Do you charge for an estimate?

No. Estimates are free, and many are handled over the phone.

What areas do you serve?

Douglas and Elbert counties, Colorado. F4 Enterprises is based in Franktown and has worked these two counties for more than eighteen years.

Do I have to control noxious weeds on my property in Colorado?

The Colorado Noxious Weed Act allows city and county governments to implement management plans to control noxious weeds and protect land not yet affected. List B species must have their spread halted. For List C species, control is left to local government, and Douglas and Elbert counties follow the state's guidelines and recommendations rather than requiring management.

F4 Enterprises, Inc. Range & Pasture Professionals Call Ladd 303.472.3106

Take the pasture back.

Q: Is weed spraying safe for my horses and livestock?

In almost all cases there are no grazing restrictions or negative effects to livestock. Nearly everything we use carries no grazing restriction at all. Where an animal calls for more care, such as a lactating dairy cow, we leave those products out and talk through the options first.

Licensed noxious weed control and pasture management for rural landowners in Douglas and Elbert counties. Family-owned — and the man who walks your property is the man who treats it.

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Eighteen years on this ground. Ladd and Sarah Fischer have worked Douglas and Elbert counties out of Franktown since the beginning — thirty years in the green industry behind it.

The F4 Enterprises truck and John Deere Gator sprayer on a Colorado pasture

Licensed — Colorado Dept. of Agriculture Qualified Supervisor, multiple categories Franktown, Colorado

You are not alone in this.

Noxious weeds don't stay where they started. A patch you noticed last spring is a field by the third summer — crowding out the grass your livestock need and taking the value of the land with it.

We help on any level: consultation, overseeding, weed management plans, and chemical control of noxious species. Integrated Pest Management, applied to range and pasture — identify what's actually there, decide whether it has reached the point where treatment is warranted at all, and if it has, treat it on its own schedule. Then get desirable grass back into the soil so it doesn't come right back.

The Colorado Noxious Weed Act allows city and county governments to implement management plans to control noxious weeds and protect land not yet affected. Colorado Noxious Weed Act

If your county sent you a letter, that's what it's about — and it's routine to resolve. We do this every week.

Know what's in your pasture

Most people call because something took over and they can't name it. Here's what we find most on Front Range acreage — and what the state says you're obligated to do about it.

Eight species · Douglas & Elbert

Leafy Spurge

Euphorbia esula

Seed capsules dry down and explode, projecting seed up to fifteen feet from the parent plant. The milky sap can irritate skin. Established stands take multiple seasons of consistent management — anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you one application.

What List B means: the state requires that its continued spread be halted. Allowing it to move into un-infested land is a violation.

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Forms colonies and spreads vigorously by underground stems. Aggressive and difficult to control.

Musk Thistle

Carduus nutans

Two to six feet tall with large purple flowers. Invades pasture and rangeland in dense stands.

Dalmatian Toadflax

Linaria dalmatica

Perennial with yellow snapdragon-like flowers and a deep root system that makes it persistent.

Yellow Toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

An aggressive invader with the same deep root system. Commonly mistaken for a wildflower.

Diffuse Knapweed

Centaurea diffusa

Highly competitive winter annual, flowering July through September. Outcompetes desirable forage.

Cheatgrass

Bromus tectorum

Downy brome. Dries out in the summer months and creates a genuine fire hazard on your place.

Common Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Stalks produce thousands of seeds that persist in the soil for years, long after the plant is gone.

Not sure what you have?

That's the most common call we get. Identification is the first thing we do, and the estimate is free.

List B species must have their spread halted under state management plans. List C species are widespread enough that control is left to local government — Douglas and Elbert counties follow the state's guidelines and recommendations rather than requiring management.

See the full weed guide

What we do

Four things, done properly, for rural acreage in Douglas and Elbert counties.

Weed Spraying

Licensed application, matched to the species and its stage — with GPS-guided equipment so coverage is accurate and documented, not eyeballed.

Noxious Weed Management Consultation

Identify what's actually on your property, then build a plan that runs across seasons — including what the county expects of you.

Pasture Management Consultation

The bigger picture: stand health, grazing, and the bare soil that let the weeds win in the first place.

Overseeding

Getting desirable grass back into treated land. This is the difference between spraying a pasture and managing one.

The F4 Enterprises John Deere Gator sprayer with GPS guidance, parked in tall pasture grass — The Gator rig — GPS-guided, so what got treated is recorded rather than estimated.

In almost all cases, there are no grazing restrictions or negative effects to livestock.

It's the first thing most horse and cattle owners ask, and it's a fair question. Nearly everything we use carries no grazing restriction at all. Where an animal calls for more care — a lactating dairy cow, say — we leave those products out and talk through the options first. We won't put anything on your place we wouldn't put on our own.

Ladd Fischer, Owner

Franktown, Colorado

State License: Qualified SupervisorColorado Department of Agriculture, multiple categories
Education: B.S. Landscape HorticultureColorado State University — emphasis in Turfgrass Management
Green Industry: Thirty YearsSpecializing in rangeland, pasture and turf
Association: Colorado Weed Management Assn.Ladd and Sarah Fischer, members

F4 Enterprises was created by Ladd and Sarah Fischer to provide pasture management and weed control for rural landowners. They live in Franktown. Their girls grew up riding along on jobs and both went on to careers in agriculture. Our philosophy is to treat our customers the way we want to be treated — we know our success relies on you, and the most rewarding part of this has always been seeing the results and getting the word-of-mouth referral that follows.

Let's talk about your pasture.

Tell us roughly where you are and what you're seeing, and we'll tell you what you're dealing with and what it will take to manage it. Plenty of estimates get handled over the phone. No charge either way.

Or reach Ladd direct
303.472.3106
lfischer@f4enterprisesinc.com

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