I feel like a moron for asking this, but am too afraid to go ahead without checking with others first! I need to spray my youngish (8 wks, aprx) peppers (in EBs) with a fungicide concentrate that needs to be diluted with water. The directions say that you can use a 'hose end sprayer,' or a tank (which I don't have) - can I use my old miracle gro hose end feeder (the kind that you dump the MG into, hose water mixes in the little tank & sprays out) for this application? Would I just add the 3-4 tsp of fungicide that mixes with a gallon of water (per directions) into the MG feeder and follow the same procedure as a fertilizer spraying? I'm not really sure what reason there could be that this wouldn't work, but I just nervous about doing something damaging/wrong with a chemical fungicide on my young plants...
Kelly
Stupid question... don't laugh...
I use a quart hand spray bottle for stuff like that and cut the recipe by a fourth. I don't really spray very much though, but when I do that's how I do it.
I wouldn't just because I don't feel like the Miracle Gro sprayer puts out an even amount of fertilizer. I don't know what it would do with your fungicide. When I use Miracle Gro, I mix it by the gallon and pour it.
I think Debbie has a good idea to use the hand sprayer. They don't cost much, and you could give your young plants a light misting. That should do the job.
Patricia
I also mark my sprayer's and use a seperate one for each product orhomemade "concoction" even though I clean them well after each use. I've gotten them pretty cheap at WalMart--people at work use them to clean off overhead projector's and say they find them at dollar stores--I hate to shop (unless its online) so I don't know.