While some residential lawn care contractors have struggled with enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, many others have had considerable success.
Venice City Council members voted in favor of a voluntary ban on lawn fertilizers in Venice, Florida.
City leaders believe the ban is sending a message to homeowners, but there will not be fines issued if a resident decides to fertilize.
“It would be a very difficult thing in my mind to enforce. We would have to hire 10 times more code enforcement officers,” said Mayor John Holic.
Lawn care manager Joel Traub said the announcement of a possible ban has already hurt business. “Just the announcement of this ban caused numerous customers to call us and say we don’t want you to put any fertilizers on our lawn,” said Traub.
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