Spraying big apple trees?

[Maddog66]

I’ve used my backpack sprayer without great success which leads to thinking of buying a fogger for spraying my mature trees.

But I’m cheap….and I started thinking about a way to not spend that money on a single-tasker.

I have about 30 mature trees up to about 25’ tall.

But if you held your gas blower in one hand and the sprayer wand in the other hand….and you released a mist of Bonide into the air stream, why wouldn’t that work to spray the tops of big fruit trees?

 

[bigboreblr]

AM

Am leonard had this on sale withtheir 17% off ontop of it fir about 350. Cane in last week.

Give your experiment a shot. You may be able to get a sprayer adapter.

Blower has diffuser head for blower top outlet.

Buying a good respirator for it.

Perdonally, im cutting my trees where i can reach them with my 10 foot orchard ladder and 6ft pruner.

 

[bigboreblr]

https://www.amazon.com/21250001112-Misting-Replaces-21250001111-PB-300E/dp/B087J96154/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?adgrpid=106245935005&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.twx_ZUorD-oWFDOyvEu0XhbxGa5nBSf1mqCj084ssSYfaIGMSYrpOAI4g0-KXpEuOTMj0kIydpqpQpOvEd4YHZYa1--XNrf4tL9zlVhWAGLB8_-fnpYaXoe_NHJB6tUtmkjLNK4YgGQt-wz1BJMUq4oavYszO0Q0rHD0KQB6mqpP4KQhvi1lvCkY5ixq2bdeK9MEe32KWMefRnga97jdAA.TZ4-9lppf6-_Tk1IJciQsxuFX_13lJ6sCzvXfS9nfBQ&dib_tag=se&hvadid=557323294015&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9004847&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=11090652642939708995&hvtargid=kwd-299227559256&hydadcr=11114_13463776&keywords=fogger+attachment+for+blower&qid=1711292625&sr=8-2

 

[NorthWI]

The wand on most tank sprayers should reach 25-30 feet pretty easy. That's what I do with my 25 gallon tank sprayer mounted on back of UTV

 

[Gravel Road]

I drilled a hole in the tube of a gas blower and plumbed the sprayer tip into it. Worked pretty well but was tiring to carry both and control the blower with one hand. I ended up buying one similar to @bigboreblr. Nice for spraying bagworms too.

 

[b116757]

https://www.grainger.com/product/22FH65?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwYSwBhDcARIsAOyL0fhgNPXbdBXAhgOOaSyUQNnc-iyu3DNYH0E7uqW9HpYZkRxXiBuo-J8aAsglEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have one like this I use for some spraying operations and field burning.

 

[Maddog66]

My sprayer reaches 25’ high too but the droplets are so big you need 4 gallons on each tree.

Gravel….nice idea. Did you get a good mist from that setup or was it still a stream?

I’ll probably end up buying a fogger in the end. But I’m really hoping for a battery powered one…..Stihl or Milwaukee.

Don’t want another tiny gas engine to care for.