"Thanks Eric, do you use this unit unattended to fog a house? Do you find it effective for knocking down pests when used this way?
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Chemical Applicators for Small Greenhouses
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I have a 3000 sq ft double poly gothic arch quonset style greenhouse. We start out clean each season but quickly get all sorts of bugs from all the plug suppliers: aphids, fungus gnats, shore flies,…Continue
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Processing Compressed Bales
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My little nursery is used to using loose fill potting mixes, but today we got a pallet of compressed 3.8 cu ft bales of potting mix in error. Given our schedule we are going to need to use it. How…Continue
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Eric Rohloff replied to Paul Cross's discussion Chemical Applicators for Small Greenhouses"Take a look at the Tornado Model 2895 cold fogger. We've been using one for 20 years. Great unit."
Paul Cross posted a discussionChemical Applicators for Small Greenhouses
I have a 3000 sq ft double poly gothic arch quonset style greenhouse. We start out clean each season but quickly get all sorts of bugs from all the plug suppliers: aphids, fungus gnats, shore flies, white flies. We mostly use beneficial insects for control, but every once in a while the pests win and we have to spray.We're certified organic, so we are extremely limited in what we can use. All the organic approved insecticides require direct contact with the targeted pest to be effective. The…See More
Eric Rohloff replied to Paul Cross's discussion Processing Compressed Bales"I remember hand filling 45,000 4 1/2 inch pots for Geraniums. We cut open the peat bags and smashed them with a tractor bucket to bust them up then added perlite and sand. Next we would turn the pile over several times to mix then run it through a…"
"Long before I bought my soil mixer, conveyer belt and flat filler I used a small flat bed trailer with solid bottom to mix soil componants with a huge aluminum shovel. Then as time went on I used a PTO driven tiller on the back of a tractor on…"
terry replied to Paul Cross's discussion Processing Compressed Bales"I used to use these bales and switched to the loose awhile ago, but here's how I did it. When possible, I would push each whole pallet off the truck onto the ground to loosen the bales first. Open the bale at the top where the dirt is the…"
Paul Cross posted a discussionProcessing Compressed Bales
My little nursery is used to using loose fill potting mixes, but today we got a pallet of compressed 3.8 cu ft bales of potting mix in error. Given our schedule we are going to need to use it. How can we best prep these bales? We have a very basic house-made flat filler that can't fluff the mix for us. So we need to fluff and pre-moisten before use. Any tricks or tips I should know? Worst case scenario we use an old bathtub, a shovel, and a digging fork. Any better ways? Should we cobble…See More
Paul Cross replied to Julie Rubaud's discussion Downy Mildew on basil in greenhouse"Cease and Actinovate both carry OMRI labels and thus are pretty easy to get approval to use in an organic regulation. It would behoove the above poster to get his products OMRI listed if he wanted to make it easy for organic growers to consider…"
Paul Cross commented on Tim Hawk's blog post Advice on buying a used greenhouse"I got my first greenhouse by buying and tearing down a used house. In hindsight I don't think it made a lot of sense, but it did get me in the business. My experience was that most of the mechanical systems were shot. So really I ended up with…"
Paul Cross replied to chet peckett's discussion LABELS FOR SHIPPING BOXES"Not sure how to make it a one-step process, but you can set up templates in quickbooks for whatever you need.
Make up a BOL template and a shipping label template. When you generate an invoice, you can print it, then while the invoice is still…"
Paul Cross replied to Andy Bittner's discussion Compost tea"Hey John and Andy and all,
I saved this message from Elaine from about a year ago:
The microscope is a trinocular, #M8311 and was purchased from www.microscopenet.com for $279 (no tax, no shipping). Ask for Raoul 888-227-2009, and he will…"
Paul Cross replied to Andy Bittner's discussion Compost tea"Most of the 5 gallon bubbler setups I've seen don't look like they would actually be able to make a good actively aerated compost tea (AACT). It takes a lot of air, much more than you would get from a basic aquarium pump and an air…"
Paul Cross replied to Kris Mattie's discussion Propagation by "Root" cuttings"Horizon does have an extensive catalog of medicinal herb seeds. I wish I could report that I've had good success with their seeds, but I have not. It's been years since I've bought from them, but I had two bad experiences on two…"
Paul Cross replied to Andy Bittner's discussion Compost tea"I did a 3 day workshop with Elaine Ingham on compost teas. She is the chief scientist at the Rodale institute. She's been working on assessing the quality of compost teas prior to application to better achieve the desired results.
We spent a…"
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