That...thing, yes.

The Gilmour was a consideration as it gets great reviews, but for spraying ferrous sulfate I'd rather something that can handle wet or dry. If I find I need another wet sprayer, that one is on my list, however!

I considered making a water-based solution with the iron (a quart of water can dissolve a theoretical 8 ounces of ferrous sulfate, 4 oz to be safe). Then just refill every thousand square feet or so. Since I just sprayed iron at 5 oz per K today, three hours with my backpack sprayer, seven loads, the refill isn't exactly a trial for me...

Y'know, people gripe about the cheap sprayers. I have two of the $8 specials from Home Depot, 1 gallon, and they've lasted forever. I just added one dedicated to the Tenacity.

They very rarely clog, and when they do they're a snap to clean. The spray pattern is nice. They do the job I want and do it easily and without me hauling around a lot of weight. They seem indestructible under normal circumstances and with normal use. For $8 you sure can't beat that.

Seven333 wrote:Out of curiosity, do you use the nozzle that came with the HD sprayer or use a different one? I just bought one but have only used it once.

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The one that came with, although it's not an HD-brand sprayer. I'm not sure what it is, it was just the cheapest one on the shelf.

The basic nozzle is the adjustable cone, great for most herbicides where I want a pretty tight spray.

HanLawn wrote:The Gilmour model in the above photo has great reviews {and price} on Amazon, the Ortho,not so much.

Huge +1. Everybody (with one exception) seems to love it. I'm betting that one was user error.

Sprayers do need to be cleaned, but I did that every single time with my Ortho and it still up and died on me. It? They.

I ended up choosing the Chapin wet & dry, but don't expect any issues--it also gets good reviews.