Jason-well organized...hmmm...have to ask my wife on that one...
Actually I have to spray on several days simply because I can't often
afford to take much time out of my work day. Of course a more honkin
spraying system could change that, but $ are still a big consideration
here. So for now I spray with my 27gal. battery powered sprayer on a
garden cart.
Lots of discussion recently on sprayers, sounds like you've already
got something and just need to make sure it pumps the organisms safely
and without too much clogging. Mine has a 5500 adjustable conejet
nozzle from Spraying Systems Co for foliar spray, and a much coarser
nozzle kinda like a watering wand for soil drenching. My 3 gpm pump
doesn't seem to get more than about 1 gpm out in real life, I'll check
some more this week as I'll be spraying and drenching quite a bit.
The apples, plums, etc. apparently benefit from a "dormant spray" of
tea right around now to establish competition for all those
canker/scab bacterial and fungal pathogens. Buds are swelling quite a
bit here, tho many plum trees have been flowering for a while, not in
my microclimate. I have pear and apple, plus a cherry that might get
that disease that has led the municipalities here to cut down so many
of the flowering cherries on our streets.
I'm also seriously thinking of trying peach and apricot again, they
are absolutely delicious right from the tree, but also absolutely
covered in leaf curl and canker without a lot of sprays of one sort or
another. Had to cut them down a few years ago, but with frequent
shots of tea (?)--Glen
--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Jason Austin <jason.austin_at_s...>
wrote:
> Hi Glen, thanks for the welcome and the comments. This is a great
list.
>
> We have now had about 6 warm wet winters here on Vancouver Island
and
> that does appear to caused a resultant increase in disease as you
say.
> I lost a number of apple and plum trees to canker and the like.
>
> I appreciate your comments that a 22 gallon brewer can do the better
> part of an acre and I envy your ability to spray each day. You
must be
> well organised <grin> What do you spray with? I am thinking of
using
> a sprayer on my tractor.
>
> Regards
> Jason
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