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Monthly Professionals Update
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September 2016
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 Keep Going!
While the calendar says September, we know there's plenty of summer left.
Many of your customers have a long list of projects they want to get completed in the weeks ahead.
Don't slow down on your marketing and sales efforts. There's plenty of work out there!
Plan Ahead!
It's time to think about getting ready for the busy months for landscape lighting, holiday decorating and yard drainage. Experienced contractors know fall and winter services take more aggressive marketing efforts to get customers engaged. Assemble a team and prepare your fall and winter marketing and operational plans. Don't wait until it's too late to book jobs for the late season months. And maximize your profits by participating in our early order programs for fall and winter supplies.
Ask us about ways to profitably extend your selling season. We have proven ideas that can help!
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 CPS Golf Tournaments
Thanks to everyone who participated in the CPS Colorado and Wyoming Golf Tournaments in August. This year we had our Wyoming tournament at a new location,
Casper Country Club. The winner of that tournament was Mother Nature. She rained us out!
The Colorado Tournament was held at
Fox Hollow Golf Course. Each year we choose two charities to support with the sale of mulligans. This year we raised $3000 dollars combined for
Casper Youth Baseball and
Wounded Warriors Family Support.
Check out this video from the Colorado tournament.
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Holiday Lighting: Get Ready Now for a Booming Season
 Holiday lighting sales are growing by 30% per year as more families turn to professionals to take the hassles out of decorating.
Are you thinking about your business after the irrigation season ends? Many of our customers have seasonal work that slows down considerably in November. Avoid the drop-off by offering new services. CPS distributors invites you to talk to our sales staff about professional-grade holiday lighting products from
American Lighting.
CPS offers full lines of LED lights, bulbs and retro-fit LED lamps, greenery and pre-lit greenery, large displays and various accessories, such as clips, wire and plugs. We invite contractors, municipalities, event venues and other organizations to learn more about our products and the energy savings associated with LED technology. Let us help you have a productive and profitable end to your season!
Click here to download our 2016 Holiday Decor Catalog
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CPS Education: Holiday Lighting Workshop
 Together with
American Lighting, we offer comprehensive design, installation and marketing training for professional holiday decorating contactors. Our courses help professionals quickly start and grow a profitable new service offering. In our FREE upcoming classes, you will learn:
- How to design and estimate seasonal lighting installations
- Product types, selection, LED options
- Installation techniques, tips, technical considerations
- Take Down techniques and tips
- Marketing and sales methods
Our workshop for professionals will be held in Glenwood Springs at the Glenwood Recreation Center on
September 29, 2016.
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The Benefits of Fall Fertilization
by Rob Garcia, Winfield
 The question often comes up on what the benefits of fall fertilizer applications are for the turf. Fertilizer applications during the summer promote mainly top growth while applications made in the fall when night time temperatures are lower is stored in roots and shoots to fuel new root growth. The days are still bright and sunny so photosynthesis activity is still high and energy produced is stored until the next spring. The energy that is stored helps the turf grass have better winter survival and promotes better spring green up. With early spring green up spring applications can be pushed back eliminating dealing with excessive clippings and allowing for the use of fertilizers with more slow release nitrogen eliminating leaching and clippings which decreases mowing requirements.
Fall fertilizers should rely on nitrogen sources that are not broken down by microbial activity for the slow release portion. Blends with 50% slow-release from sources like U-Flexx or Sulphur coated urea are great choices and the addition of some potassium will help increase the durability of the turf grass helping the turf withstand the warm dry fall days we have in Colorado. Applications made after October 15th while the turf grass is still green can be made with either straight urea or ammonium sulfate. One additional benefit of ammonium sulfate being used is that you also get some pH lowering effects that help with our alkaline soils.
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 Summit County Customer Cookout
Our Customer Cookouts are going on the road to Summit County on Wednesday, September 28th from 11:00am to 1:00pm. We will be at Blue River Parks in Silverthorne, CO (Right below the Dillon Dam) with Rain Bird and other vendors.
We will be cooking burgers and dogs and saying hello to our customers in the Colorado high country. Stay tuned from more information as we get closer to the cookout!
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NIBCO Products for Irrigation Professionals
 NIBCO offers a wide variety of irrigation products to serve a full range of applications. From residential landscapes to large commercial tracts, from golf courses to industrial sites, NIBCO provides the irrigation valves, copper fittings, and other innovative products to meet and exceed your requirements.
Setting a new standard for the irrigation industry are NIBCO products such as high quality bronze valves, resilient seated gate valves, irrigation general purpose isolation valves, and PVC ball valves.
New products for 2016 include lead-free valves and fittings and new push-to-connect copper fittings that eliminate the need for solder.
 Check out the new NIBCO Build-A-Submittal, the free, convenient online resource that saves you time and helps you organize the submittal process. You can easily create, access, select, edit and package submittal documents.
These and more solutions to your irrigation needs are presented at www.nibco.com.
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Irrigation Electrical Training Videos in Spanish
Regency Wire and Cable has introduced a complete series of
videos in
Spanish on irrigation electrical installation and troubleshooting. Click the links to view the videos.
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Atlantic Water Gardens Pond and Garden Protector
Great All-season Protection!
The Atlantic Pond and Garden Protector is a great way to keep unwanted elements out of your customers' water features - from pets to predators to leaf debris - all year long.
To protect ornamental fish ponds from wading predators like raccoons, herons and egrets, the strong nylon mesh keeps koi and goldfish safe while allowing water plants to thrive, and the black netting is close to invisible at a distance.
For water feature use during the off-season, the Protector keeps autumn leaves out of ponds and fountains, high and dry off the water until the trees are bare. For best results in very cold climates, remove the assembly when the leaves are down and protection is no longer needed.
The Pond and Garden Protector assembles easily, the fiberglass stays locking together to form a domed cross providing strong support. The domed shape of the assembled Protector keeps leaves getting wet and pulling the net below water, letting them blow away instead. The open design of the heavy duty black nylon netting, with ½" by ½" mesh, stops penetration of debris and animals but allows light, rain and snow through, so snow loads are less likely to accumulate and collapse the Protector if it is left on during cold winters.
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Toro Precision Series Rotary Nozzles
Wind-resistant, water-saving rotary nozzle transforms the efficiency of typical sprays
 Toro's Precision Series Rotating Nozzles are a high performing alternative to other rotary nozzle products.
These rotating nozzles supply matched precipitation with any arc, any radius from 14 to 26 feet. Water applies slowly and evenly to reduce runoff and wasted water.
Precision Series Rotating Nozzles reduce the number of models that need to be carried in inventory, with a single adjustable-arc and a full circle option. Available in both male and female nozzle configurations.
Learn about the benefits for your project
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