Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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November 2, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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All that education & I can't figure out...
...how to get the Daconil bottle to give me a "Spray" rather than a "Stream."
There are two holes in the nozzle, presumably one should emit a spray and the other a stream. But the actual settings seem to be: Off; On/"Stream"; Off; On/"Stream". No way to spray. "Stream" just wastes the Daconil, with more running off than sticking, and only gets a small portion of the leaf. I've used two bottles so far, so it's not just one bottle with a faulty nozzle. Would someone please school me in how to operate a Daconil spray bottle? Humbly, Nan |
November 2, 2017 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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move it to a pump up sprayer and add a few drops of a spreader sticker. the pump up bottles come as small as quart now and as large as a 3 gallon back pack sprayer... that is my advice. not only is it wasteful in the stream it isn't even practical to spray out of such a bottle and spray an entire plant let a row of plants
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November 2, 2017 | #3 |
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Look on the label and send an e-mail to the company. Maybe they will even send you something free for your trouble!
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November 2, 2017 | #4 | |
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The end of the sprayer nozzle was yellow, you could twist it to go from Stream to spray and watch that happen , as in from heavy spray to just a mist.,I never saw any on/off labels, but then there's more than one company that sells Daconil. I used to use Ortho, but then switched to Bonide,which is what's out there now. Which company should make no difference in terms of contents, they all should have about 22% active ingredient, as I recall,and that active ingredient is Chlorothalinol. Carolyn
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November 2, 2017 | #5 |
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Nan, I appreciate your comments re the helpful little technologies that sometimes don't work as advertised. I have trouble reversing the pump screws on liquid hand soaps and such. Some I have cracked off, and one expensive brand I never did get to pump anything! Love my plain bar of soap!
Can you just buy a cheap plastic quart spray bottle, and pour what you have left into that for spraying?
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November 2, 2017 | #6 |
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Nan, I had the same trouble, they sell more if you waste more. I went to the concentrate in my pump sprayer canister, then switched to liquid copper, which works on bacteria as well as fungi, and works far better in my conditions and garden.
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November 2, 2017 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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Nan, read the customer comments here:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Daconil-...3635/202268569 Maybe add a smidgeon more water and shake vigorously??? Maybe take ingredients and pour into a spray bottle with adjustable nozzle sold empty at stores??? Last edited by dustdevil; November 2, 2017 at 07:28 PM. |
November 2, 2017 | #8 |
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Thank you all for replying. I guess I'll decant it into a spray bottle next time.
Carolyn, I may look for the Ortho brand next time instead of Garden Tech. Nan |
November 2, 2017 | #9 | |
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Does anyone think that a couple drops of soap would help? I was trying to alternate Daconil & Bonide... may be using a bit more Bonide next time. Nan |
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November 2, 2017 | #10 |
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Unfortunately, the manufacturing process of so many things has gone downhill
the past 20yrs. Peaked 10yrs ago. Even the simplest things. They got boned along the way by someone 'jobbing out' second party or just bought cheaper containers and did not care. Maybe they knew or didn't, but the product needs to get on the shelves. We suffer the consequences and reviews really hit their pockets. (Amazon bad reviews are all about the spray nozzles)...so you are not the only one, They probably have a shipment of 20thousand or more at a time. I need to buy bulk cases of many things for work but I can send back no questions asked with the next order. Just cases, not 20thousand of one thing. Concentrates are a good way to go if you know what you like. Mixing per application it is less likely to sit and clog any nozzle or stem. I buy cheap white knee-high panty hose, choke up, as filters, when funneling into a sprayer. I did go quick and buy a similar bottle last Winter when I had fungus gnats and that nozzle was DOA but I just transferred into a spare good sprayer. Junk spray nozzle. What is sad is that we just accept all the junk and just assume so. |
November 2, 2017 | #11 |
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Does the type of spray bottle matter? Would a pump up sprayer like this one:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01LNEC9..._detail_1?th=1 be more likely to spray well? Nan |
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But what Freda uses here at home where there are few plants is that one quart plastic spray bottle same as you Dee. What you never want to do is to add anything else to a pump sprayer or bottle other than daconil and I found out why when I called Ortho technical help from the phone # on the Daconil bottle. Carolyn
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https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&....0.VF2VzrXgS2I And always be sure to completely rinse out the sprayer and also the lines. If you are someone who also sprays weed killer be sure to write in BIG LETTERS on a different sprayer WEEDS ONLY. Yes,I know several who used the same sprayer for both and yes,did rinse out the sprayer and lines,but weed killer wins and the after picture was NOT pretty. Summary? Separate sprayers for Daconil Fertilizers Weed Killer Carolyn
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November 3, 2017 | #14 |
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I knew two men with PhD's in veterinary medicine in AIDS research that couldn't figure out how to use ratchet tie down straps.
The things baffled them to no end and had to get me to show them how they worked. The three of us had a good laugh over it. Worth |
November 3, 2017 | #15 |
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I have no idea how that bottle looks or works, but generally you need to use more pressure (sudden pump) with these things to get a finer spray.
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