patrickg
Veteran Member
Not sure just where this post belonged...
Looking for sage advice regarding pasture improvement through weed spraying with or without fertilizer. I don't want to poison the world with my spraying just kill off some weeds to give grass a better chance. Seems some folks spend an inordinate amount of time brush hogging to control weeds while others have fantastic looking fields by spraying.
There seems to be a virtually unlimited menu of agents, mixtures of agents, treatment rates, application methods and on and on. I feel like the guy being helped by the Dell computer geek, the one whose head was made to spin. I sure don't want to mess up my ponds or the fish or other life contained there. I am temporarily impecunias, no cows. Will be getting more animals soon so don't want to use anything that is not compatible with grazing.
I have just bought a 3PH PTO driven sprayer with a single spray nozzle that is supposed to cover a 20-40 ft swath depenging on pressure. I have yet to plumb the seperately purchased PTO pumb to the sprayer. It came with a pistol grip wand for spot spraying and has a 165 gallon tank. I think I will get it plumbed up and make some tests with just tap water to see about what my application rates are. Any reason why I shouldn't put a pressure gauge on it so I can adjustthe pressure from a position of knowledge instead of just guessing?
I have seen various products for sale for rinsing a spray tank when changing roles for the sprayer and you don't want to kill yor trees or whatever. Even read ammonia dilution recipe for tank cleaning. What works? Is there a safe and reliable rinse method/product that will allow you to safely spray fertilizer after spraying weed killer?
Patrick
Looking for sage advice regarding pasture improvement through weed spraying with or without fertilizer. I don't want to poison the world with my spraying just kill off some weeds to give grass a better chance. Seems some folks spend an inordinate amount of time brush hogging to control weeds while others have fantastic looking fields by spraying.
There seems to be a virtually unlimited menu of agents, mixtures of agents, treatment rates, application methods and on and on. I feel like the guy being helped by the Dell computer geek, the one whose head was made to spin. I sure don't want to mess up my ponds or the fish or other life contained there. I am temporarily impecunias, no cows. Will be getting more animals soon so don't want to use anything that is not compatible with grazing.
I have just bought a 3PH PTO driven sprayer with a single spray nozzle that is supposed to cover a 20-40 ft swath depenging on pressure. I have yet to plumb the seperately purchased PTO pumb to the sprayer. It came with a pistol grip wand for spot spraying and has a 165 gallon tank. I think I will get it plumbed up and make some tests with just tap water to see about what my application rates are. Any reason why I shouldn't put a pressure gauge on it so I can adjustthe pressure from a position of knowledge instead of just guessing?
I have seen various products for sale for rinsing a spray tank when changing roles for the sprayer and you don't want to kill yor trees or whatever. Even read ammonia dilution recipe for tank cleaning. What works? Is there a safe and reliable rinse method/product that will allow you to safely spray fertilizer after spraying weed killer?
Patrick