Re: [compost_tea] Here is a neat sprayer

From: <Lmvine1_at_cs.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 07:51:15 EDT

In a message dated 5/19/2003 12:08:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jeff_at_gardener.com writes:
> Wow, I think I finally solved my spraying problems and so pass this on to
> you all! Hope it helps!
>
> Last year I sprayed a good part of my lawn with tea almost every week. I
> used a battery powered back pack sprayer that didn't seem to clog every
> minute,only every five....My Doctor tells me I developed the first known
> case of Compost Tea Elbow and that if he were a bit more of a learned man,
> he would have sent in an article to the New England Journal of Medicine
> where these new conditions are often announced.....
>
> Anyhow, I have to spray my lawn because I am doing CT tests. I needed a
> better way. I found a 30 dollar "driveway water sweeper" made by
> Rubbermaid at a local hardware store. It has two wheels on either end of a
> 30-inch long, 1" diameter, PVC pipe with five brass spray nozzles. This is
> connected to a long, 1" diameter, PVC handle that allows one to sweep a
> driveway with a water spray.......
> <A HREF="http://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=868&pcount=15&Product_Id=71064&Keyword=Y">http://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&
> Section_Id=868&pcount=15&Product_Id=71064&Keyword=Y</A>
> will bring up a pic if you need it.
>
> I attached this to a hose attached to a Little Giant sump pump submersed
> in a 60 gallon tank of Bob-0-lator made tea. (I put window screening around
> the bottom of the pump to prevent anything from getting up into it).
>
> The wheels are not worth a damn on a lawn and need adjusting to go only in
> one direction or need to be removed.
>
> However, the item is light and you can easily pick it up and spray. The
> tea went out smooth as can be---not one single bit of Alaska Humus was left
> in the Bob-O-Lator so it was all in the tea! Still I did not experience
> one single clog and there are five spray nozzles and I did 60 gallons!
>
> I put an on/off value which allowed me to slow down the flow otherwise the
> thing would have sprayed out the entire 60 gallons in ten minutes! I also
> put a quick connect on the end so I wouldn't have to fiddle with screwing
> on the hose every time I use it. In addition to the test plot of lawn, I
> sprayed gardens and starts. Fantastic. The coverage is quick, complete and
> about three feed wide.
>
> For 30 bucks, this is the way to go if you make and apply large amounts
> of tea from a large tank. Of course, the pump costs about 50..... Still, NO
> CLOGS. NO TEA ELBOW!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
Good idea Jeff, thanks for sharing.
Google found it quite a bit cheaper here if someone wants to order one
http://www.katom.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=007-6313&
Category_Code=JANFLA

Dan




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