[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 ----- 
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  Jerrydana5 at aol.com 
  To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:47 
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  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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