[compost_tea] Re: Spraying in a small field

From: Tim Wilson <thegoodjob_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:52:53 -0000

Absolutely. The pump up- compressed air sprayers are fine. It is the trigge=
r pump sprayer - like windex that mutilated hyphae.

Thanks for catching that Tad!

Tim

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Tad Hussey <tadhussey_at_...> wrote:
>
> Kathleen,
>
> Tim's reference is to the little handheld sprayers that you would use to =
mist
> orchids or spray your cats if they were on the kitchen table. They only =
hold a
> few cups of liquid and have a trigger that you pull back with an adjustab=
le
> nozzle. Pump sprayers that are larger (1 gal or more) are completely dif=
ferent.
>
> ~Tad
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kathleen <impeccablyorganic_at_...>
> To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, April 6, 2011 10:45:34 AM
> Subject: [compost_tea] Spraying in a small field
>
>
> Hi again,
> Just thought I would start another thread for a different subject: I hav=
e a
> small field - about 1/5th an acre - that I need to spray some tea on. I =
don't
> believe there is any hose access out there.
>
> Just wondering: Should I use a backpack sprayer? Or a hand pump sprayer=
? I
> read on Tim Wilson's site that the hand sprayers seemed to decimate the f=
ungi so
> I am feeling cautious about using that method. I guess it would have bee=
n the
> find mist that they emit that would have done the damage???????????
> Also, Jeff Lowenfels talks about using a concrete sprayer as another opti=
on.
> Has anyone actually done this and is it effective?
> Cheers (again),
> Kathleen Millar
> www.cultivatingsoil.com
>




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