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[compost_tea] Re: Sprayer recommendation sought
We use a diaphram pump with a boomjet nozzle made by teejet, about
35psi, 45feet width of spray, 30 gallons of water per acre.
Absolutely
the easiest way to apply tea.
Charlie
-- In compost_tea@y..., "Ross Orner" <rorner@p...> wrote:
> Sprayer recommendation soughtHi Graeme,
> We use floodjet nozzles in our sprayer and have taken all screens
out. We feel that forcing the tea thru screens destroys some of the
microbes, actually I don't even turn on the agitator until the end of
the spray - usually the bouncing around keeps things mixed around. We
have a PTO centrifugal pump though. We started with the smallest
floodjet nozzles we could buy because 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 fan nozzles but they
plugged immediately - we have had no problems with the floodjet
nozzles plugging.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Graeme Gerrard
> To: compost_tea@y...
> 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 with 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 commercially but am concerned about spray pressures
etc. What kind of sprayer 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 boom, 11.3lpm, 300kPa/45psi. It has
a 12 volt pump, not PTO, but has a 3 point linkage so it can hang off
the tractor. Anyone here have experience with these things?
> Thanks in advance.
> --
>
> Graeme Gerrard
> ggerrard@r...
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