Michael from Nc writes
When using Bifen IT to control ticks (1oz per 1000sq ft) with Chapin Liquid Hose-End sprayer at 5 gallons of water per 1000sqft, what in-tank dilution and/or sprayer setting should I use?
With insecticides you are typically going to only use 1 gallon of water per 1000 sq/ft so you would set the hose end sprayer to 1 ounce to have it distribute at 1 ounce per gallon. You do not dilute the bifen when putting it in the chamber on the hose end sprayer, you put the concentrate directly in the cannister and the tube automatically sucks up however much you have told it to on the dial and disperses it with each gallon that comes through the hose. The down side to using a hose end sprayer is it removes a lot of accuracy with your treatment and wont give you as thorough and even coverage as a hand pump or backpack sprayer would. Either sprayer you use, you will use 1 ounce per gallon of water.
Answer last updated on: 06/11/2013
