Re: [compost_tea] Re: Spraying methods - electro static sprayer

From: Robert Norsen <bnbrew_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:59:29 -0700 (PDT)

Please, Ken Your system sounds like an answer we all need. I have long wanted to let course silt become part of the ACT in the final spray. With airless the nozzles are a problem. A question about the microbes being affected by the electrical charge. I want to think they will be like birds on a high tension electical line. Unaffected. Bob
 
t3rcattle <t3rcattle_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
Bob,

Yes, there is better coverage of all surfaces. And the water pressure
is about 20 pounds.
I am not sure about microbe survival. Since I have a microscope now,
I will use it to test how well the microbes survive after going thru
the sprayer. I will do a test next week and let you know what I find.

Ken


--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Robert Norsen wrote:
> Very interesting. Can you tell us more about the effects? Less
overspray? Better coverage top and bottom of leaves, stems and
branches evenly covered? Microbe survival? It would seem that the
process would be better for the microbes. Larger nozzel at low
pressure, ACT lofted into foliage by air. slight charge takes the mist
to a surface rather than letting it drift away. Or am I overstating
the advantages? Bob
>






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