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Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

I've got a new Stihl 420 mist blower this year and I find I don't always use all of the mix and want to rotate what I'm spraying. How does everyone rotate liquids in and out of the tank?

Thanks!

Matt

7/8/2005 1:40:04 PM

Indiana

judge how much you need and use it all

I put in how much AI I want, and then use the whole sprayer....then again, when I spray it takes several things full. If you only need 1 gallon, put in 1 gallon, thats my advice.

Tom

7/8/2005 2:06:09 PM

if you have to empty for some reason-just set blower higher than the spray wand-and turn the knob on-gravity will empty it-in bucket-or any container-i use all mine up-but when plants were small had to much a few times-im curious -out of the 3 differnt snap on cone spray patterns-i use the round-cone shaped one the most-what does everyone else use?

7/8/2005 2:58:03 PM

Puyallup, WA

I set mine about 3.5 and use nothing on the end of the sprayer. I seldom have to elevate the RPM's above idle.

7/8/2005 5:56:40 PM

Circleville ,OH.

Im with Tom. I only put in what I know Im going to use.

Don I use the cone sprayer untill I do the fungicied then I use the up directional pattern to get under the leaves.

Darryl

7/9/2005 3:39:06 AM

Montoursville, PA

I have my leaf blower rigged up with a gravity feed line and a small inline valve to controll flow. On the business end a piece of screen wire taped on seems to make a dandy fogger.

Drilled one hole in the air tube to insert a piece of drilled plastic pipe. Dern....it works pretty good. Hey I might even get good underleaf treatments this year.

7/9/2005 7:23:49 AM

Montoursville, PA

I played with diluted tea. The idle wind puts out a four foot floating fog. Winding it up to full speed ahead may be to much wind. It's a Stihl that will move light snow at full steam ahead. Getting close, to beleiving that one gallon, of spray fog, may well treat two plants at nearly full growth. I can fog my mature apple tree so the long gourds will get a little help this year. As far as I can determine it works nearly as good as the foggers now coming into patch management practice.

7/9/2005 9:55:35 AM