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[compost_tea] Re: Pressure & critters



---Do you take the screen out of the sprayer?  That would be a 
problem if left in too wouldn't it? Now you got me thinking 
more ,Mike (with a K right)  Dennis






 In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Bosko" <mjbosko@j...> wrote:
> Seems to me that they're getting splatted against things 
immediately before
> leaving the sprayer ?that's how the sprayer works.  Pressure builds 
up in
> the tank, and then the water hits a fitting at the end of the hose 
connecter
> that in turn, makes the spray fan out and maintain pressure.  I 
can't
> imagine how that could be any better than flying through the air 
for a while
> and then hitting a plant ? even if it were a jet stream, it seems 
better
> than what the sprayer nozzle does to them little critters.
> 
> Maybe I'm thinking about this too much again, I don't know.
> 
> -m
> <><><><><><><><>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lowenfels [mailto:jeff@g...]
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:32 PM
> To: compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Pressure & critters
> 
> Pressures up to 70 PSI are what you can expect from a pump 
sprayer.  This is
> fine for the microbes. The problem is the velocity at which they 
hit things.
> That is where you need to be most careful. Splatted microbes are 
dead
> ones....Spraying is an art.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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