Interesting Question
- Subject: Interesting Question
- From: &* R* <j*@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:13:36 -0400
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I really hate spraying, both due to the safety concers of airborn mist, and
because it is a pain to ensure full coverage. Since I already run drip
irrigation, to add some sprayers on another zone would be cheaper than
buying a respirator, full pvc suit, and hood. Has anyone setup an irrigation
system using mini sprayer (90, 180, 360, strip) to target only their garden.
I have a 3 foot fence so I could put vapor barrier on the inside to ensure
no spray got out. You could turn it on only on calm days to prevent any
additional over spray. Would it be any worse than hand spraying? You could
set some sprayers at ground level to hit undersides, stalks, and vines, and
a sprayers on 18" risers to hit the surfaces of the leaves. You could test
with water to ensure 100 percent coverage.
FYI, I would be spraying Ortho's Garden Disease Control (30% chlorothalonil)
for a fungicide, and a new product called Sianara which contains the same
amount of lambda-cyhalrothin as in Scimitar, Battle, Karate, Demand,
Warrior, etc.
I would still water by drippers at nodes so as to not wash off spray.
Comments?
Jordan Rivington
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