[Shop-talk] Recommendations on yard sprayer

[Jeff Scarbrough]

As an aside, if you follow the label instructions, and spray in the proper
wind conditions, and wear a respirator, you shouldn't have any problems.
Oh, wear gloves and wash your hands afterwards.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 18:22 Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org>
wrote:

> On 7/10/20 14:50, Scott Hall wrote:
> > I have this thing:
> >
> >
> https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/262df14e-86b7-4bdf-8f8f-da9499c09315_2.92f2350fc4e1bca90c0192173c0ef9a5.jpeg?odnWidth=undefined&odnHeight=undefined&odnBg=ffffff
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to keep weeds at bay--in the driveway and near the garage,
> > and in those rocks in my previous post which sprout grass each spring.
> > My plan was to use that sprayer to hose down the rock garden with a
> > mixture of vinegar and salt and kill the little bastards before they
> > germinated.
> >
> > That sprayer is useless for that--it produces a tiiny, thin spray that
> > is really only useful for individual tiny weeds in cracks in pavement.
> > And even that takes forever.
> >
> > The 'rocked area' is maybe 2000 sq. ft. total, and I want to
> > inundate the area--I pulled them all by hand this year or used a
> > driveway/roofing torch to burn them away but they're already
> re-sprouting.
> >
> > Anybody have a sprayer that can cover some area they recommend?
> >
>
> I use a couple sprayers depending on what I need to do.  For large
> areas, I have an Ortho "Dial N Spray" hose-end type sprayer like this:
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Ortho-Spray-Multi-Use-Hose-End-Sprayer/dp/B0071D0EZK
>
> I use this when spraying the main yard.
>
>
> I also have this Field King brand manual backpack sprayer:
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Professional-190328-Backpack-Sprayer-Killing/dp/B000AYHKUO
>
> Holds 4-gallons of pre-mixed solution and I strongly recommend these
> over the manual pump sprayer like you tried to use.
>
> Now, I did swap the nozzle for a "TeeJet" style nozzle that makes a
> better fan spray (sorry, I don't remember where I bought them...maybe at
> the local Southern States store).  If you do the same, TeeJet makes
> dozens of agricultural nozzles so I recommend you look up the TeeJet
> charts to pick the one(s) that create the droplet size and spray pattern
> that you want.
>
>
> For a 2000-sqft area, I'd probably use the hose-end sprayer.  The
> backpack sprayer would work fine but you might need to fill it more than
> once depending on your dilution rate.
>
>
> (I also have a couple small pump sprayers like you tried to use but
> they're only good for spot spraying.  I wouldn't want to use one for
> more than 100 sqft)...
>
>
> Jimmie
>
>
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