Pricing Chemical Applications

[Phil Nilsson]

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<b>Here's a range of some prices being used - check this out and figure some averages from it ... use this list as a starting point only to pricing your own work.</b>

Fertilize 10,000 square feet residential lawn for $62.00
Fertilize 10,000 square feet for $60.00 per application, residential
Fertilize for .06 a square foot
Apply insecticide or fungicide at $120.00 for 10,000 square feet
Price per 1,000 square feet for fertilizer $4.75
Grub controls priced at $7.15 for 1,000 square feet
Fertilize 35,000 square feet for $105.00
Price per acre for pre-emergent & fertilizer $97.00
Price per acre for fertilizer $90.00
Price per acre for fertilizer $150.00
Fertilize 10,000 square feet for $60.00
Fertilize minimum prices for 4,000 square feet $33.00
Fertilize 5,000 square feet for $35.00
Fertilize first 5,000 square feet at $35.00 and $3.00 each 1,000 S.F. over
Apply grub controls for 10,000 square feet at $105.00
Apply Roundup to curb line growth at $15.00 per 1,000 lineal feet
Apply Roundup under fence line at $30.00 per 1,000 lineal feet

[qualitylandscaping]

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Nice chart Phil!! My prices are almost exactly the same...

[CCLS]

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Phil,

Why is your price for fertilizing 35,000 sq ft more than fertilizing an acre? Isn't an acre around 43,560 sq ft?

[Phil Nilsson]

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Those prices came from a variety of contractors and what they are charging.

[GroundKprs]

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The size of the property only predicates the cost of the material. Your charge for materials should cover cost, time in obtaining it, and storage costs, as well as some profit. Charge for time is determined by the layout of the property. If your time in applying to a 7K open rectangular plot is the same as a convoluted 4K plot, you ought to be charging the same for your time on each plot.

All services should be priced at time, cost of providing service, and materials (if any). Flat pricing by area is for the big guys, who don't care about losing on difficult sites, and making a killing on easy ones.

[Lawngodfather]

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Sorry but that chart is useless for all of you.

Also that chart has no costs shown or what ferts and chemicals are being used.


You need to figure you own costs, overhead, materials, labor, equipment costs before you should consider pricing.

[Fvstringpicker]

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<b>Here's a range of some prices being used - check this out and figure some averages from it ... use this list as a starting point only to pricing your own work.</b>

Fertilize 10,000 square feet residential lawn for $62.00
Fertilize 10,000 square feet for $60.00 per application, residential
Fertilize for .06 a square foot
Apply insecticide or fungicide at $120.00 for 10,000 square feet
Price per 1,000 square feet for fertilizer $4.75
Grub controls priced at $7.15 for 1,000 square feet
Fertilize 35,000 square feet for $105.00
Price per acre for pre-emergent & fertilizer $97.00
Price per acre for fertilizer $90.00
Price per acre for fertilizer $150.00
Fertilize 10,000 square feet for $60.00
Fertilize minimum prices for 4,000 square feet $33.00
Fertilize 5,000 square feet for $35.00
Fertilize first 5,000 square feet at $35.00 and $3.00 each 1,000 S.F. over
Apply grub controls for 10,000 square feet at $105.00
Apply Roundup to curb line growth at $15.00 per 1,000 lineal feet
Apply Roundup under fence line at $30.00 per 1,000 lineal feet

Great Information. Has there been an update of this chart recently?

[silvertouchlandscape]

fertilizing price updates

i was wondering the same as the last post.... does anyone have any updates on pricing in there areas on fertilizer?

[1Chavez]

Each area will be different. For me just to have a licence and a business to legally apply pesticides, I am shelling out $500 a year. That is before insurance, recertification classes, time, materials, equipment, and general cost of running a business.

[steve-o]

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Each area will be different. For me just to have a licence and a business to legally apply pesticides, I am shelling out $500 a year. That is before insurance, recertification classes, time, materials, equipment, and general cost of running a business.

1Chavez is 100% correct. you can't go on some chart to price your services. to get maybe a basic idea.....yea. BUT it all comes down to your cost in the end.

steve

[jrservices]

Each area will be different. For me just to have a licence and a business to legally apply pesticides, I am shelling out $500 a year. That is before insurance, recertification classes, time, materials, equipment, and general cost of running a business.

Especially for us. I see increases in the future for sure. We got blindsided this year. DEC sucks, & all politicians in this state suck.

[Stephen M.]

<font size="3"><center><font color="red"><b>Chemical Applications:</b></font id="red"></center></font id="size3">
<b>Here's a range of some prices being used - check this out and figure some averages from it ... use this list as a starting point only to pricing your own work.</b>

Fertilize 10,000 square feet residential lawn for $62.00
Fertilize 10,000 square feet for $60.00 per application, residential
Fertilize for .06 a square foot
Apply insecticide or fungicide at $120.00 for 10,000 square feet
Price per 1,000 square feet for fertilizer $4.75
Grub controls priced at $7.15 for 1,000 square feet
Fertilize 35,000 square feet for $105.00
Price per acre for pre-emergent & fertilizer $97.00
Price per acre for fertilizer $90.00
Price per acre for fertilizer $150.00
Fertilize 10,000 square feet for $60.00
Fertilize minimum prices for 4,000 square feet $33.00
Fertilize 5,000 square feet for $35.00
Fertilize first 5,000 square feet at $35.00 and $3.00 each 1,000 S.F. over
Apply grub controls for 10,000 square feet at $105.00
Apply Roundup to curb line growth at $15.00 per 1,000 lineal feet
Apply Roundup under fence line at $30.00 per 1,000 lineal feet

There is no way I would do any of the above for the prices listed. Considering that fertilizer prices have gone way up since 2002 when this was posted as well as labor, you need to adjust according to what you want to charge.

I assume this is set up for granular application. Since I do fertilization/weed contol/fungicide/insecticide thru the spray tank, I'm getting at least double, if not triple the prices listed here.