[mrigney]

Any gotchas for my first Clesius spray tomorrow morning? Applying to the entire yard this time to try to knock out whatever weed it is that @gatormac2112 has and has really gone nuts in my yard recently. Obviously getting the app rate right is important. Using a surfactant.

Anything outside the ordinary that I should think of?

 

[Movingshrub]

You're doing a broadcast to the entire area, right?

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Go easy, you don't have to drench it, just enough to mist it. Celsius doesn't kill very quickly after the spray, so be patient. Use tracking dye, and PPE.

 

[mrigney]

@Movingshrub Yeah, broadcast spraying this first time. You can see in this picture from about a week ago the takeover in the bottom right corner (also crazy to compare that picture to today and the amount of green-up that has happened w/the 85-90 degree temps).



@Colonel K0rn PPE?

 

[gatormac2112]

Make sure you've calibrated your sprayer, I don't use tracking dye, I just follow the mowing lanes and eyeball how wide it's spraying. Not as exact as dye, but I just hate messing with dye, it gets everywhere :lol:

Make sure it's not too windy before proceeding, and make sure you mix the right amount. I did the high dose which I believe was 1 teaspoon per gallon per 1000 square feet. I probably could have done half that dose.

 

[Movingshrub]

Just come up with a system.

Do you have any idea how much water you will use when spraying the entire area?

 

[Colonel K0rn]

PPE - Personal Protective Equipment, aka, long sleeves, rubber boots, long pants and some disposable gloves. Also, if you haven't got a scale for grams, get one. Makes measuring it out so much easier. Make sure you have calibrated your sprayer. It's ok to spray a lot of water, and get your pace down, as well as how much water you're going to need for 1K ft². Once you add those tiny grains of goodness, it's a different game.

 

[gatormac2112]

I don't measure Celsius on a scale, the label says the high dose is 1 teaspoon = .113 oz

I do wear long pants, rubber boots and rubber gloves

 

[dfw_pilot]

$10. Worth it.

 

[Spammage]

$10. Worth it.

+1

 

[gatormac2112]

$10. Worth it.

I have one, I just don't see the point for Celsius

EDIT: I realize how flippant that sounds after reading it. It's always best to measure to be sure.

 

[mrigney]

Got the scale. I've sprayed PreE before, so have a pretty good idea of my spray rate. I'll do a calibration before I spray, though. Will do the medium rate just in case my calibration is a little off

 

[Movingshrub]

I think multiple medium rate apps is probably a good approach.

 

[FATC1TY]

Maybe I'm an oddity- I have scales around my house to go to .000 because of brewing and such.

As a chemist- PPE for Celsius is flip flops and shorts.

There ain't much for herbicides I've found that we can use in our yards that a shower afterward won't fix.

That said- stick to middle ground app. I think I pissed off a few areas with Celsius/ dismiss last year late in the season because of goosegrass. Went full rage mode and my grass ain't happy.

 

[Movingshrub]

PPE for Celsius is flip flops and shorts.

There ain't much for herbicides I've found that we can use in our yards that a shower afterward won't fix.

I was cavalier about PPE until I had bleach and TSP splash into my eye AROUND my safety glasses, leaving me with everything having halos around it, ala Van Gogh's stary night, for a few days.

 

[FATC1TY]

PPE for Celsius is flip flops and shorts.

There ain't much for herbicides I've found that we can use in our yards that a shower afterward won't fix.

I was cavalier about PPE until I had bleach and TSP splash into my eye AROUND my safety glasses, leaving me with everything having halos around it, ala Van Gogh's stary night, for a few days.

Fully understood! We all have our level of " oh hell no" and locked it up and made it safer.

I work with chemicals so harsh and nasty I have to have permits, EPA certs, and DEA numbers to use them, and if you respect the capability and reactions then you can act accordingly. We all act accordingly to our own perceived dangers.

Celsius however, is child's play. Take a shower if you use it on a windy day.

 

[dfw_pilot]

Celsius however, is child's play. Take a shower if you use it on a windy day.

Yep, I'm in that camp. My PPE is usually shorts and an old pair of mowing shoes.

 

[Spammage]

Celsius however, is child's play. Take a shower if you use it on a windy day.

Yep, I'm in that camp. My PPE is usually shorts and an old pair of mowing shoes.

+1

 

[Tellycoleman]

So does anyone use a surfactant?

 

[UGADawg]

So does anyone use a surfactant?

I have had great results with out a surfactant when the temps are 90+. Anything below that and I would use a surfactant to ensure you get a good kill.