Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

Found this....

Surround
Spray Rates

Label instructions recommend a rate of 25# of Surround per acre per  
application. Whether you mix this in 50 gallons of water or a 100 gallons  
of water is determined by sprayer type and the size of the trees on your  
acre. Coverage needs to be applied to the point of runoff and allowed to  
dry. A sticker-spreader isn't necessary, and in fact, experiments with  
vegetable oils to improve kaolin's holding power have decreased efficacy.  
The coverage provided by a hand-held wand spray rig is often superior to  
an air-blast sprayer simply because you take more time per tree to achieve  
a full coat. Home orchardists with a backpack sprayer can figure on using  
1/2# per gallon of water (note that a diaphragm-type pump will last longer  
with a wettable powder like Surround), gauging the coverage more by point  
of run-off than by a hypothetical amount per acre. Surround stirs best  
into the water as opposed to pouring water into the dry powder.

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