Liquid Fertilizer Equipment

Liquid fertilizer equipment comes in different sizes depending on how much ground you have to cover. I prefer applying liquid over granular because liquid is cheaper and absorbs into the soil faster. You can also combine fertilizer and pesticides in one application.

1. Hand sprayer
• Pros: Good for small areas.
• Cons: Small capacity.
2. Backpack sprayer
• Pros: Versatile. Can be used to spray lawns, bushes, small trees. Puts weight on your back instead of your arms (hand sprayer). Good for about ½ acre. Holds less than 5 gallons.
• Cons: Increases risk of exposure. If seals leak, it drips down your back.
3. Boom sprayer
• Pros: Can handle large areas quickly. Less risk of exposure. Distance between you and the sprayer.
• Cons: Requires more mechanical knowledge. Can be more complicated to operate.
4. Tank sprayer
• Pros: Can handle large areas that require huge volumes of pesticides/ fertilizer. You can spray much higher--trees.
• Cons: Heavy. Difficult to transport. Takes up a lot of storage space. Requires accurate estimates of how much is needed. It’s a pain to dispose of huge volumes of unused quantities.

Hand Sprayer	Backpack Sprayer	Boom Sprayer	Tank Sprayer

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