Wow, I think I finally solved my spraying problems
and so pass this on to you all! Hope it helps!
Last year I sprayed a good part of my lawn with
tea almost every week. I used a battery powered back pack sprayer
that didn't seem to clog every minute,only every five....My Doctor tells me I
developed the first known case of Compost Tea Elbow and that if he were a bit
more of a learned man, he would have sent in an article to the New England
Journal of Medicine where these new conditions are often
announced.....
Anyhow, I have to spray my lawn because I am doing
CT tests. I needed a better way. I found a 30 dollar "driveway water
sweeper" made by Rubbermaid at a local hardware store. It has two wheels on
either end of a 30-inch long, 1" diameter, PVC pipe with five brass spray
nozzles. This is connected to a long, 1" diameter, PVC handle that allows
one to sweep a driveway with a water spray.......
will bring up a pic if you need it.
I attached this to a hose attached to a Little
Giant sump pump submersed in a 60 gallon tank of Bob-0-lator made tea. (I put
window screening around the bottom of the pump to prevent anything from getting
up into it).
The wheels are not worth a damn on a lawn and need
adjusting to go only in one direction or need to be removed.
However, the item is light and you can easily pick
it up and spray. The tea went out smooth as can be---not one single bit of
Alaska Humus was left in the Bob-O-Lator so it was all in the tea! Still I did
not experience one single clog and there are five spray nozzles and I
did 60 gallons!
I put an on/off value which allowed me to slow down
the flow otherwise the thing would have sprayed out the entire 60 gallons in ten
minutes! I also put a quick connect on the end so I wouldn't have to
fiddle with screwing on the hose every time I use it. In addition to the
test plot of lawn, I sprayed gardens and starts. Fantastic. The coverage
is quick, complete and about three feed wide.
For 30 bucks, this is the way to go if
you make and apply large amounts of tea from a large tank. Of course,
the pump costs about 50..... Still, NO CLOGS. NO TEA ELBOW!
Cheers,
Jeff
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