Stump sprayer paintbrush

[frogworlduk]

Has anyone used a pesticide applicator with a paintbrush head? I'm looking to be able to basically paint stumps rather than spraying them and getting any drift. Is there a particular head that fits on the end of a knapsack sprayers Lance or has anyone adapted one? I'm spraying thousands of birch 1" stumps 

[s o c]

We’ve used a ‘Weedball’ for similar jobs.

its a sponge roller with a 4foot hollow handle that you pour the pesticide into. 
costs around €40 

[Guest Gimlet]

I cut and sprayed thousands of hawthorn, oak and hazel saplings on some chalk grassland last year. Tried wiping but found the quickest and cleanest way was a small 1 litre pump sprayer with the nozzle adjusted to deliver a single stream rather than a spray.

A quick squirt onto the cut stump and it soaks it up instantly. No overspray, no spillage or brushing against something accidentally and some blue dye to see where I'd been. Worked a treat.

Edited October 3, 2020 by Gimlet

[Kevm]

What about one of these 

Hozelock Wonderweeder: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors

WWW.AMAZON.CO.UK

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Great prices on your favourite Gardening brands, and free delivery on eligible orders.

I find it a really handy tool for spot spraying, no drift, or waste

[Peasgood]

Used to use a paintbrush on a stick and a jam jar on a stick with the glyphosate in. Mix with wallpaper paste to make it less runny/splashy.

[dan blocker]

What about one of those fence panel coating brushes on a hose from a can?

[daveatdave]

this might do 

Handheld Application Equipment | Weed Wiper | Weed Stick | Stem Injector - ProGreen

WWW.PROGREEN.CO.UK

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Progreen Weed Control Solutions. Products include; Roundup, Kurtail Gold, Grazon,moss killer, turf care, lawn fertilisers

 

[Guest Gimlet]

like me, you're needing to treat a huge number in one go, not a few here and there now again. In this situation the thing I found with all the wiping options I tried was physical practicality. How do you carry it and how often does it need replenishing.

 

If all your stumps are pre-cut and you're going round treating them after the event, then a long wand with some sort of wipe/sponge on the end is great. 

If you're cutting/shredding and treating as you go with either a chainsaw to carry or a big brush cutter attached to you - and especially if it's steep ground and arduous going (as mine was), then a little squirt bottle carried on a belt loop was so much faster and easier. I carried a 1.5 L bottle of pre-mixed refill on the other side of my belt and that kept me going more than adequately.

I went over my ground a month afterwards and there was no evidence of drift or over-spray.

Edited October 4, 2020 by Gimlet