Growth regulators

[familyguy]

I just looked at a potential maintenance account today. It has 700 linear ft of 5ft high privet hedge around the perimiter that needs cutting (per specs) 3 times.

Those ads about growth regulators popped into my head and I began to wonder what that might actually translate into in terms of saved labor.

Anyone have experience with growth regulators?

[JohnIV]

The labor you save from not trimming will not save the customer $$. Make sure you check out the cost and application rates and cost. We looked into this years ago and if memory serves me right it was going to cost more to use the chem that the labor cost. The other thing I remember is that if there is alot of rain your control will not be great.

[familyguy]

Thanks. Last years drought was the best growth regulator we could have hoped for. Good for hedge clipping, bad for all the plants we put in.

Thanks for the reply. I suspected it would carry a higher expense. Privet can grow in just about anything so I find it difficult to believe this would be good control for them. Yews and boxwood, maybe. Probly not privet.

[Greensmith]

Bumping this topic because I saw an ad today for Cutless granular with some pictures. The product appears to work pretty good. Anyone have experience with this?

Sepro's Cutless granular? www.sepro.com

[Seasons]

Bringing this one back from some time ago. I have a large property with a lot of ground cover, ornamental grasses, and other shrubs that are extremely fast growing. Ground cover will regrow in a weeks time, ornamental grasses will grow 6-10" a week. I have to gain control. Liquid regulator or granular?

[GLAN]

I use a regulator for my ornamental kale in my small production....regulators do work well. Haven't done any landscape plants or lawns.

Although....several years ago at another forum I recall a guy in the South that used regualtors on his turf....pics were impressive to say the least