Commercial sprayer/wand

[tomac]

Interseted in knowing the easiest and fastest way to apply liquid fert. and herb. to residental lawns? Saw a crew using hose wands (2) and a large tank. they sprayed the lawn in sweeping motion. is this technique standard? we spray putting greens and other g.c. areas ride on spayer with booms. seems the rates would be hard to calculate with the wand.

[qualitylandscaping]

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fastest is a ride on with boom or the hose with pump from a chemical tank... FOR LARGE AREAS

Small areas, a simple backpack sprayer does the trick

[Comrade Stalin]

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I use a wand for NON-SELECT....mind you I spray from a GATOR with a 20 gallon Spotlyte.....turf I like boom with irrigation/rainfall/fog,etc....
wands are hard to calibrate, but I mix light and go for coverage.
Ever look into Ferti-gation???

[LawnMedic of CC]

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Tough to spray fert with a wand! I wouldn't want to do it. Maybe a very small area w/marker dye. But it is the way for spot weed and veg. controls!

[troy elam]

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Use a commercial spray gun (Lesco gun) and walk at a steady speed and its as accurate as a boom sprayer, if not more. I'm a commercial applicator in Minnesota and I use this to fertilize and apply herbicide in combination.



Troy Elam
Grow Rite Inc.

[Lawngodfather]

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Using a chemlawn gun is what the standard has been for close to 30 years, and very sucsessfull at that too.

However there are better ways now a days.

the ride on sprayer spreaders are the way this part of the industry is heading.

1) only apply herb/pest-acide only to aera's of need reducing the amount used putting more money in your pocket.

2) Liquid fert in slow release rates mixes are expensive compared to granular.

3) you can get more control of your fert using granular.