Saturday, July 6, 2013

Darth Vader

Kinda how I felt yesterday wearing this respirator.


I put the tank sprayer on the Polaris ATV and mixed-up a 15 gallon batch of Brushmaster (2%) along with blue turf dye and struck out to do battle with the invading woody vegetation in my tall grassland.  Mostly cottonwood, ash, willow, red osier dogwood and some olive.

I performed a foliar treatment and some spot spraying.

Why the OSHA-approved Darth Vader contraption?  VOCs.  This stuff is nasty.  Rubber boots, long pants and sleeves, nitrile gloves, eye protection and the gas mask.

I only put a dent in the total invasion but I want to see about results before I adjust my attack.  I'll report back in a couple of weeks.

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