On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:46:04 -0500, Charlie wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:08:53 -0400, John Bachman
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:37:57 -0400, "Paul E. Lehmann"
wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with electric
sprayers used to spray fungicides and pesticides.
I have a 100 vine backyard vineyard. I am
currently using a SOLO 4 gallon manual backpack
sprayer. I find it leaves a heavy residue of
product on leaves and fruits. I am looking for
something that will produce more of a mist and be
more efficient. Currently it takes about two
backpacks or approximately 8 gallons to cover the
vineyard.

I use a John Deere 25 gallon sprayer that I pull behind my riding lawn
mower. It is OK, but if I bought another I would look for one with
either a submersible pump or some kind of priming mechanism. Priming
the top mounted diaphragm pump on my sprayer is frustrating at times.

However, it does produce enough pressure to get a fine mist and can
reach about 20 feet high.

John

sheesh......why'nt ya just get a friggin' rail gun and blast that crap
into the stratosphere so's you can give even more of us a dose of yer
poison.

Uhhh.......high pressure, fine mist, twenty feet in the
air........hell, John, bet you don't get much drift, do ya?

Yeah.......that's responsible application of poison.

Do you wear a respirator when doing this?

I am a licensed pesticide applicator and follow all of the storage,
application, personal protective equipment, record keeping, reporting
and disposal rules. I am inspected by the state every year.

The results prove the "responsible application". I have five honeybee
hives just a few feet away from my orchard and they thrive there. I
must be doing it right.

John