Hi there and welcome to another episode of California Gardening
In today's video you're going to see how you can use Spinosad
which is an organic insecticide
to control pests in your garden
Now it can be used on fruits, vegetables
flowers and almost everything that you have in your garden
All you really need is
A gallon tank sprayer, a measuring spoon so that you can
measure the quantity and
as well as the actual Spinosad solution
so as you can see all the Spinosad solution has is Spinosad
no chemicals
so make sure you read the instructions correctly on your Spinosad
package Let's look at what we have here...
for this concentrated Spinosad...
the instructions say
using either 4 tablespoons
per gallon of water or 2 fluid ounces
per gallon of water so you can use whatever suits you best
so let's begin working open up your gallon thanks clearer and
Fill it with water You need one gallon of water in the gallon sprayer
and then shake the Spinosad solution very well Now this is very important
if you did not mix it up properly you will not get an even
solution of bacteria which is not good for your spray
So after mixing it up just take a measuring spoon
you need to measure 4 tbsp for
this concentrate and added it to the water in the gallon sprayer
It's now time to close the gallon tank pump and then now we need to build the pressure
inside the pump
Its this pressure that will let us pray
our solution via the emitter
So to power it up make sure your
valve is in the right
orientation and then start pumping air into the gallon sprayer
shake well and then spray a little bit of this
the solution out to make sure you're getting a spray...there we go
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