Soil Treatment Update

by doug - 2024-10-08 20:56:53 ( in family, home-garden, farming, soil) [php version] rebuild

I finished applying the bags of soil nutrients to two acres yesterday. We got 40 bags for a total of 2000lbs, so 1000lbs per acre. You see a spreader attached to our lawn mower which was extremely helpful. I can't imagine spreading it by hand.

Now the final step is to spray 50 gallons of concentrated liquid nutrients. It's a 10:1 ratio , so that's 500 gallons. All I have is a handheld sprayer. That's not going to be easy, so I'll check into something bigger. Feel free to ask any questions.

On Oct 8, 2024, at 10:54 AM, someone wrote:

Teacher supply has a 25 gallon sprayer. They work pretty well. Mark has one.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 09:40:33 AM PDT, someone wrote:

Interesting. I never heard of "teacher supply"

On Oct 8, 2024, at 12:40 PM, someone wrote:

Autocorrect I guess! Tractor Supply

On Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 at 1:33 PM, someone wrote:

I found something similar at a local feed store but I have no ATV to place it in. So, I found one that attached to the lawn mower with wheels, and I pull it like the spreader. It holds about 20 gallons, so 180lbs should be fine to pull. Still many loads but way better than by hand. Cost about $300 on Amazon.

On another subject, I got my two 1175 gallon water storage tanks delivered this morning. Now I'm just waiting for two of my hydraulic cylinders on my backhoe to be fixed so I can dig a giant hole and bury them.