Nice to know thanks. Does it work with liquid fertilizer ? Right now I'm swearing by mg liquifeed. But I agree all the mg sprayers are junk.

good luck Jay! I have another brand. I think it is Ortho.

These units are for spraying like herbicide and pesticides, NORMALLY.

But if you want to use them as spray fertilizer, then the fertilizer should be in a concentrated liquid form.
I don't do spray fertigation. Once in a while I do foliar feeding on a small scale.

SC - it's actually made for liquid concentrates. It actually has an adapter on the inside that will screw on to "standard" brimmed smaller bottles for the reservoir as well.

Seysonn- I don't actually spray the foliage with it, rather aim at the dirt and use it for regular style fert/watering sessions.

To my surprise it's working flawlessly with crystalline style ferts - I just mix them well w warm water first.

Jay

SC - the yellow piece is the adapter I was speaking of, and it comes with a longer tube as well (for deeper bottles that may be attached)

Jay

Jay, thanks for the heads up. I've been wondering how I'm going to keep fertilizing all the peppers now they're outside. I was going to use a two gallon pump sprayer, but I think this would be a little more effective. Picking one up this weekend for sure.

this is the same one I have. I bought it at lowes for slightly more money though, my walmart's garden section is very disappointing.

no complaints about it after 8 months of use.

I think it is a versatile gadget if you want to do a lot of application (fertilizing, aiming at soil level). I like it. It is compact and the adapter is a bonus. Plus it has no parts to break. A simple design based on venturi principle. .
On small scale, I just use good ole 2 gallon watering can. I have about 300 Sq-ft garden area plus about 20 potted plants.

Nice! Does anyone know of an option for those of us working with 90 psi secondary water?

Good to hear that it'll last Judo, I'm only at a few weeks with mine - no hiccups yet either though.

...not sure with the high (90psi) water pressure djoy, it may handle it ... But the ratios would surely be off.

can't you just turn the valve down at the hose connection to the house, to turn down the pressure a bit?

This is an old school fertilizer sprayer I use from Gilmour. Still works great.

I bought it at a Mom and Pop shop a long time ago. It came in a very retro looking retail box, no barcode, parts list with prices and diagrams on backside, and made in USA. (Say what?!?!)

Bottle feels like very good plastic, solid brass flute-like dilution head of various diameter holes, and it can spray like a cone or fan, and spray far.

I like it a lot.

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jutsFL I too bought the crap MG one. Thanks to your recommendation I picked up one just like yours. My question is, are the settings measurements per gallon? It just says 1 tsp, 2 tsp, ect.. but nothing about how much water. I havenâÂÂt used it yet, I just got home with it.

Thanks again,
Scott

Scott, I just picked on up yesterday and as far as I can tell, the dial is for how much content per gallon. It took me a little to get my math right, but I finally got the ratio of nutrients right and have the dial set to the total amount I would add to a gallon. (4 tsp in my case)

I tested this by filling a 1 gallon container with the sprayer and comparing it to what I would normally mix up. The color looks the same, so I guess it must be about right.

Your assumptions are correct. The dilution rate is (setting)/gallon. So a setting of 2 ounces will put 2 ounces of your solution into every gallon sprayed.

So for me for instance (a random example).. Say I had 7 plants that I want to receive 1 gallon each of fert. MG states a dilution of 1tbs/gal. So I add 7 tbs of MG to the container and fill it with water till it's at the 7 ounce mark. Set it to 1ounce. (I have tested my water pressure and know that 1 gallon is sprayed in 21 seconds)... So now if I water my plants for 21 seconds I know they are getting 1 gallon of water with 1tbs of MG (in the correct dilution)... This thing has been a lifesaver in time.

Jay

I know the above post was just a random example, but I thought I should add this: to get a better result from the sprayer in the above scenario, a wiser choice would be to dilute the same 7tbs of MG in 21 ounces of water.. Then set the sprayer to 3 ounces. It would give the same ratio per gallon to the plant and allow the fret to be better mixed in the reservoir.

Jay