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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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