If you're interested in the ULV sprayer, it is linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description! TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Why My Old Methods Of Garden Disease and Pest Control Struggled 2:22 My New Method Of Controlling Garden Pests And Diseases 3:23 This Amazing Tool Rivals Professional Pest Control Equipment 4:31 The Natural Pesticides and Fungicides I'm Using In My Garden 7:40 Benefits Of Using ULV Foggers / ULV Sprayers 8:59 How To Use A ULV Fogger 10:42 ULV Fogger Demonstration Using Organic Fungicide 11:38 ULV Sprayer Versatility And Time Savings 13:12 Adventures With Dale
I really like this product. Great presentation. I would change one thing... with this high of atomization, I would be wearing a mask with every application. It's essentially vaping chemicals. While your information is correct about spraying pyrethin late as to avoid beneficial pollinators, I will be refraining use on that. It is my consensus that the beneficial bugs will still know something dangerous was sprayed on their favorite pollen the next days. Just 2 sides to that coin. Thanks.
There’s also a smaller gun size unit from this brand on Amazon, for smaller gardens like mine. 38 bucks. Nice unit that you’re using, tho, millennial. And you’ve got some awesome vids. Learning a lot from your vids. Many thanks. Cheers.
Thanks. Truthfully, if a company wanted to send me something that would truly help me and it DID work, I wouldn't mind reviewing it, but I don't want to turn this channel into some type of sales channel. I do promote products on occasion, but I only promote what I use that helps me so others can observe what works for me. I don't want to keep any secrets. I really want people to garden as hard as they can, so sharing what works for me with everyone is really important to me. Thanks for watching!
@@TheMillennialGardener It's a little disingenuous to say, "in no way shape or form am I being paid for this". You provide a link to your amazon store which makes you commission when people buy products. You should disclose that.
After watching this I ordered the same brand sprayer that you have, except it is corded. Cost about $90.00. I will be getting it Friday from Amazon. I am a small 70 yr. old woman and am sure I will love not having to use the pump sprayer, which was a real chore! Thank you for the heads up on this product! Kiss Dale for me….he’s a sweetheart!🥰
I too was frustrated by the multiple 2gal pump sprayers I’ve purchased in the past. I finally purchased, on the recommendation of my exterminator, a 4gal backpack sprayer. The brand was Field King. I figured if it was good enough for a professional exterminator company to use on a daily basis it would work for a residential consumer. I am very pleased with the performance of this sprayer I purchased on Amazon for $65!
I was going to go that route as well until I stumbled across the battery operated foggers. I also want to use this for fogging my lawn for mosquitos, so that’s why I went with a fogger instead of a sprayer. The foggers are designed for more efficient coverage where sprayers are designed to soak things down. I believe fogging will be better for gardens and lawn use, whereas sprayers are better for perimeter barriers around a house. Just something to consider.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I live in southern Louisiana and the disease and pest pressure is unreal. This will be a great invest for me! Thanks again!
You're welcome! I'm on the immediate southeast coast of North Carolina, so we are probably pretty similar in our pressure. I'll give the edge to you, though. Especially since it won't stop raining in the Gulf!
@@TheMillennialGardener In the past 2 weeks, I’ve had 1 day without rain. One of those days, I got over 10 inches. Thankfully today was a beautiful sunny day and I was actually able to work in my garden. This thing will make my life so much easier!
This is the video I very much need at the moment. Thank you! I have just had the worst growing season I have ever experienced. Every single known pest in our state can be found in my garden. I have a wide variety of different species of caterpillars, grubs, flies, grasshoppers, snails, slugs, aphids, mites, mosquitoes, and even ants targeting my crops. I also have a problem with fungus and powdery mildew. After watching this video I have new hope for my garden. I will invest in one of these sprayers and will hopefully get on top of things quickly. I don't know why I haven't thought about getting one of these sprayers yet. Haha
You won’t be disappointed. I wouldn’t recommend a product if I wasn’t floored by it. Battery technology has finally progressed to the point where these things make sense. The amount of time this is going to save you will be enormous!
This is a game changer. I live in SC and fungal disease and pests decimate my garden every year. Like you, I hate the chore of spraying. On the other hand, this tool looks really fun to use!
My neighbor has one from Ryobi and I borrowed it. Wow, what great coverage and it takes very little time. Plus it saves water. No more hooking up a garden hose to a sprayer to treat for bugs in the yard. It can be used indoors too! It really blows pretty far and it gets up high. Great tool.
I have to have one of these! I’m in South Carolina on the coast down by the GA border and you ain’t lying about the disease and pest pressure...I use all those same products too. Great minds think alike? Lol...love your channel!
That's great to hear! I assume that puts you around Beaufort/Hilton Head? I would love that climate, because I could grow so many more citrus varieties! Thank you for watching!
Great video !!! Disease and pest pressure is “out of control” here in SW Florida. I am soooo tired of spraying my garden weekly with a pump sprayer. I will be purchasing one of these immediately. Thanks !
Lol I just upgraded to a 2 gallon pump sprayer from a half gallon hand sprayer and have been marveling at how quick and easy it is to do my whole garden. Maybe next year I'll have to get one of these! Very cool!
If you find pump spraying taking too long, this is a big time saver. If you can spray your whole garden in a few minutes, it may not be worth the investment. This is ultimately a time saver. However, you can also perimeter spray your house and yard with this, or treat the lawn for mosquitoes, so keep that in mind.
I was looking for more of a fogger but perhaps this will do. I saw fogger being used for mosquitos. seeing such a thick fog with such force and how it billows and bounces filling the air around the plant make it look like it covers all parts of the plants without directly pointing it upward or downward
Hello, thank you for introduction new technologies on gardens care which sets apart your video from others. This video you mentioned this ULV machine is used on pesticide and insecticide, wondering if it can be used for plants foliage federalization? Thanks again!
Nice video! Thank you ! I’m gonna get one and use it for all my trees , plants and to kill mosquitoes. I’m so tired of being bitten by mosquitoes. I’ll spray down with repellent, only to have them get inside my clothes and bite areas I won’t mention here 🤣
This reminds me of those videos from China when they were going around spraying everything. When the first outbreak happened. Looks like a good product to spray worm tea. Love the misting part.
As long as the tea is strained and has no grit, you could do that. If it has any sand or residue in it, it could clog the sprayer. But yes, anything pure and water-based, it can spray. It's VERY popular to use bleach sprays to sanitize indoor areas with these.
You're welcome! You can only use water-based sprays in the sprayer, so all I do is once I'm done using it, I fill it 1/4 of the way with water, shake it up, dump the tank, fill it up 1/4 way again and turn it on and let it blow the clean water through the machine. If you want to clean it more deeply, you can dump a 32oz bottle of hydrogen peroxide into the empty tank, then turn it on and let it blow the whole bottle through. Don't use anything like alcohol, because it will eat the plastic tubing and leave a nasty residue that'll burn your plants. Hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water, so it won't leave a residue.
Thanks for that product/pest control review. I am having a terrible time with aphids sucking the life out of my cucumbers and tomatoes aren’t doing so well right now either. Hopefully a new routine like yours will help. 😌
I know your pain. Pyrethrin works very well in this case. The key in reducing the pest population is "breaking the cycle" of pest propagation. You can kill the adult bugs, but if they've already laid eggs, they'll hatch in no time and the cycle starts again. You have to kill the adults, then kill the larvae and nymphs. This sprayer helps because you can efficiently spray the top of the soil, which can kill the surface larvae, but it doesn't penetrate the soil line deep enough to hurt the worms that live down below. Maintaining a schedule is important.
Been looking for an affordable fogger for a long while. One not costing nearly $1000. You should do a video on this with a tea formula too. Best to apply either type for pests or beneficial health early am before sunrise or at dusk so plant can take up best.
Yes, as long as it has dissolved completely and won't clog the sprayers. Using water soluble crystals like MiracleGro or Jack's would likely be fine since they dissolve entirely. Something like fish emulsion could be risky since it isn't perfectly smooth.
I really like that ULV unit, especially the rotating nozzle feature. We’re fortunate here in the Western desert with few garden pests, but I could use that sprayer to control aphids and leaf miners. Thanks for the informative video, well done - and I’m an owner!
I'm glad it was helpful! It is really well-made and it is saving me so much time it's ridiculous. I used to dread using pump sprayers because they take so long and are so cumbersome. This makes the whole thing kind of fun. It'll pay for itself quickly with the savings of your valuable time and reduction in concentrates.
@@TheMillennialGardener Utterly amazing! I ended up picking up the Ryobi electrostatic ULV model (hooray sales!) the same day I watched this and quickly came back and applied the BA treatment (which I swear by as well), and today just went out and sprayed some H202 between rains from Ida, since I've got all kinds of issues going on right now. I'm in the DC area, and we are on the same struggle bus-- I got smacked with Powdery Mildew, black spot, and blight out of nowhere in a week. And yeah, this is legitimately a real solution. Thanks again for the recommend!
Thank you for this video! My garden has been decimated this year by first the cucumber beetles in numbers I've NEVER seen, then the vine borers, then the squash bugs despite daily egg picking and now the Japanese beetles and fungus due to daily rain and crazy humidity! I only wish I'd known about this in May! This is going on my wish list until I figure out how to talk the hubs into this investment :) It's hard to convince him when my first year with a pretty big garden (more than one raised bed and a few pots) where we built beds, bought soil, built a water catchment system and have so little produce to show for it :) What is it gardeners always say? There's always next year :)
Climate change is creating the perfect climate for pest to thrive. The best defense against pest is to build a greenhouse to block them out, like home Depot and Walmart does. Green house always reduces heat stress on plants if you tint the glass or use mesh dark screens. Green houses will also keep the birds, squirrels and rodents off from eating your plants.
Oh, cucumber beetles, vine borers..... You must be from my part of NJ. Every year I am lucky if I can get only one or two cucumbers, melons, squash or zuchinnis before the perfectly strong and healthy vines suddenly collapse. IT is so frustrating.
Love the idea but the problem is when using a fogger all the air around you is filled with whatever material you're using so it's a lot easier for you to accidentally inhale the mist.
That's easily avoidable by simply purchasing an N95 mask designed for airbrushing. You can pick one of them up for around $20. I'm just spraying that bacteria spray, so there's no need to wear anything. If it gets on me, it doesn't matter. The beautiful thing about this equipment is you can control what goes in it. If you aren't using anything toxic, you don't need anything to protect against. If it makes you feel more secure doing so, it's never been easier to find masks and gloves 😅
@@pmm0715 ive been using surround which is kaolin clay, this is also mixed with water- not sure if you can use it in that contraption but if it sits for a little while it absorbs into the water and doesn’t clog the sprayer
Love your videos. I am on the Gulf Coast (Corpus Christi,Tx) and understand what your saying about pests and disease. I just ordered one of these from your link and I am eager to get it and try it out.
Very helpful video. Girlfriend and I have been a fan for a while. Me for the gardening advice (and Dale of course) and she for the crazy crush she’s got on this guy. Now I’m gonna buy a fogger so I can have arms like those.
Hi, I got the sprayer a couple of weeks ago thru your store and looking forward to using it this season. Wondering if you were able to use the sprayer with Neem oil? I know not to use fish fertilizer. Planning to use it with hydrogen peroxide, aspirin, and different fungicides and disease control. Hopefully it’s not defective because I haven’t used it yet and won’t need it for a couple months. Thanks for great video!!!
I just rinse it out when I'm done and run water through it for 20 seconds. Never had an issue. Organic insecticides degrade rapidly, so if you rinse it out after use and don't use it again for 2-3 days, any trace residue is going to be irrelevant.
I use pyrethrin concentrate for mosquitoes. You can buy either 100% organic pyrethrin, or you could buy a natural pyrethrin fortified with piperonyl butoxide, which greatly enhances potency at lower concentrations, which makes it a fraction of the cost. It will lose the organic label with the piperonyl butoxide added, but it is still considered a natural product with extremely low toxicity to mammals. One animal you should not spray pyrethrin around is cats, though, so keep that in mind. Natural pyrethrin has a very short half life, so if you spray in the evening, it'll be plenty safe for any cats by morning.
Great video! Thanks for sharing this information! I was buying a lot of, I think it was Captain Jack sprays, last summer. I think using the products you use and the ULV sprayer could be less expensive and give better results in the ling run. Last summer was my first foray into growing more than a cherry tomato plant or two in containers, just for kicks and a few delicious tomatoes for salads. I got a late start, but thanks to encouragement I received from you to try growing sweet potato slips from a sweet potato, I actually had a somewhat productive container growing season as a first attempt and even had enough to can a couple of pints of tomatoes into a marinara sauce, and canned some pickled jalapenos from peppers I grew. I also dehydrated some chili peppers. So, it was a modest beginning, but it was a beginning nonetheless, and I learned a lot over last summer - which was really all I expected for my first foray into having more of an actual garden, even if my garden was confined to planters. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience! Do you always feed Dale home-cooked meals? I used to make food from a mix (Healthy Dogma) for my dogs (I added the meat and water), and they really enjoyed it. Around the start of the pandemic, they all got some sort of GI bug that gave them diarrhea. It wasn't pretty. Wasn't sure what caused it, but I discontinued the pet mix blends and a Nutro dry kibble at that point.
Those foggers do look fun to use. As bad as aphids are here, and as big a garden as I'd like to have, it does seem like a no-brainer investment. Dale's self-control is quite impressive! He's such a good kid. My Beagle learns the fun tricks really easily, but when it comes to food, she kinda goes bonkers. Tell Dale he has inspired me to kick it into high gear on table manners training. Also, you have nice arms.
It was worth the investment for me, for sure. The amount of time I was spending with a pump sprayer was miserable. Now I can spray the whole garden in minutes, AND I can use it as a perimeter spray for pest control around the house and in my lawn to reduce the mosquito population. It's so versatile. Dale is a very good boy. He wants to eat so badly, but he manages to contain himself because he's learned he's always rewarded for patience. He's come so far since we adopted him. A year and a half ago, he had never even been inside a house, and every sound was terrifying to him. Now, he acts like he owns the place...because he does! The key was rewarding him for his patience. We would pick up the bowl and take it away in the beginning when he was pestering us, but now, ANY time we are eating, he comes and sits and waits, so he's been trained to know that sitting and waiting patiently equals FOOD! The arms are just camera tricks 🤓
@@TheMillennialGardener That's wonderful. I'm glad Dale has a good life now. He deserves it. My Beagle definitely understands that about politely sitting, because when she's standing up on her hind legs trying to reach my plate or whatever, the second she notices me looking at her she immediately plops down flat on the floor. 😂 I think she just gets excited and forgets. She's barely 2 years old; I'm sure we'll get there. I'll make sure to practice "leave it" and "wait" daily going forward. That kind of fell out of the routine somewhere along the way, but it's coming back!
Great info! How is the ULV sprayer working after a year of use? If the nozzle were to become clogged does it look like you'd be able to take it apart and clean it out? Just wondering. Thanks!
Outstanding. I just used it yesterday to put spinosad down on my brassicas and cucurbits. I don't think the machine is easily disassembled. I've actually "cleaned" the nozzle using my air compressor and lightly blew some air in with the hand gun attachment from a distance. It works as well as the day I bought it, and the battery is still holding up.
I'm in NC also - how do you feel spinosad works compared to pyrethrin? Trying to decide if I need to punch it up to pyrethrin - using spinosad now and it def works but man the aphids are endless
@@joshualloyd4275 they're different. Pyrethrin is a contact killer. You need the pyrethrin to directly touch the insects, and it breaks down very quickly. It's inert within hours, so if you spray during a time when pests aren't very active, it won't do much. Spinosad coats plants and can stay active for several days, but the insects need to physically eat the plants covered in spinosad for it to be effective. It is not a contact killer. Pyrethrin is effective on all insects, but spinosad is not. I haven't found spinosad useful against aphids. Pyrethrin is extremely useful, especially since aphids barely move, so they're very easy to contact. On things like corn and squash, I've found spinosad to be more useful. It simply depends.
I think you can in theory, but the foliar feed needs to be pure. It can't have any sediment in it, or it could clog the mechanism. I would be very cautious with foliar sprays, especially if they're homemade. If it's an over-the-counter product that's made to use in pump sprayers, it is probably safe, but I'd be extremely cautious using something like compost tea.
@@TheMillennialGardener I generally use Neptune’s kelp and Neptune’s crab and lobster liquid feeds, I foliar feed after heavy rains especially the tomatoes.
@@moniquegebeline4350 is that perfectly pure without sediment? If it is, you can use the sprayer. I don't know if I'd use it for something like fish emulsion because it's thick and viscous, and...well...you'd need 9 showers if the wind blows.
It is very useful for spraying your lawn for mosquito control, or perimeter-fogging the yard for pests. It's extremely versatile. They're popularly used indoors with bleach-based spays for mass sanitization of rooms.
Very efficient alternative to the pump sprayers. I too live in NC but a bit more tolerable in the RTP area until July when it is just like inside a sauna 🥵 until mid-September. I am looking into getting one
You won't regret it. It's worth every penny. The amount of time you'll save is enormous if you have a good-sized garden. I can't imagine how the folks with BIG gardens do it, because a pump sprayer on my raised bed garden drives me nuts!
Hello just watched your video on the sprayer, they no longer have this one available can you recommend another one similar or have you tried a different one? Thank you
It is *awesome* and it has changed the way I garden. It's made my life so much easier, and it's worth it's weight in gold. I highly recommend it for pest and insect control.
??whats with the christman tree lights in the mini tunnel?? I am busy applyinf the fig series to my first year fig tree; thanks for clear relevant info!!
I have only ever used this ULV sprayer and manual 1 or 2 gallon pump sprayers. I can tell you this works so well that I have no need to ever get anything else. I will run this thing until it breaks. I don’t see the need to spend more money unless you need a larger capacity tank. The same manufacturer sells a backpack ULV sprayer that has I think a 3 gallon tank.
I just ordered one but I am wondering if you use in foliar feed your plants. I was thinking of making compost tea and spraying it. Your thoughts on this?
Used the ulv fogger twice now. Boy is it amazing! Only issue I have is with the way tube that draws out the solution. When you believe the solution is out there actually is still a good amount, about 32 ounces. I guess it’s due to the design of the tube that draws out the solution from the tank. Next time I will try to see if I can reposition the tube. Any thoughts?
The ULV fogger is excellent. What I have to do is when the tank falls below about 20%, I turn the fogger on a 30 degree angle. That allows the tube to suck out the rest of the liquid. In the fogger's defense, I've had to do the exact same thing on every pump sprayer I've ever owned, and I've owned 4-5 of them over the years. It's just part of the tube design and there isn't really a way around it without designing a tank fed from the bottom.
I'm glad you found the video helpful! Dale is lucky; he gets more home-cooked meals than most humans. That's why he's so ripped and muscular 😅 Thanks for watching!
Great video and awesome time saver. Do you think you might have time for a mosquito video and how you combat them with this device? Dealing with mosquitoes myself, such a pain while gardening or enjoying our plants.
That's a pretty good idea. Yes, I could make one. However, right now, we are in a drought. I've only had 1.18 inches of rain since March 29. So, my grass is completely brown, crispy and not growing right now. It's under drought dormancy. Eventually, once thunderstorm season kicks in and we start getting rain again, I can probably make a tutorial using pyrethrin, but right now I have no lawn to spray 😂
I'm excited to see how this works out for you! I've been looking at them to try to help control my SWD problem with my figs. This looks easy enough to use that I won't get lazy and stop spraying.
It is 10 times easier than a pump sprayer. I think you could knock out your whole orchard in 5-10 mins, tops. It's pretty darn efficient. I don't know how you feel about using pyrethrin on your trees, but the Pyganic spray is 100% organic, dissipates by the next day and it's dog-safe. In fact, the true pyrethrum is used as a flea bath for pups. Have you ever considered buying the Agfabric plant jackets and just jacketing your plants individually?
@@TheMillennialGardener I tried fabric once... the storms we get tore it up pretty good and made it nearly impossible to keep my trees upright from the fabric acting like a sail.
@@PAFigs the Agfabric stuff is a little different. They have drawstrings on the base, and they’re fairy perforated, so they don’t catch wind as badly. I have a few linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description if you want to check them out. They come in a lot of different sizes. They allow me to grow an avocado down here in Zone 8a (so far).
My roses are being decimated by thrips and spider mites. This fogger looks so easy to use, but I do have a question. I normally use a sticker/spreader with my sprays. Would I still need to use it with the fogger?
Are you talking about spreading granular insect control products on your lawn to keep the general pest population down? If that's the case, this won't replace that unless you're going to religiously spray your lawn constantly. Those granular products are synthesized pyrethroids that are designed to last for weeks or months with some potency. This type of treatment with the fogger would be used in addition to your normal granular pest control routine.
VERY simple. Because you're using water-based sprays, all you need to do is drain the tank, fill it 1/4 of the way with clean water, shake it, drain it again, fill the tank back up with clean water and run the sprayer for a minute to clean it out, then drain. It takes maybe 2-3 mins.
Thank you so much for being so thorough. I’d like to get one to spray in my hobby greenhouse, but I fear that it might blow my small plants right off of the shelves unless I stand far away, which with space limitations, I don’t think I can stand far enough away. Any thoughts?
It's no issue. The force isn't very strong. It's a mist, not a cannon. Also, the valve is adjustable, so you can turn it down to be very gentle. I don't think you'll have a problem.
Yes, but I would caution you before using herbicides in a fogger like this for two reasons: 1. Foggers like this are designed to cover a very wide area with whatever it is you're spraying. If you're mixing herbicides in this machine, you are not going to be able to control the spray very well. It is going to broadcast-spray. If you get herbicide on plants you don't want it to touch, you could kill your plants. This is a great product for spraying an entire lawn quickly with a targeted, lawn-safe herbicide, but I wouldn't want this anywhere near my garden when herbicide is in it. 2. If you want to use this for herbicide, I suggest getting a machine DEDICATED for herbicides only. The last thing you want to do is share a machine used in the garden for insect and fungus control with herbicides as well. If you have any leftover herbicide residue in there, you could damage your plants. If you want to use a machine like this for weed control AND disease/pest control, I suggest buying two separate machines. I have a 2-gallon pump sprayer for herbicides for my lawn that I ONLY use for herbicides. It will never go near my garden.
Nice! I only mix concentrates specifically designed to use in water and without any particulates in them. You shouldn't be mixing any oils or anything with sediment in here. Therefore, all you need to do is fill it halfway with water, slosh it around, dump it, fill it another inch, run it for 30 seconds to clean the nozzle, dump whatever is left and put it away.
@@TheMillennialGardener Awesome and Thank you so much. I’m planning on using it for peroxide, BT, aspirin, copper fungicide, pyrethrin and maybe Neem Oil. Not sure if Neem oil will work. I used your store link to purchase on Amazon. I’m going to soon start onions from seed as per your video. Also thanks for the seed starting mix video which will save money on this years crazy seed and potting mix prices. Getting ready for spring training here in Bryn Mawr,PA. Happy Growing Season!!!gino
As long as it's a water soluble iron made to be mixed fully in water, yes. You can spray anything water-soluble with this. It's actually designed to spray diluted bleach indoors for sanitizing large industrial settings. It works outstanding!
What's your long-term opinion of the Super Handy ULV? I just got one, used it this evening and it was sputtering and spraying inconsistently with quite a bit of mixture left to go. I'm thinking about sending it back since I've seen quite a few reviews saying it crapped out on them after a few to a doze or so uses.
@@yume816 No. I didn''t and i really need to run a full tank, full battery on this one again and send it back or keep it. That last spray i was hitting webworms in a pecan tree, just to see how the Bt would do. It worked pretty well, and got some good coverage up high, but it got to where it would run for about 15-20 seconds and shut off. Don't know if the motor was hot or crapping out or what.
@@TheMillennialGardener yeah that's the downside. My paint sprayer isn't cordless. The tool you found is a great price point for battery powered. If only it had a flexible spray end to be able to get into nooks and crannies.
@@VanillaAttila there are a plethora of options out there. There were options at higher price points. This was priced very well, and I liked the cannon-style end, because it will be very effective for lawn treatments for mosquitoes. It's not just for my garden, so this was the best alternative for both perimeter fogging and plant spraying.
@@TheMillennialGardener I think you made a good informed choice for your application. I hope it has good longevity. Lately I've been trying to attract beneficial predators to do my spray work for me. Putting up a bat house for mosquitos for instance!
This exact model is linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description. If you click on the link of my storefront in the video description and go to the "Disease Prevention And Pest Control" list, you'll find it there. I do not know if Amazon ships to Cyprus.
This sounds great. How has it worked for you so far? We have lots of pests in East TX. The price has gone WAY up but they have a small one that holds 48 oz for about $124. Thanks.
This isn’t too much more expensive than when I bought it at this exact moment in time. I wouldn’t garden without it. It must save me 50+ hours throughout the year, covers my plants much better than any pump sprayer, and it has probably mostly paid for itself just in the amount of concentrates I’ve saved. It is so much more efficient at applying.
That’s terrible 😞 How large is it? Can you set up some drip lines and 40% shade cloth? If you live out west, and I assume you do, drip irrigation and shade cloth makes all the difference.
Hi MG, I have a question, In one of your vids you mentioned that healthy plants produce healthy fruits,,,Where I live the disease pressure is out of control, If I have a plant that has succumb to wilt, blight, or any other disease, and the fruit looks a bit beat up, is that fruit still safe to eat? Maybe more specific, If a plant has disease is that fruit still safe? TY again!
Yes, the fruit will be safe to eat, but it may be of lower quality. Usually, fruits produced by plants that are under attack by disease aren't as sweet, or may be mealy. Just make sure you cut out any bad spots, because they won't taste good.
I have never sprayed my pawpaw or persimmon trees. Pawpaw and persimmon trees are some of the only true fruit trees native to the United States (technically I have an Asian persimmon, but it's grafted onto American persimmon rootstock), so they have very, very few issues. They're my only "native" fruit trees I have planted in my yard. Nothing seems to bother them, at least so far.
No. I only use natural sprays and spray them at the end of the day right before a shower. I see no benefit in purchasing a different sprayer. This is fantastic and affordable.
Another really great video, thanks. One question, if you have time...Do the bottom of leaves get coated when spraying downward toward the plants (as in the video)? Or do you have to turn the nozzle upward and spray again from below the leaves, as is aggravatingly necessary with a pump up sprayer? Thanks in advance.
I just move my shoulders up and down. The mist is fine enough that it coats the undersides well. When you operate it, it all becomes clear. The fog is so dense and comprehensive that it takes very little effort. You have to aim it very little compared to a pump sprayer because it is so voluminous. Sprayers are precise. This isn't. This is like shooting a giant cannon, so you have to do very little work on your end. This is 10x easier than a pump sprayer. I keep the nozzle mostly in the neutral position for my indeterminate tomatoes and they all get soaked top-to-bottom in seconds. You only need to aim if you have very low-lying plants, or tall trees, or you want to drench the soil for pest control.
It will work for neem and BT, absolutely. Fish fertilizer concerns me a little because it is very thick, and I would be worried about the nozzle clogging over time. It may be fine, but it seems risky to me because of how thick it is. If it is a water-based foliar spray, like a filtered, water-like kelp concentrate, you can use those sprays.
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If you're interested in the ULV sprayer, it is linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description! TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Why My Old Methods Of Garden Disease and Pest Control Struggled
2:22 My New Method Of Controlling Garden Pests And Diseases
3:23 This Amazing Tool Rivals Professional Pest Control Equipment
4:31 The Natural Pesticides and Fungicides I'm Using In My Garden
7:40 Benefits Of Using ULV Foggers / ULV Sprayers
8:59 How To Use A ULV Fogger
10:42 ULV Fogger Demonstration Using Organic Fungicide
11:38 ULV Sprayer Versatility And Time Savings
13:12 Adventures With Dale
On 1/29/2023
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Good video. Does the pyrethrin kill pollinators latently - if I spray it at dusk on flowers will it harm the bees the next day?
Cool sprayer, I found one made by ortho. It only holds a half gallon but works very similar. It's also rechargeable.
I really like this product. Great presentation. I would change one thing... with this high of atomization, I would be wearing a mask with every application. It's essentially vaping chemicals.
While your information is correct about spraying pyrethin late as to avoid beneficial pollinators, I will be refraining use on that. It is my consensus that the beneficial bugs will still know something dangerous was sprayed on their favorite pollen the next days. Just 2 sides to that coin.
Thanks.
Thank you, I am a longtime Gardener and yet your videos are super educational and help me improve my game.
Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤ I'm glad the videos are helpful and inspiring.
There’s also a smaller gun size unit from this brand on Amazon, for smaller gardens like mine. 38 bucks. Nice unit that you’re using, tho, millennial. And you’ve got some awesome vids. Learning a lot from your vids. Many thanks. Cheers.
LOVE that you are recommending what truly works for you and not a paid product placement. Thank you!
Thanks. Truthfully, if a company wanted to send me something that would truly help me and it DID work, I wouldn't mind reviewing it, but I don't want to turn this channel into some type of sales channel. I do promote products on occasion, but I only promote what I use that helps me so others can observe what works for me. I don't want to keep any secrets. I really want people to garden as hard as they can, so sharing what works for me with everyone is really important to me. Thanks for watching!
@@TheMillennialGardener It's a little disingenuous to say, "in no way shape or form am I being paid for this". You provide a link to your amazon store which makes you commission when people buy products. You should disclose that.
After watching this I ordered the same brand sprayer that you have, except it is corded. Cost about $90.00. I will be getting it Friday from Amazon. I am a small 70 yr. old woman and am sure I will love not having to use the pump sprayer, which was a real chore! Thank you for the heads up on this product! Kiss Dale for me….he’s a sweetheart!🥰
why have I not watched all your videos yet... this is amazing!! It's like the 4th video I watch that just rocks my world!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
I too was frustrated by the multiple 2gal pump sprayers I’ve purchased in the past. I finally purchased, on the recommendation of my exterminator, a 4gal backpack sprayer. The brand was Field King. I figured if it was good enough for a professional exterminator company to use on a daily basis it would work for a residential consumer. I am very pleased with the performance of this sprayer I purchased on Amazon for $65!
I was going to go that route as well until I stumbled across the battery operated foggers. I also want to use this for fogging my lawn for mosquitos, so that’s why I went with a fogger instead of a sprayer. The foggers are designed for more efficient coverage where sprayers are designed to soak things down. I believe fogging will be better for gardens and lawn use, whereas sprayers are better for perimeter barriers around a house. Just something to consider.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I live in southern Louisiana and the disease and pest pressure is unreal. This will be a great invest for me! Thanks again!
You're welcome! I'm on the immediate southeast coast of North Carolina, so we are probably pretty similar in our pressure. I'll give the edge to you, though. Especially since it won't stop raining in the Gulf!
@@TheMillennialGardener In the past 2 weeks, I’ve had 1 day without rain. One of those days, I got over 10 inches. Thankfully today was a beautiful sunny day and I was actually able to work in my garden. This thing will make my life so much easier!
I'm convinced. Gotta get one. I live in NW Florida and the bugs are ferocious. This will be much better than pump up sprayers. Thank you.
This is the video I very much need at the moment. Thank you!
I have just had the worst growing season I have ever experienced. Every single known pest in our state can be found in my garden. I have a wide variety of different species of caterpillars, grubs, flies, grasshoppers, snails, slugs, aphids, mites, mosquitoes, and even ants targeting my crops. I also have a problem with fungus and powdery mildew.
After watching this video I have new hope for my garden. I will invest in one of these sprayers and will hopefully get on top of things quickly. I don't know why I haven't thought about getting one of these sprayers yet. Haha
You won’t be disappointed. I wouldn’t recommend a product if I wasn’t floored by it. Battery technology has finally progressed to the point where these things make sense. The amount of time this is going to save you will be enormous!
This is a game changer. I live in SC and fungal disease and pests decimate my garden every year. Like you, I hate the chore of spraying. On the other hand, this tool looks really fun to use!
It has made my life a lot easier and provided a lot of protection from my garden. It's one of the best investments I've made.
My neighbor has one from Ryobi and I borrowed it. Wow, what great coverage and it takes very little time. Plus it saves water. No more hooking up a garden hose to a sprayer to treat for bugs in the yard. It can be used indoors too! It really blows pretty far and it gets up high. Great tool.
This was the best investment I've made for my garden in terms of tools. It is such a huge time and money saver!
Live in the Charleston SC area. I can’t thank you enough for this video and channel!!!
I'm glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!
Great shoutout for you and your fogger from Kevin and Sarah at Living Traditions Homestead.
Really cool! Thanks for letting me know!
I have to have one of these! I’m in South Carolina on the coast down by the GA border and you ain’t lying about the disease and pest pressure...I use all those same products too. Great minds think alike? Lol...love your channel!
That's great to hear! I assume that puts you around Beaufort/Hilton Head? I would love that climate, because I could grow so many more citrus varieties! Thank you for watching!
Great video !!! Disease and pest pressure is “out of control” here in SW Florida. I am soooo tired of spraying my garden weekly with a pump sprayer. I will be purchasing one of these immediately. Thanks !
This will change your life. Seriously. It's made everything so much easier for me.
Me too, in SWFL. Summer is a nightmare in my garden.
Lol I just upgraded to a 2 gallon pump sprayer from a half gallon hand sprayer and have been marveling at how quick and easy it is to do my whole garden. Maybe next year I'll have to get one of these! Very cool!
If you find pump spraying taking too long, this is a big time saver. If you can spray your whole garden in a few minutes, it may not be worth the investment. This is ultimately a time saver. However, you can also perimeter spray your house and yard with this, or treat the lawn for mosquitoes, so keep that in mind.
I was looking for more of a fogger but perhaps this will do. I saw fogger being used for mosquitos. seeing such a thick fog with such force and how it billows and bounces filling the air around the plant make it look like it covers all parts of the plants without directly pointing it upward or downward
Hello, thank you for introduction new technologies on gardens care which sets apart your video from others. This video you mentioned this ULV machine is used on pesticide and insecticide, wondering if it can be used for plants foliage federalization? Thanks again!
That is so freaking cool. I might have to purchase one.
This ULV sprayer puts the next recommended videos to shame- this is great.
It is truly a game changer. It is, easily, the best tool I have ever purchased for my yard and garden, especially around mosquito season.
Nice video! Thank you ! I’m gonna get one and use it for all my trees , plants and to kill mosquitoes. I’m so tired of being bitten by mosquitoes. I’ll spray down with repellent, only to have them get inside my clothes and bite areas I won’t mention here 🤣
This reminds me of those videos from China when they were going around spraying everything. When the first outbreak happened. Looks like a good product to spray worm tea. Love the misting part.
As long as the tea is strained and has no grit, you could do that. If it has any sand or residue in it, it could clog the sprayer. But yes, anything pure and water-based, it can spray. It's VERY popular to use bleach sprays to sanitize indoor areas with these.
Hey .. everyone Moniee-Mon, is listening thanks for the info vedios keep doing what'cha do best God bless ya!.
Thanks for watching!
I live in Florida and these bugs kick my butt with a pump sprayer I like this fogger
Many thanks!!! How do you clean such a product?
You're welcome! You can only use water-based sprays in the sprayer, so all I do is once I'm done using it, I fill it 1/4 of the way with water, shake it up, dump the tank, fill it up 1/4 way again and turn it on and let it blow the clean water through the machine. If you want to clean it more deeply, you can dump a 32oz bottle of hydrogen peroxide into the empty tank, then turn it on and let it blow the whole bottle through. Don't use anything like alcohol, because it will eat the plastic tubing and leave a nasty residue that'll burn your plants. Hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water, so it won't leave a residue.
Thanks for that product/pest control review. I am having a terrible time with aphids sucking the life out of my cucumbers and tomatoes aren’t doing so well right now either. Hopefully a new routine like yours will help. 😌
I know your pain. Pyrethrin works very well in this case. The key in reducing the pest population is "breaking the cycle" of pest propagation. You can kill the adult bugs, but if they've already laid eggs, they'll hatch in no time and the cycle starts again. You have to kill the adults, then kill the larvae and nymphs. This sprayer helps because you can efficiently spray the top of the soil, which can kill the surface larvae, but it doesn't penetrate the soil line deep enough to hurt the worms that live down below. Maintaining a schedule is important.
I’m thinking of using fogger for pesticide and fungicide for my rose bushes. Does using the fogger makes the pesticide/fungicide more effective?
Been looking for an affordable fogger for a long while. One not costing nearly $1000.
You should do a video on this with a tea formula too.
Best to apply either type for pests or beneficial health early am before sunrise or at dusk so plant can take up best.
QUESTION- can I use a water soluable fertilizer and fertilize my flowers with this as well as insect control products ??
Yes, as long as it has dissolved completely and won't clog the sprayers. Using water soluble crystals like MiracleGro or Jack's would likely be fine since they dissolve entirely. Something like fish emulsion could be risky since it isn't perfectly smooth.
I really like that ULV unit, especially the rotating nozzle feature. We’re fortunate here in the Western desert with few garden pests, but I could use that sprayer to control aphids and leaf miners. Thanks for the informative video, well done - and I’m an owner!
I'm glad it was helpful! It is really well-made and it is saving me so much time it's ridiculous. I used to dread using pump sprayers because they take so long and are so cumbersome. This makes the whole thing kind of fun. It'll pay for itself quickly with the savings of your valuable time and reduction in concentrates.
I didn't see the link for it in your store. No affiliate link on that?
@@Greg-McIver it’s linked in the storefront and currently on a big Cyber Monday sale!
You, sir, have changed my game with this ULV device! Thank you so much for sharing!
Have you purchased it? It *really is* amazing!
@@TheMillennialGardener Utterly amazing! I ended up picking up the Ryobi electrostatic ULV model (hooray sales!) the same day I watched this and quickly came back and applied the BA treatment (which I swear by as well), and today just went out and sprayed some H202 between rains from Ida, since I've got all kinds of issues going on right now.
I'm in the DC area, and we are on the same struggle bus-- I got smacked with Powdery Mildew, black spot, and blight out of nowhere in a week. And yeah, this is legitimately a real solution.
Thanks again for the recommend!
Thank you for this video! My garden has been decimated this year by first the cucumber beetles in numbers I've NEVER seen, then the vine borers, then the squash bugs despite daily egg picking and now the Japanese beetles and fungus due to daily rain and crazy humidity! I only wish I'd known about this in May! This is going on my wish list until I figure out how to talk the hubs into this investment :) It's hard to convince him when my first year with a pretty big garden (more than one raised bed and a few pots) where we built beds, bought soil, built a water catchment system and have so little produce to show for it :) What is it gardeners always say? There's always next year :)
Just arrived today!
@@johnnygirl51 i feel your pain. TOMATO HORNWORMSSSSSSSSSSS
Climate change is creating the perfect climate for pest to thrive. The best defense against pest is to build a greenhouse to block them out, like home Depot and Walmart does. Green house always reduces heat stress on plants if you tint the glass or use mesh dark screens. Green houses will also keep the birds, squirrels and rodents off from eating your plants.
Oh, cucumber beetles, vine borers..... You must be from my part of NJ. Every year I am lucky if I can get only one or two cucumbers, melons, squash or zuchinnis before the perfectly strong and healthy vines suddenly collapse. IT is so frustrating.
Love your videos and Amazon store! Thank you!
Thank you for watching and your support! I really, really appreciate it.
Love the idea but the problem is when using a fogger all the air around you is filled with whatever material you're using so it's a lot easier for you to accidentally inhale the mist.
That's easily avoidable by simply purchasing an N95 mask designed for airbrushing. You can pick one of them up for around $20. I'm just spraying that bacteria spray, so there's no need to wear anything. If it gets on me, it doesn't matter. The beautiful thing about this equipment is you can control what goes in it. If you aren't using anything toxic, you don't need anything to protect against. If it makes you feel more secure doing so, it's never been easier to find masks and gloves 😅
It reminds me of the people spraying the crops in California. Exempt now they wear hazmat suits.
@@TheMillennialGardener so what do you use for plum curculio?
@@pmm0715 ive been using surround which is kaolin clay, this is also mixed with water- not sure if you can use it in that contraption but if it sits for a little while it absorbs into the water and doesn’t clog the sprayer
@@moniquegebeline4350 Thank you so much for your response but unfortunately surround is a little hassle to deal with
Love your videos. I am on the Gulf Coast (Corpus Christi,Tx) and understand what your saying about pests and disease. I just ordered one of these from your link and I am eager to get it and try it out.
It's a total game changer. You're going to love it!
cool..... but you forgot to say. " say hello to my little friend"
I've actually never seen Scarface 😬
i'm SO glad you made this video. i've been looking for something like this for a long time.
So cool! I’m adding this to my wish list. Sri Lanka weevils are killing me in FL 😤
Very helpful video. Girlfriend and I have been a fan for a while. Me for the gardening advice (and Dale of course) and she for the crazy crush she’s got on this guy. Now I’m gonna buy a fogger so I can have arms like those.
I assume your girlfriend has a crush on Dale 😀 If so, I can't argue with her taste! Thanks for watching!
Hi, I got the sprayer a couple of weeks ago thru your store and looking forward to using it this season. Wondering if you were able to use the sprayer with Neem oil? I know not to use fish fertilizer. Planning to use it with hydrogen peroxide, aspirin, and different fungicides and disease control. Hopefully it’s not defective because I haven’t used it yet and won’t need it for a couple months. Thanks for great video!!!
Nice. What do u use in it to sanitize in the home? Can you use indoors if you have already used it with insecticides?
I just rinse it out when I'm done and run water through it for 20 seconds. Never had an issue. Organic insecticides degrade rapidly, so if you rinse it out after use and don't use it again for 2-3 days, any trace residue is going to be irrelevant.
Love dales portion of the video. I'm going to check out that sprayer for sure
Dale is a show stealer! Thank you for watching!
Looks interesting but will it work for misting fruit trees about 10 ft tall?
What organic chemical do you use for mosquitoes? Does garlic concentrate work?
I use pyrethrin concentrate for mosquitoes. You can buy either 100% organic pyrethrin, or you could buy a natural pyrethrin fortified with piperonyl butoxide, which greatly enhances potency at lower concentrations, which makes it a fraction of the cost. It will lose the organic label with the piperonyl butoxide added, but it is still considered a natural product with extremely low toxicity to mammals. One animal you should not spray pyrethrin around is cats, though, so keep that in mind. Natural pyrethrin has a very short half life, so if you spray in the evening, it'll be plenty safe for any cats by morning.
Great video! Thanks for sharing this information! I was buying a lot of, I think it was Captain Jack sprays, last summer. I think using the products you use and the ULV sprayer could be less expensive and give better results in the ling run. Last summer was my first foray into growing more than a cherry tomato plant or two in containers, just for kicks and a few delicious tomatoes for salads. I got a late start, but thanks to encouragement I received from you to try growing sweet potato slips from a sweet potato, I actually had a somewhat productive container growing season as a first attempt and even had enough to can a couple of pints of tomatoes into a marinara sauce, and canned some pickled jalapenos from peppers I grew. I also dehydrated some chili peppers. So, it was a modest beginning, but it was a beginning nonetheless, and I learned a lot over last summer - which was really all I expected for my first foray into having more of an actual garden, even if my garden was confined to planters. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Do you always feed Dale home-cooked meals? I used to make food from a mix (Healthy Dogma) for my dogs (I added the meat and water), and they really enjoyed it. Around the start of the pandemic, they all got some sort of GI bug that gave them diarrhea. It wasn't pretty. Wasn't sure what caused it, but I discontinued the pet mix blends and a Nutro dry kibble at that point.
Those foggers do look fun to use. As bad as aphids are here, and as big a garden as I'd like to have, it does seem like a no-brainer investment.
Dale's self-control is quite impressive! He's such a good kid. My Beagle learns the fun tricks really easily, but when it comes to food, she kinda goes bonkers. Tell Dale he has inspired me to kick it into high gear on table manners training.
Also, you have nice arms.
It was worth the investment for me, for sure. The amount of time I was spending with a pump sprayer was miserable. Now I can spray the whole garden in minutes, AND I can use it as a perimeter spray for pest control around the house and in my lawn to reduce the mosquito population. It's so versatile.
Dale is a very good boy. He wants to eat so badly, but he manages to contain himself because he's learned he's always rewarded for patience. He's come so far since we adopted him. A year and a half ago, he had never even been inside a house, and every sound was terrifying to him. Now, he acts like he owns the place...because he does! The key was rewarding him for his patience. We would pick up the bowl and take it away in the beginning when he was pestering us, but now, ANY time we are eating, he comes and sits and waits, so he's been trained to know that sitting and waiting patiently equals FOOD! The arms are just camera tricks 🤓
@@TheMillennialGardener That's wonderful. I'm glad Dale has a good life now. He deserves it.
My Beagle definitely understands that about politely sitting, because when she's standing up on her hind legs trying to reach my plate or whatever, the second she notices me looking at her she immediately plops down flat on the floor. 😂 I think she just gets excited and forgets. She's barely 2 years old; I'm sure we'll get there. I'll make sure to practice "leave it" and "wait" daily going forward. That kind of fell out of the routine somewhere along the way, but it's coming back!
Great info!
How is the ULV sprayer working after a year of use?
If the nozzle were to become clogged does it look like you'd be able to take it apart and clean it out?
Just wondering.
Thanks!
Outstanding. I just used it yesterday to put spinosad down on my brassicas and cucurbits. I don't think the machine is easily disassembled. I've actually "cleaned" the nozzle using my air compressor and lightly blew some air in with the hand gun attachment from a distance. It works as well as the day I bought it, and the battery is still holding up.
I'm in NC also - how do you feel spinosad works compared to pyrethrin? Trying to decide if I need to punch it up to pyrethrin - using spinosad now and it def works but man the aphids are endless
@@joshualloyd4275 they're different. Pyrethrin is a contact killer. You need the pyrethrin to directly touch the insects, and it breaks down very quickly. It's inert within hours, so if you spray during a time when pests aren't very active, it won't do much. Spinosad coats plants and can stay active for several days, but the insects need to physically eat the plants covered in spinosad for it to be effective. It is not a contact killer. Pyrethrin is effective on all insects, but spinosad is not. I haven't found spinosad useful against aphids. Pyrethrin is extremely useful, especially since aphids barely move, so they're very easy to contact. On things like corn and squash, I've found spinosad to be more useful. It simply depends.
have you tried fogging compost tea? If so, what is your experience and recommendations? Thanks.
thank you Great presentation.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I bet you can use this to foliar feed as well (which in itself is one of my disease control methods). I need one ASAP! 😂
I think you can in theory, but the foliar feed needs to be pure. It can't have any sediment in it, or it could clog the mechanism. I would be very cautious with foliar sprays, especially if they're homemade. If it's an over-the-counter product that's made to use in pump sprayers, it is probably safe, but I'd be extremely cautious using something like compost tea.
@@TheMillennialGardener I generally use Neptune’s kelp and Neptune’s crab and lobster liquid feeds, I foliar feed after heavy rains especially the tomatoes.
@@moniquegebeline4350 is that perfectly pure without sediment? If it is, you can use the sprayer. I don't know if I'd use it for something like fish emulsion because it's thick and viscous, and...well...you'd need 9 showers if the wind blows.
My garden literally just 3 20’ boxes and yet still I want this just to have it.
It is very useful for spraying your lawn for mosquito control, or perimeter-fogging the yard for pests. It's extremely versatile. They're popularly used indoors with bleach-based spays for mass sanitization of rooms.
Very efficient alternative to the pump sprayers. I too live in NC but a bit more tolerable in the RTP area until July when it is just like inside a sauna 🥵 until mid-September. I am looking into getting one
You won't regret it. It's worth every penny. The amount of time you'll save is enormous if you have a good-sized garden. I can't imagine how the folks with BIG gardens do it, because a pump sprayer on my raised bed garden drives me nuts!
Hello just watched your video on the sprayer, they no longer have this one available can you recommend another one similar or have you tried a different one? Thank you
Is it okay to mix fungus & insecticide at the same time in the ulv sprayer?
Great info, thanks! And that contraption is amazing, lol.
It is *awesome* and it has changed the way I garden. It's made my life so much easier, and it's worth it's weight in gold. I highly recommend it for pest and insect control.
Love Dale ! He’s awesome 😎
??whats with the christman tree lights in the mini tunnel?? I am busy applyinf the fig series to my first year fig tree; thanks for clear relevant info!!
They're for heat during the winter. I have a video on it here: th-cam.com/video/2qYwQmBAapQ/w-d-xo.html
Great information here, thanks again.
Thank you for watching! I appreciate it!
Great information and video
Glad it was helpful!
really enjoying your quarts and gallons and tablespoons
That's pretty awesome, Thanks for sharing!
It really is. It is such a huge time saver. Thanks for watching!
I just got that fogger. It is really heavy even before filling. Good thing it has a shoulder strap.
The strap really helps a lot. The battery is a pretty decent weight. It's really fun to use!
@@TheMillennialGardener How old are you???
Thoughts on electrostatic sprayers? Theoretically getting better coverage? And with using horticultural oils?
I have only ever used this ULV sprayer and manual 1 or 2 gallon pump sprayers. I can tell you this works so well that I have no need to ever get anything else. I will run this thing until it breaks. I don’t see the need to spend more money unless you need a larger capacity tank. The same manufacturer sells a backpack ULV sprayer that has I think a 3 gallon tank.
That's so awesome. What do you use to get rid of the mosquitos??
Pyrethrin concentrate mixed in water kills them on contact.
I just ordered one but I am wondering if you use in foliar feed your plants. I was thinking of making compost tea and spraying it. Your thoughts on this?
Used the ulv fogger twice now. Boy is it amazing! Only issue I have is with the way tube that draws out the solution. When you believe the solution is out there actually is still a good amount, about 32 ounces. I guess it’s due to the design of the tube that draws out the solution from the tank. Next time I will try to see if I can reposition the tube. Any thoughts?
The ULV fogger is excellent. What I have to do is when the tank falls below about 20%, I turn the fogger on a 30 degree angle. That allows the tube to suck out the rest of the liquid. In the fogger's defense, I've had to do the exact same thing on every pump sprayer I've ever owned, and I've owned 4-5 of them over the years. It's just part of the tube design and there isn't really a way around it without designing a tank fed from the bottom.
Very Neat Tool.Splendid Presentation.MMMM Breakfast for a Champion there Dale (currently a $30 coupon on Amazon for this ULV Sprayer)
I'm glad you found the video helpful! Dale is lucky; he gets more home-cooked meals than most humans. That's why he's so ripped and muscular 😅 Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing! This is a wonderful tool.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great video and awesome time saver. Do you think you might have time for a mosquito video and how you combat them with this device? Dealing with mosquitoes myself, such a pain while gardening or enjoying our plants.
That's a pretty good idea. Yes, I could make one. However, right now, we are in a drought. I've only had 1.18 inches of rain since March 29. So, my grass is completely brown, crispy and not growing right now. It's under drought dormancy. Eventually, once thunderstorm season kicks in and we start getting rain again, I can probably make a tutorial using pyrethrin, but right now I have no lawn to spray 😂
I'm excited to see how this works out for you! I've been looking at them to try to help control my SWD problem with my figs. This looks easy enough to use that I won't get lazy and stop spraying.
It is 10 times easier than a pump sprayer. I think you could knock out your whole orchard in 5-10 mins, tops. It's pretty darn efficient. I don't know how you feel about using pyrethrin on your trees, but the Pyganic spray is 100% organic, dissipates by the next day and it's dog-safe. In fact, the true pyrethrum is used as a flea bath for pups.
Have you ever considered buying the Agfabric plant jackets and just jacketing your plants individually?
@@TheMillennialGardener I tried fabric once... the storms we get tore it up pretty good and made it nearly impossible to keep my trees upright from the fabric acting like a sail.
@@PAFigs the Agfabric stuff is a little different. They have drawstrings on the base, and they’re fairy perforated, so they don’t catch wind as badly. I have a few linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description if you want to check them out. They come in a lot of different sizes. They allow me to grow an avocado down here in Zone 8a (so far).
@@TheMillennialGardener yeah, that was what I tried. It didn't last very long. th-cam.com/video/N1ILZtV_3LU/w-d-xo.html
My roses are being decimated by thrips and spider mites. This fogger looks so easy to use, but I do have a question. I normally use a sticker/spreader with my sprays. Would I still need to use it with the fogger?
Are you talking about spreading granular insect control products on your lawn to keep the general pest population down? If that's the case, this won't replace that unless you're going to religiously spray your lawn constantly. Those granular products are synthesized pyrethroids that are designed to last for weeks or months with some potency. This type of treatment with the fogger would be used in addition to your normal granular pest control routine.
Question:Can you apply simultaneously both the Monterey Complete Disease Control + Pyrethrin Concentrate to the fogger as a 7 day prevention?
Does pyrethrin loose it's potency if you premix ahead of time?
Could you use an oil based pest control product in it? For example the product called spraying oil for bugs. I wonder if it can turn oil into a mist
Great video, very interesting! How difficult is this to clean?
VERY simple. Because you're using water-based sprays, all you need to do is drain the tank, fill it 1/4 of the way with clean water, shake it, drain it again, fill the tank back up with clean water and run the sprayer for a minute to clean it out, then drain. It takes maybe 2-3 mins.
Thank you so much for being so thorough. I’d like to get one to spray in my hobby greenhouse, but I fear that it might blow my small plants right off of the shelves unless I stand far away, which with space limitations, I don’t think I can stand far enough away. Any thoughts?
It's no issue. The force isn't very strong. It's a mist, not a cannon. Also, the valve is adjustable, so you can turn it down to be very gentle. I don't think you'll have a problem.
Amazing brother 👍
Thank you!
Can these be used on citrus?
Yes. I treat my citrus occasionally with pyrethrin.
Thanks for the tip bro 😎
You’re welcome!
Does this work with weed prevention as well? Thanks. Cool dog
Yes, but I would caution you before using herbicides in a fogger like this for two reasons:
1. Foggers like this are designed to cover a very wide area with whatever it is you're spraying. If you're mixing herbicides in this machine, you are not going to be able to control the spray very well. It is going to broadcast-spray. If you get herbicide on plants you don't want it to touch, you could kill your plants. This is a great product for spraying an entire lawn quickly with a targeted, lawn-safe herbicide, but I wouldn't want this anywhere near my garden when herbicide is in it.
2. If you want to use this for herbicide, I suggest getting a machine DEDICATED for herbicides only. The last thing you want to do is share a machine used in the garden for insect and fungus control with herbicides as well. If you have any leftover herbicide residue in there, you could damage your plants. If you want to use a machine like this for weed control AND disease/pest control, I suggest buying two separate machines. I have a 2-gallon pump sprayer for herbicides for my lawn that I ONLY use for herbicides. It will never go near my garden.
@@TheMillennialGardener , great to know. I too use a 2gal sprayer for herbicide. Thanks for quick response
Hi MG, I just ordered the ULV sprayer. Is it hard to clean out the tank when switching to different products? Thanks!!
Nice! I only mix concentrates specifically designed to use in water and without any particulates in them. You shouldn't be mixing any oils or anything with sediment in here. Therefore, all you need to do is fill it halfway with water, slosh it around, dump it, fill it another inch, run it for 30 seconds to clean the nozzle, dump whatever is left and put it away.
@@TheMillennialGardener Awesome and Thank you so much. I’m planning on using it for peroxide, BT, aspirin, copper fungicide, pyrethrin and maybe Neem Oil. Not sure if Neem oil will work. I used your store link to purchase on Amazon. I’m going to soon start onions from seed as per your video. Also thanks for the seed starting mix video which will save money on this years crazy seed and potting mix prices. Getting ready for spring training here in Bryn Mawr,PA. Happy Growing Season!!!gino
Can you use this to apply liquid iron for the lawn?
As long as it's a water soluble iron made to be mixed fully in water, yes. You can spray anything water-soluble with this. It's actually designed to spray diluted bleach indoors for sanitizing large industrial settings. It works outstanding!
Can you spray neem oil through a fogger?
Yes, assuming you are diluting it in water at concentrations only around a couple tablespoons per gallon.
What's your long-term opinion of the Super Handy ULV? I just got one, used it this evening and it was sputtering and spraying inconsistently with quite a bit of mixture left to go. I'm thinking about sending it back since I've seen quite a few reviews saying it crapped out on them after a few to a doze or so uses.
Did you try another fogger?
@@yume816 No. I didn''t and i really need to run a full tank, full battery on this one again and send it back or keep it. That last spray i was hitting webworms in a pecan tree, just to see how the Bt would do. It worked pretty well, and got some good coverage up high, but it got to where it would run for about 15-20 seconds and shut off. Don't know if the motor was hot or crapping out or what.
Looks like a good tool. I've used my electric paint sprayer in the past.
That's an interesting idea. Is it cordless? I went with this model because of the battery. I didn't want to drag a cord around.
@@TheMillennialGardener yeah that's the downside. My paint sprayer isn't cordless. The tool you found is a great price point for battery powered. If only it had a flexible spray end to be able to get into nooks and crannies.
@@VanillaAttila there are a plethora of options out there. There were options at higher price points. This was priced very well, and I liked the cannon-style end, because it will be very effective for lawn treatments for mosquitoes. It's not just for my garden, so this was the best alternative for both perimeter fogging and plant spraying.
@@TheMillennialGardener I think you made a good informed choice for your application. I hope it has good longevity. Lately I've been trying to attract beneficial predators to do my spray work for me. Putting up a bat house for mosquitos for instance!
Thanks for your reply.Nicos
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Great channel, explanation and subject. Keep it up!
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We’re can I bay this exact model and do they ship to Cyprus.thanks
This exact model is linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description. If you click on the link of my storefront in the video description and go to the "Disease Prevention And Pest Control" list, you'll find it there. I do not know if Amazon ships to Cyprus.
This sounds great. How has it worked for you so far? We have lots of pests in East TX. The price has gone WAY up but they have a small one that holds 48 oz for about $124. Thanks.
This isn’t too much more expensive than when I bought it at this exact moment in time. I wouldn’t garden without it. It must save me 50+ hours throughout the year, covers my plants much better than any pump sprayer, and it has probably mostly paid for itself just in the amount of concentrates I’ve saved. It is so much more efficient at applying.
Thank you for the update. It nice to see you are still thrilled with the results.
Our garden burned up in 109F for weeks! Our peaches stopped ripening too! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
That’s terrible 😞 How large is it? Can you set up some drip lines and 40% shade cloth? If you live out west, and I assume you do, drip irrigation and shade cloth makes all the difference.
Hi MG, I have a question, In one of your vids you mentioned that healthy plants produce healthy fruits,,,Where I live the disease pressure is out of control, If I have a plant that has succumb to wilt, blight, or any other disease, and the fruit looks a bit beat up, is that fruit still safe to eat? Maybe more specific, If a plant has disease is that fruit still safe? TY again!
Yes, the fruit will be safe to eat, but it may be of lower quality. Usually, fruits produced by plants that are under attack by disease aren't as sweet, or may be mealy. Just make sure you cut out any bad spots, because they won't taste good.
What do you spray your pawpaw and persimmon trees with?
I have never sprayed my pawpaw or persimmon trees. Pawpaw and persimmon trees are some of the only true fruit trees native to the United States (technically I have an Asian persimmon, but it's grafted onto American persimmon rootstock), so they have very, very few issues. They're my only "native" fruit trees I have planted in my yard. Nothing seems to bother them, at least so far.
@@TheMillennialGardener do you have aphids in your region?
Do you use any PPE while spraying? Also have you ever looked at an electrostatic sprayer?
No. I only use natural sprays and spray them at the end of the day right before a shower. I see no benefit in purchasing a different sprayer. This is fantastic and affordable.
Think about adding a spreader sticker and that will help the solution stay on even better
Can you give an example? I'm not familiar.
@@TheMillennialGardener I'm guessing he is talking about a surfactant...
Another really great video, thanks. One question, if you have time...Do the bottom of leaves get coated when spraying downward toward the plants (as in the video)? Or do you have to turn the nozzle upward and spray again from below the leaves, as is aggravatingly necessary with a pump up sprayer?
Thanks in advance.
I just move my shoulders up and down. The mist is fine enough that it coats the undersides well. When you operate it, it all becomes clear. The fog is so dense and comprehensive that it takes very little effort. You have to aim it very little compared to a pump sprayer because it is so voluminous. Sprayers are precise. This isn't. This is like shooting a giant cannon, so you have to do very little work on your end. This is 10x easier than a pump sprayer. I keep the nozzle mostly in the neutral position for my indeterminate tomatoes and they all get soaked top-to-bottom in seconds. You only need to aim if you have very low-lying plants, or tall trees, or you want to drench the soil for pest control.
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Would it work as a fish fertilizer foliar spray? Neem oil spray? BT spray? I’d love to save time on those sprays. Thank you so much!!!
It will work for neem and BT, absolutely. Fish fertilizer concerns me a little because it is very thick, and I would be worried about the nozzle clogging over time. It may be fine, but it seems risky to me because of how thick it is. If it is a water-based foliar spray, like a filtered, water-like kelp concentrate, you can use those sprays.
Thank you, makes sense. I use Neptune’s Harvest Tomato & Veg and it is thick. Thank you for the video and maybe I’ll add it when the funds allow it.