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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Water blasting bug eggs
  • Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:19:15 -0500

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:49:29AM -0700, sunnfarm AT netscape.com wrote:
> The bug blaster is a silly garden gimmick. Gardeners are suckers for silly
> garden gimmicks. Need proof?... When we apply pesticides on the farm with a
> boom sprayer the spray comes out and hits the plants at up to 300 psi. an
> air
> blast sprayer puts out over 400 psi. the bug blaster probably sprays water
> at
> not much more than 50 psi. So if water pressure alone killed bugs our
> agricultural sprayers would only need to spray water. Spraying water alone
> only
> gets the bugs wet and on a hot day they probably would like a little hose
> down... Bob.

I wouldn't argue that the device is not a "silly garden gimmick", but
pesticide sprayers emit tiny particles that are of low mass that
quickly loose their velocity. That is, they don't provide much of a
physical impact.

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