7 Do’s When Spraying The Landscape and Garden

DO read chemical manufacturer’s directions carefully and follow all instructions to the letter when mixing insecticides or fungicides. Strong solutions may do harm; weak ones are ineffective.

DO wear a mask or respirator, keep shirt sleeves rolled down and use rubber gloves while handling harmful dust or spray materials. Manufacturer’s directions advice. Wear spray suits and other PPE equipment.

DO choose a day when air is still so spray material will not be needlessly wasted.

DO be careful in using weedkillers lest the spray reaches nearby plants. Concentrate on the plants to be killed, aiming the spray away from useful ornamental plants growing nearby.

DO make certain that material used in dusting or spraying is spread on tops and undersides of leaves. Remember contact sprays for sucking insects must touch insects in order to kill them.

DO reserve special spray equipment for weed killers or other materials which leave a residue in the container that would be harmful to other plants. Also select sprayer container size to fit the job.

DO wash aphids off water plants by applying a strong stream of water from a garden hose. Poisonous sprays and dusts may kill goldfish and harm birds which drink or bathe in pool.

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