Can lawn maintenance companies make pesticide applications on an individuals property?
No, lawn maintenance companies cannot make pesticide applications to turf areas of your property. Presently, lawn maintenance companies are restricted to making only fertilizer applications within turf areas. They cannot make “weed-n-feed” applications or use granular fertilizers with pesticides incorporated within them. Lawn maintenance companies can cut, mow, edge, use blowers and physically pull weeds anywhere within your turf or plant bed areas. Section 482.156, F.S., allows certification of commercial landscape personnel and authorizes certified applicators to apply herbicides, fungicides and insecticides with the signal word of “caution” to plant beds and the ornamental plants. These applicators are limited to portable, handheld three gallon compressed air sprayers or backpack sprayers having no more than a five gallon capacity, and they may not use any power equipment. Individuals certified under section 482.156, F.S., are issued a numbered identification card that is carried on
