Hi there,
I was hoping someone would help me out with my maths and sprayer calibration. I spend more time than I care to admit, trying to figure out the calibration of my Chapin backpack battery sprayer. Eventually, I marked out 250 sq ft, and timed how long it took to spray, and how much it sprayed in the equivalent time. It took almost exactly a minute to spray 250 sq ft (I was walking at my normal pace). And in that minute, the backpack, with the standard fan tip sprayed out 48oz.
So, by my calculations, it'll take 4 minutes to spray 1000sq ft (4 x 250 sq ft). And in that time it'll spray out 1.5 gallons (192 oz).
I have 3 areas I want to blanket spray with Tenacity at the 2oz/acre rate, to attack some Poa Annua. They are 1300 sq ft, 825 sq ft and 1100 sq ft.
So, here's my calculations for the carrier (water):
Area 1: 1300 sq ft = 250 oz
Area 2: 825 sq ft = 154 oz
Area 3: 1100 sq ft = 211 oz
Then I was going to use @g-man to calculate the tenacity:
https://thelawnforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=921
Area 1: 1300 sq ft = 0.358 tsp (1.765 ml)
Area 2: 825 sq ft = 0.227 tsp (1.119 ml)
Area 3: 1100 sq ft = 0.303 tsp (1.494 ml)
Would anyone be able to cast another set of eyes to verify how far off the mark I am?
Cheers!
I was hoping someone would help me out with my maths and sprayer calibration. I spend more time than I care to admit, trying to figure out the calibration of my Chapin backpack battery sprayer. Eventually, I marked out 250 sq ft, and timed how long it took to spray, and how much it sprayed in the equivalent time. It took almost exactly a minute to spray 250 sq ft (I was walking at my normal pace). And in that minute, the backpack, with the standard fan tip sprayed out 48oz.
So, by my calculations, it'll take 4 minutes to spray 1000sq ft (4 x 250 sq ft). And in that time it'll spray out 1.5 gallons (192 oz).
I have 3 areas I want to blanket spray with Tenacity at the 2oz/acre rate, to attack some Poa Annua. They are 1300 sq ft, 825 sq ft and 1100 sq ft.
So, here's my calculations for the carrier (water):
Area 1: 1300 sq ft = 250 oz
Area 2: 825 sq ft = 154 oz
Area 3: 1100 sq ft = 211 oz
Then I was going to use @g-man to calculate the tenacity:
https://thelawnforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=921
Area 1: 1300 sq ft = 0.358 tsp (1.765 ml)
Area 2: 825 sq ft = 0.227 tsp (1.119 ml)
Area 3: 1100 sq ft = 0.303 tsp (1.494 ml)
Would anyone be able to cast another set of eyes to verify how far off the mark I am?
Cheers!