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- From: Deb Taft <deb AT mobiusfields.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 16:25:40 -0400
Hi All.
Please indulge me if this is a stupid question!
Last spring I bought a used backpack sprayer because it was ridiculously cheap and it seems to work fine. The problem I'm having is that it reeked of chemicals when I got it and, after more than a year, it still does. I've run a couple of mild soap solutions through it, a vinegar solution, left it out in the sun for a few days and left it un-capped for all these months. It still smells chemical-y.
I have no idea what chemicals were used in it - pesticides? herbicides? I was told that it was used for landscape purposes.
Should I be concerned about the lingering odor or will any potentially damaging residue be long gone? I'm not certified but I really don't want to be spraying anything that would compromise an organically managed field...or kill my crops.
Thanks for your help!
Deb
Mobius Fields
Sleepy Hollow / Waccabuc NY
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[Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer,
Deb Taft, 05/08/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer,
Roots Farm, 05/08/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer,
Deb Taft, 05/10/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] Oh happy May!, Vern and Amy, 05/11/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer,
Deb Taft, 05/10/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer, Flying S Farms, 05/08/2012
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- Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer, sunnfarm, 05/09/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer,
Roots Farm, 05/08/2012
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