waterproof808
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You can also use a paint sprayer instead. The foggers are good but their design is pretty crapola. Several flaws in the way they are constructed.
Spinosad or Bt?
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TintEastwood
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When I grew outdoors, I too would alternate, spinosad/bt. Spinosad kills on contact. BT kills pests when they consume - chew on plant tissue.
TerrapinBlazin
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I’m ordering both today. I like the idea of alternating because I’d hate for anything to develop a resistance.
A paint sprayer huh? Like an airless, or just a siphon/gravity feed gun that hooks up to a compressor? I do strictly commercial remodeling and 90% of the painting we do is with brushes and rollers, so I couldn’t justify buying an airless, but I have wanted a good siphon feed gun for a while and already have a HVLP.
A paint sprayer huh? Like an airless, or just a siphon/gravity feed gun that hooks up to a compressor? I do strictly commercial remodeling and 90% of the painting we do is with brushes and rollers, so I couldn’t justify buying an airless, but I have wanted a good siphon feed gun for a while and already have a HVLP.
waterproof808
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Big grows use something like Graco Magnum airless, but I've seen some smaller grows using small handheld sprayers. The Hudson foggers spray at a pretty high velocity and can be pretty rough on your plants at close range. Paint sprayers are a lot more gentle from what I've seen and you have a trigger to control when you are spraying vs only an on/off switch on the foggers.
TerrapinBlazin
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Seems like the HVLP will work fine for my needs. With the 100’ hose it will reach anywhere without me having to move my compressor. I do see the advantage. A finer mist means more uniform coverage on the whole plant that would be next to impossible with a pump sprayer.
waterproof808
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Thats another issue with the hudson foggers. The power cord is like 6 inches long and the 2 gallon reservoir is attached and fairly akward to carry around. The attachment point for the reservoir is very badly designed for the cost of the damn thing.
dirrtyd
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Not sure what fogger you have mine has low medium and high. Too each his own it works perfect for my conditions.
TerrapinBlazin
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Well it came in. I hope this stuff is good. I’m about to mix up about a half gallon and set up the HVLP gun. I haven’t noticed any caterpillars on my weed yet, but these ants are ravaging my hollyhock and I want them gone. I’ve read that spinosad is especially devastating to all things Hymenoptera so I’ll be interested to see what happens.
TerrapinBlazin
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Well, the HVLP sprayer worked wonderfully. I mixed up 15ml (1 tbsp.) in a quart of water as per the instructions and it was enough to blast everything. I sprayed the hollyhock first and the ants were dead by the time I finished spraying the weed.