NOT ALL LANDSCAPERS ARE LICENSED TO SPRAY WEED CONTROL!
USED TO BE AN EXEMPTION
There used to be a limited exemption in Nevada that allowed landscapers to spray herbicides using backpack sprayers, but that exemption went away in 2017 which means there has been years for landscaping companies to comply.
Most landscapers are not licensed or insured and many are under staffed with licensees. On Time Landscaping is licensed, insured and staffed! Being able to spray for weed control is NOT included with other licenses and most companies and people do not have the license.
Our C6 license is 7143
Telephone: 702-348-8399
Email: info@ontimevegas.com
NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FLYER
The flyer to the right is from the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) website, Part of it says “Nevada laws… into effect on July 1, 2017… you will be required to receive a pest control license… advertising … includes bidding for maintenance contracts …applying … weed killers… Landscapers… need…license…”
LAWS
Here are four of a number of Nevada laws on this topic.
NRS 586.195 - “Pesticide”... any substance… herbicide… intended to prevent, destroy, control… weed and any other form of plant…
NRS 555.280 - … A… person or business…shall not operate, for hire…as a pest control business… at any time without a… license ...
NAC 555.252 - …supervision by a licensed applicator who is present and responsible for a person applying a pesticide…
NRS 555.285 Making estimates or bids, whether written or oral… Submitting bids to perform any work involving… pesticides…
EMAILS
The owner of On Time Landscaping exchanged emails with an Agriculturalist IV within the Division of Plant Health and Compliance at the Nevada Department of Agriculture in early 2025. We took excerpts from the Agriculturalist emails and put them here.
May 5 2025 - Unlicensed individuals are not allowed to mix, load, transport, apply, or in any other way handle pesticides unless they are under the immediate supervision of a licensed Operator or Principal.
May 4 2025 - “Unlicensed companies are prohibited from advertising services they are not licensed to perform. They can disclose that they partner with a licensed company to perform herbicide applications… ”
April 30 2024 - “… A landscaping company that does not hold a pest control license can certainly hire On Time Landscaping to perform the herbicide applications, and you are correct that you are able to have unlicensed workers perform these applications under your Immediate Supervision. These unlicensed applicators would have to be your employees though. They would need to be On Time staff because On Time is the entity licensed to perform the work. On Time would be responsible for the applications and the work would be covered by On Time's insurance plan. So the applicators would all need to be your employees, rather than the company that hires you…”
February 19 2025 - “Whether or not a pesticide is labeled as organic is not relevant to licensing. If pesticides are being applied or pesticide application services are being solicited, a pest control license is required.”
List of licensed operators.
We have reviewed the licensee list on the Nevada Department of Agricultures website and looked for company names that we recognized and looked for the C6 license. We were surprised how many well-known / large landscaping companies do not have a C6 license and those who do for the most part do not have many licensed applicators considering the size of their companies / how many properties they probably work at. You might consider reviewing that list.
TIMING IS IMPORTANT
When landscaping and weeds have herbicides applied it can be time sensitive. Having / not having enough staff / crew or team members can affect if weeds grow and how bad they can get. Just because a company is large does not mean they have enough staff to apply herbicides at the correct time.
Our C6 license is 7143 Telephone: 702-348-8399 Email: info@ontimevegas.com
Our C6 license is 7143 Telephone: 702-348-8399 Email: info@ontimevegas.com
Nevada Department of Agriculture contact info
- Main Office: 405 South 21st Street
Sparks, NV 89431
Phone: 775-353-3601
- Las Vegas: 2300 E. St. Louis Ave.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
Phone: (702) 668-4590
A few more items about herbicides
THE COST
TYPES OF HERBICIDES
TYPES OF HERBICIDES
The cost of spraying will take into account how long it will take to do the work, what prep work needs to be done, and how much and what type of herbicide is used. Sometimes more than one application is needed.
Herbicides are not for every property. Some properties choose to have their unwanted growth dealt with in other ways which we are open to discuss with them.
TYPES OF HERBICIDES
TYPES OF HERBICIDES
TYPES OF HERBICIDES
- Pre-emergent - Work to try and prevent weeds from ever growing.
- Post-emergent - Work to try and kill weeds that have already grown.
- Selective herbicides - kills certain plants but not others.
- Non selective herbicide - kills plants they are applied to.
GRANULAR
TYPES OF HERBICIDES
GRANULAR
There are some granular herbicides but they need to be activated by water and considering when and how much water we get from rain can affect if and when it gets activated. If can get blown out of the landscaping into areas it is not intended for and or activated when it is not needed which is pollution and wasteful spending. Granular fertilizer has a time and place for when it is / should be used and we assess each property on a case by case basis.
TIMING
WEED WACKER / LINE TRIMMING
GRANULAR
- Just because a company is large does not mean they have enough staff to do the spraying when it needs to be done.
- There is time between spraying and seeing results. Each application and herbicide will see different results and take different amounts of time for the unwanted growth to react. If unwanted growth has grown some people want immediate results by hand picking much or all of the unwanted growth and then have herbicides applied to try and kill the smaller unwanted growth but not everyone wants to pay for the time to pick by hand.
PICKING BY HAND
WEED WACKER / LINE TRIMMING
WEED WACKER / LINE TRIMMING
Unwanted growth like weeds and grass do not always get taken care of in a timely manner and sometimes playing catchup is needed.
Some people want immediate results and will pay for pulling unwanted growth by hand and then applying herbicides to kill the very small unwanted growth.
Many times, dead unwanted growth may "blow away" / disappear. Not everyone wants to wait for that to happen so spraying larger weeds or dense patches of weeds may still look ugly for some time after they die. This is why some people choose to spend the money to have larger weeds pulled by hand first.
WEED WACKER / LINE TRIMMING
WEED WACKER / LINE TRIMMING
WEED WACKER / LINE TRIMMING
Sometimes customers choose to have a line trimmer / weed wacker used to reduce the height of unwanted growth because it is less expensive than picking by hand and then have herbicides applied.
There is a risk when using a line trimmer of kicking up rocks which may break windows or put dents in things like cars or stucco. Some people are willing to take that risk.
some Ways to spray
Hand sprayer
This carries a small amount of material when compared to the other methods.
Truck mounted
This type of set up typically carries more material than other options but can not access certian areas.
Backpack
Backpack
This typically carries more material than a hand sprayer.
