[NAFEX] backpackk sprayers
Sarah Kehler Ewing
skkewing at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 1 18:17:30 EDT 2010
I have about 80 (2' to 12') trees in my orchard (thousands in my grafting bed = garden!) and since I'm so far North I haven't sprayed much. But when I have sprayed my organic stuff, I also used a 3 gallon hand sprayer. Can't say I enjoy toting it around, but since my trees are small it does work well enough that I have yet to break in the backpack sprayer I also own. A longer hose/wand sounds like a genius idea though...
Sarah
zone 3
Edmonton, AB
--- On Thu, 4/1/10, loneroc <loneroc at countryspeed.com> wrote:
From: loneroc <loneroc at countryspeed.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] backpackk sprayers
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
Received: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:40 AM
Hi Jerry,
I have about the same number of trees. I use a Solo 3-gallon backpack
sprayer. Solo was recently bought out by another company whose name
escapes me but Solo is still on the box. I got mine from a wholesale
nursery supply company. I saw it at The Home Depot recently. It is
fairly heavy--I'm a big guy. It's kind of a pain to hoist the thing onto
your back. My biggest problem is that you always have to suit up--the pack
always gets wet from filling it--if you get a little poison dust on the pack you
have to spray it off. If you overflow or splatter a bit when filling you
have to spray it off and again you're dripping wet. I now generally use a
three gallon hand sprayer that allows me to just use gloves--a lot of my sprays
are non- or not very toxic and it's just more comfortable to use. If your
land is rough the backpack sprayer might be the way to go. If not, get a
large cannister type and buy a long extension for the nozzle--I hav e a 4 foot
brass one that lets me aim the spray well. Then carry the thing in your
hand, set it down when you can, and spray away.
Steve H.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Jerrydana5 at aol.com
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:47
PM
Subject: [NAFEX] backpackk sprayers
Does anybody have any recommendations for backpack sprayers for fruit
trees? How durable are they? How usable? I have about 25
trees. Jerry in southern Indiana
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