You need to calibrate your equipment to figure this out. There's no
standard ratio. You have to see how long it takes to cover a
particular area with the spray equipment you have. This procedure is
the same for equipment you walk with and equipment you drive. You say you want to apply 5 gallons of AACT over 1 acre. Let's assume your sprayer will spray a 4' swath and sprays out 1 gallon per minute. To keep the example simple, let's assume your acre is only 4' wide, but 11,000' long. (That's a little more than an acre.) So, if you're using a backpack sprayer, you would have to walk the 11,000x4' acre one time. 11,000 feet is just over two miles. Let's assume it's flat and smooth and you can walk the 2 miles in 15 minutes. At 1 gallon/minute from your sprayer, you would need a total of 15 gallons of AACT+water so you would add 10 gallons of water to your 5 gallons of AACT to get it applied evenly over your 1 acre. You can change the numeric values to whatever you find is true in your case. In the example above, if you found it takes 30 minutes to walk the acre, at 1 gallon/minute, you need to add 25 gallons of water to your 5 gallons of AACT to have it distributed evenly over the acre. I doubt your acre is 11,000'x4', but the area your covering is the same. If you had a tractor with a boom sprayer that put out 10 gallons/minute over a 10' swath, you adjust the calculations. Just start off in a small test area to get your travel speed, gallons/minute and the coverage swath, then do the math. Teacher said you'd use your math one day. \brian --
Brian Debasitis Mauby All Natural Healthy Soil For a Healthy Environment 5669 Snell Ave #342 San Jose CA USA 95123 (408) 256-3402 Brian@Mauby.com Skype: BrianDebasitis www.Mauby.com Bay-Friendly Qualified Landscape Professional
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