not offer control of deer, moles, rabbits, fire-ants or armadillos. Click here for information on Pest Control through the FertiGator.
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Fertigation is outstanding for gardens. Other lawn care services do not include garden fertilization, they only handle lawns.
 

Custom Fertilization By Zone

The FertiGator is the only system on the market that can deliver more fertilizer in one area and less in another.

You can program the FertiGator to put more on a front yard, newly planted garden beds, new sod or grass seed, and then back it off on those areas when the plants are established. No fertilizer is wasted - zones can even be turned off entirely.

Would you buy a sprinkler system timer that couldn't control watering by zone? Of course not! The FertiGator gives you total control.

For All Sizes and Type of Properties
 
Whatever size or type of property you own, maintain or develop, FertiGator has the right product for you - single or double injectors and controllers that can handle 8, 16, 24 and 40+ zones.
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Residential
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Commercial
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Municipal
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Hotels
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School Grounds
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Sports Turf
Click here for Success Stories and how the FertiGator changing the way people take care of their properties.
Click here for a FertiGuru Tip on how to handle large properties (such as high-end residences and sports turf facilities) at a very low cost!
FertiGator vs. The Competition
 
FertiGator
The Rest
Programmable by zone
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Precise nutrient management
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Consistent application every time
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Can turn zone off entirely
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Fertilizer can be located anywhere
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Uses any liquid fertilizer
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Designed to be safe with any backflow device
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Reduces watering requirements
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Safer for the environment
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