Author Topic: How to kill this cut over? (Read 1070 times)

wisconsitom · « **Reply #20 on:** October 05, 2021, 12:37:34 PM »

We had terrible luck with Solo backpacks filled with glyphosate. The stuff would turn to "snot" in the bottom of the tank. Then you had to get the pressure tank out from inside the main tank to unclog. We had brand-new sprayers failing the day of purchase.

But....our tap water is quite "hard", i.e. full of minerals and relatively high pH, so that seems to have been a factor.

Get a Stihl GP-20 backpack and you'll never look back. Don't clog, pressure tank is external (smart), and all in all, a much better tool.

Battery power ain't no thing; A few pumps on the handle as you're spraying or walking is simply not a problem.

Me? I've probably sprayed thousands of gallons of glyph. thru backpacks by now. Maybe tens or even hundreds of thousands. But I forgot to keep track

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Wudman · « **Reply #21 on:** October 05, 2021, 04:47:21 PM »

I bet your efficacy was a bit off too. Glyphosate (and many forestry use chemicals) is fairly sensitive to pH. The active gets bound up in the minerals and sediment. I have carried around a test kit to check batch water. It is one of the major reasons for chemical failures.

Wud

wisconsitom · « **Reply #22 on:** October 06, 2021, 08:14:55 AM »

Ah, we're old hands at this stuff. I must have read of that-pH effects on spray solution in what, 1980?

Never had the stuff not work.

BTW, if anyone wants to do cut-stump or basal-bark work on any type of maple-in my case it would only ever be box elders, the junk maple-don't bother with glyphosate. It won't work. May as well just reach for the old standby-triclopyr, AKA Garlon.

Claybraker · « **Reply #23 on:** October 06, 2021, 06:48:24 PM »

I had one tank turn to snot (technical term) but I blamed the surfactant. My only gripe with the SOLO products is the harness leaves much to be desired.

strikerjojo · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2021, 05:19:39 AM »

Quote from: Southside on October 04, 2021, 08:46:47 PM

Quite the green thumb you have.

Haha ya. If its one thing Im good at its that. 14 years exp green thumb. Netted 5 to 6 lbs on my 4 plants. Starting an llc here in a few months to apply for license status to do this for a living in VA and feed the dispensires when they open up In 2024. My doggos are amazing guard dogs /alert. They never mess with it. (Well duke dkes sometimes for shade.. haha). And keep ppl and deer away. Its their plants not mine haha. Same with house. Its theirs. I jist live here.
Thank you all for your replies and help! Pump sprayer it is!

Wudman · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2021, 10:05:27 AM »

Quote from: strikerjojo on October 07, 2021, 05:19:39 AM

Quote from: Southside on October 04, 2021, 08:46:47 PM
Quite the green thumb you have.
Haha ya. If its one thing Im good at its that. 14 years exp green thumb. Netted 5 to 6 lbs on my 4 plants. Starting an llc here in a few months to apply for license status to do this for a living in VA and feed the dispensires when they open up In 2024. My doggos are amazing guard dogs /alert. They never mess with it. (Well duke dkes sometimes for shade.. haha). And keep ppl and deer away. Its their plants not mine haha. Same with house. Its theirs. I jist live here.
Thank you all for your replies and help! Pump sprayer it is!

Yeah......My wife says she wants to follow the same route. She's eying Pop's greenhouse. I'll set up the nacho stand and donut shop next door. I would fry some bacon, but can't afford that right now. The idiots that wrote this Virginia law could have used a little help. This thing is going to be a cluster*. It is legal to possess up to 1 ounce. A "household" can grow up to 4 plants "legally". Possession between " 1 ounce and a pound" carries a $25 civil penalty. Possession over 1 pound is still a felony..........guess those 4 plants can't produce much. And they are still trying to put the tobacco producers out of business. $:-\$ $:-\$

Wud

strikerjojo · « **Reply #26 on:** October 08, 2021, 06:36:16 AM »

Ya it is grey, But ive read it and know it like the back of my hand, the 1 oz thing is on your PERSON, so if you leave your primary residence, you can ONLY carry up to 1 oz, (They think your selling, and if you can smoke an entire 1 oz in one setting god have mercy on your soul haha).

Now whats NOT written, and is just... Accepted. There is no print on how much you can have at your house, the primary resident, cause its like you say, no one can tell how much its gonna produce.. well I can.. after 13 years experience

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You can have as much as you want at home, I can have 5 lbs if I want, if my 4 plants produce 1.25 lbs a piece dried. I just cant LEAVE my house with more then an oz. the license process hasnt started, CCA just got created and their still hiring people. Cause Im filling out my license application as soon as its available and build my green houses and schedule them off as Class A facilitys. (Can grow more then 1% thc then)

mike_belben · « **Reply #27 on:** October 08, 2021, 07:29:04 AM »

There goes all virginia's potential future truck drivers.

strikerjojo · « **Reply #28 on:** October 17, 2021, 08:23:56 AM »

Nah, theyll have something figured out, Besides, truck drivers I know do alot worse the marijuana and keep on the road

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Sorry off topic there, Anyway, Have I missed the window of opportuniry to spray/kill this cut over? Been so busy as a mug havent had the time, trying to get a backpack sprayer lined up

Wudman · « **Reply #29 on:** October 18, 2021, 12:53:44 PM »

I'm finishing up a backpack job this week. You are about as late as you want to go, but it is still doable.

Wud

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