On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:13:55 GMT, "Tim" <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>On 13-Jun-2008, Bob Simon <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I apply Frontline to both my dogs monthly but one gets fleas anyway.
>> Each night I pick off 10-20, which has been pretty effective at
>> minimizing the number of bites I get. But last weekend, I walked
>> barefoot into the back yard and within a minute I had at least a dozen
>> fleas on my my feet and ankles so I decided to spray.
>>
>It is going to be next to impossible to stop the fleas in your yard. You
can
>slow them down but stopping them, well it isnt going to happen.
>
>
>> I bought a 2 gal sprayer at WalMart and mixed around 10 oz Ant, Flea,
>> Tick & Mosquito Killer (permethrin 2.5%) in 16 gal water for my 1800
>> sq ft yard. This helped some but there are still fleas so I suppose I
>> need to put down more insecticide next time. In addition, it took
>> around an hour and a half to cover the yard. This was ok to do once
>> but if I'm going to have to spray once or twice a month throughout the
>> summer, I need to find a way to put down product a lot faster.
>>
>I have never used them but I hear the sprayers that attach to your garden
>hose is much faster. I would try them. There is sprayers you can get that
>will put down 16 gallons in a couple of minutes, but they are commercial
>sprayers and are expensive. A less expensive way to do it is the fastpac
>backpack sprayer. I personally use one in my business and it is a
terrific
>sprayer. www.fastpac.biz I think is the website. They will set you back
>about $300 but they will do the job you want in under 10 minutes.
>
>
>> Home Depot has a couple of 4 gal backpack sprayers and also
>> insecticide that comes in a spray bottle that you attach to a garden
>> hose. Will any of these delivery systems let me cover my yard in 20
>> minutes or so?
>>
>> Also, I have some Dursban (chlorpyritos 6%) left over from a year or
>> two ago. Is it more effective than permethrin in killing fleas? Is
>> it likely to still be good now or do these chemicals degrade after a
>> couple of years?
>
>Dursban has been banned. You may still be able to use it as a homeowner I
am
>not certain. I would check around first. It shouldn't go bad for several
>years, you may need to shake it up real good first. It wont usually last
as
>long as many sprays containing permethrin. If I were you I would look for
>either Tempo SC, Demand CS or Suspend SC. Add to them a product such as
>Kicker or exciter to get a quicker knockdown and you will do good for
>yourself.
Tim,
Thanks for the reply and for the pointer to the Fastpac web site. As
a professional, I can see how this sprayer would be well worth it to
you. But just to spray my own personal back yard a couple of times a
month, I expect that a $300 sprayer is way more than I need.
After searching the Garden Tools and Equipment category on eBay for
"backpack sprayer", I found over a dozen different models. Do you
expect that I will need a battery-powered pump sprayer in order to put
down at least half a gallon per minute of insecticide, or is this
feasible with one of the better manual pump types?
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