Bill, the first time I put out the Cutrine liquid, I read the label, decided how far out from the bank I wanted to spray, estimated the average depth, calculated the circumference of the pond and came up with the amount of Cutrine that should be applied to that area. Then I put some water only in my hand sprayer and drove the 4 wheeler around the pond and sprayed the water out to see how fast to drive to get two gallon of water to come out right. Then I added the Cutrine to the water and did the spray.
I did the same thing when using the granules except I used a grass seed spreader and scales. Spread a small weighed batch as I walked trying to take measured steps, then calculated the rate and made adjustments as needed. The spreader worked "kind of" but had problems with the gritty granules plugging and sticking. But once I got my "rate" down I kind of had an idea of "how thick" the granules needed to be so now just spread it by hand trying to get about the same amount of granules thrown out about the same distance. Not exactly scientific.
Point is, I did not want to leave you with the impression I just made a wild guess and put some out there. I did make an effort to calibrate and get the correct amount on. But even with a best effort, the rate in my opinion is still a rather coarse attempt. But a person sure does not want to be putting several times the dosage so an attempt to at least get in the ball park is appropriate.
Last edited by snrub; 06/02/16 09:11 PM.
