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  • From: Flying S Farms <farmerwantabe AT hotmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] stinky backpack sprayer
  • Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 15:39:15 -0500

Wash it out with ammonia, it breaks down chemicals and herbicides

Catherine S
Hanging on by the seeds of our plants!


On May 8, 2012, at 3:25 PM, "Deb Taft" <deb AT mobiusfields.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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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