A little frustrated but I’m guessing it was me? Cleaned a home last Sunday, lady messages me today stating her rose bushes are damaged from my chemicals. I’ve cleaned quite a many homes since I started back in October and alot with vegetation and flowers around and have yet to kill one. Same mix as always nothing different. Does it really take a week to damage a bush like that? These weren’t my first rose bushes I’ve cleaned around either.
In the end I’m going to offer to replace the bushes as It minimal since I do lawn care and have a commercial nursery account but I don’t see how it took a week to affect them?
Guess this is more of a rant then anything but just wanted some opinions.
Anyway off to lay 10 yards of mulch on a commercial property. Bright side is looked like I booked a $8,800 wash job on a retirement home complex
Happy Memorial Day yall.
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Roses are delicate. It can take a while to show the effects on the roses but I’m suprised a whole bush would die. Most likely the flowers died and the bush is fine.
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It’s hard…although there’s a chance it wasn’t you, replace them anyways. Last thing you want is a review saying you killed her rose bush . I had a lady last hear (middle of August and this plant by her deck looked like it was about to croke)…week later she’s leaving nasty voicemails. Gave her back her $300and replaced the bush even though I knew it wasn’t 100 % my fault.
Refund her money and replace the rose bush…
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SH mix can change the pH of the soil. With plants that are sensitive to pH, like roses, it can be a death sentence and it can take a week.
Thanks appreciate the insight. Just never had it happen. 12.5% mix cut 50/50 then downstreamed and rinsed heavily just not sure how anything was really even left when it hit the ground. Should have been diluted beyond limits by then. Guess it happens though.
I killed some grass two weeks ago…I didn’t bag the gutters as usual and it rained later that night. Killed the grass where the downspouts come back up… I gave them the roof cleaning for free and had sod layers to fix the grass.
The lady made a paid advertisement on Facebook to promote my business. Sometimes doing what’s right lays off
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