MAKINGTGRs PROFITABLE: Plant growth regulators are engineered to help contractors save labor and fuel

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ONCE LANDSCAPERS REALIZE they can make a buck using plant growth regulators (PGRs), they will make them part of their programs. But the problem is many contractors don't understand PGRs. Roger Storey, vice president of the turf and ornamental unit atCarmel, IN-based SePRO, stresses that it's important to see the value. "If you want to do more with the same crew, that's where PGRs can help," he says. "A lot of landscapers are afraid of PGRs because they don't feel they have adequate knowledge about using them," says Laylah VanBibber, director of marketing at PBI Gordon, Kansas City, MO. Many more landscapers use PGRs for ornamental treatments than for mowing, she says.