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Old 12-30-2008, 06:47 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Hi John,
Actually the water method works best as dusting gets on everything and is actually less effective.
I had to chuckle when I pictured you and your wife dusting the plants.
The fine slurry is what you want in your sprayer. Eventually it will clog, but just take off the tube, back-flush the strainer and nozzle and reassemble - you're good to go.
Trial and error has taught me the best way to do it. Definitely go with the NAPA stuff and you will find 100% effective results.
I am considering buying a big bag of this and re-packaging it into smaller amounts for everyone. This would be a lot easier for everyone to handle and would save having to buy the big bag that would last for about 5 years or more! Anyone having an interest in this, PM me and if enough people want it, I will go ahead with it. I would think it would cost about a $1.00 plus shipping for a sandwich bag sized lot.
I will also include a diagram of how to properly prepare it.
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