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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] sprayers
  • Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:36:48 -0800

Andy,

Why are going to a diaphragm pump?  Wettable powders, which could damage a roller pump or some other reason?

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- artisanfarms AT gmail.com wrote:

From: Andy Fellenz <artisanfarms AT gmail.com>
To: david purpura <davepurpura AT yahoo.com>, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] sprayers
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:43:56 -0500

We built our own with a 35 gallon tank, small boom with interchangeable nozzles for both flood and spray and an handgun.  We used a Hypro roller pump mounted on the PTO.  This season we are redoing the sprayer using a Hypro diaphragm pump.  If you have a welder and some basic fabricating skills it isn't too hard to build your own.  Before we had the homebuilt one, we used a 55 gallon trailer sprayer with a 3.5hp B&S engine on it running the pump. I prefer the 3 pt mount sprayer to the trailer sprayer because it can be used over beds. 

Andy

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:35 PM, david purpura <davepurpura AT yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi All.  I'm looking to upgrade to something better than a backpack sprayer this year.  I'm growing on three acres and don't spray a lot, but want to be done with the back pack.  Mostly entrust on potatoes, and bt on brassicas, surround on cucurbits, and maybe foliar fish.  I picture mounting it on a super c with three point conversion and pto drive.  Any recommendations on model / type / source?

thanks,
dave
plato's harvest organic farm
se mass 

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