Re: [compost_tea] Sprayer recommendation sought

From: Ross Orner <rorner_at_pennswoods.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:14:04 -0500

Sprayer recommendation soughtHi Graeme,
We use floodjet nozzles in our sprayer and have taken all screens out. We f=
eel that forcing the tea thru screens destroys some of the microbes, actual=
ly I don't even turn on the agitator until the end of the spray - usually t=
he bouncing around keeps things mixed around. We have a PTO centrifugal pum=
p though. We started with the smallest floodjet nozzles we could buy becaus=
e of slow ground speed, but found we had some degradation of microbes so we=
 switched to a larger size to eliminate that problem. We first used flat fa=
n nozzles but they plugged immediately - we have had no problems with the f=
loodjet nozzles plugging.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Graeme Gerrard
  To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:41 PM
  Subject: [compost_tea] Sprayer recommendation sought


  Hi All,
  I've done a couple of brews now, which I have just been experimenting wit=
h on a new area which will be a vegie patch - about 200 square metres. I'=
ve been putting it out with a watering can so as not to overpressurize the =
wee microbes an squash em. This has been reasonably successful. The soil =
actually smells like soil now (presumably Actinomycetes?).
  Now I want to spray tea out on an acre I intend to grow strawberries on c=
ommercially but am concerned about spray pressures etc. What kind of spraye=
r can I use. What do you use that you would recommend for 1 acre, but with=
 expansion up to 5 acres. I am looking at a Rapidspray 200l tank with 4m b=
oom, 11.3lpm, 300kPa/45psi. It has a 12 volt pump, not PTO, but has a 3 poi=
nt linkage so it can hang off the tractor. Anyone here have experience with=
 these things?
  Thanks in advance.
--

  Graeme Gerrard
  ggerrard_at_resonant.com.au

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