LightheartCellars
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I have a Gearmore 50Gal 3pt PTO sprayer for spraying Fungicides and insecticides, but don't want to use it for herbicides to avoid cross contamination in a 200' hose.
Question is what tool to use for weed spraying in vineyards?
I'd like to spray pre-emergents and traditional Glyphosate on the vine rows, and not kill the cover between them, so ideally a 1-2' wide spray that can contact the vine bark, while driving alongside (a 1 acre vineyard with 8' rows has 5460 linear feet to spray)
Biggest vineyard to date is 3 acres, based on recommendations of
Integrated Pest management at UC Davis I'd need 20 gal/acre of application area, or with 2' wide and 5460 linear = 25% application/total area that's about 5 gal per total acre so a 15 gal tank would suffice and would fit in my loader bucket, or on a carry all on the 3pt.
Fimco has a few candidates, the reviews seem mixed.
with the economy models not lasting.
FIMCO 25 Gallon Deluxe Manifold Spot Sprayers
seems to be the best candidate I can find, though Tractorsupply carries the economy and the 40 gal SS model Fimco LG-40-SS Spot Sprayer, 40 gal. - 2138273 | Tractor Supply Company
Question is what tool to use for weed spraying in vineyards?
I'd like to spray pre-emergents and traditional Glyphosate on the vine rows, and not kill the cover between them, so ideally a 1-2' wide spray that can contact the vine bark, while driving alongside (a 1 acre vineyard with 8' rows has 5460 linear feet to spray)
Biggest vineyard to date is 3 acres, based on recommendations of
Integrated Pest management at UC Davis I'd need 20 gal/acre of application area, or with 2' wide and 5460 linear = 25% application/total area that's about 5 gal per total acre so a 15 gal tank would suffice and would fit in my loader bucket, or on a carry all on the 3pt.
Fimco has a few candidates, the reviews seem mixed.
with the economy models not lasting.
FIMCO 25 Gallon Deluxe Manifold Spot Sprayers
seems to be the best candidate I can find, though Tractorsupply carries the economy and the 40 gal SS model Fimco LG-40-SS Spot Sprayer, 40 gal. - 2138273 | Tractor Supply Company
