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Fruit Spray Schedules for the Homeowner

Fruit Spray Schedules for the Homeowner, Page 11

Revised

Table 3
Dilution table for spray materials.

Measuring and mixing

Water Powder quantity dilution for spray
100 gallons 0.5 pound 1 pound 2 pounds 3 pounds 4 pounds 5 pounds
5 gallons 5 teaspoons 3 tablespoons 8 tablespoons 10 tablespoons 13 tablespoons 15 tablespoons
3 gallons 1 tablespoon 2 tablespoons 4 tablespoons 6 tablespoons 8 tablespoons 10 tablespoons
1 gallons 1 teaspoon 2 teaspoons 4 teaspoons 2 tablespoons 8 teaspoons 3 tablespoons
Water Liquid quantity dilution for spray
100 gallons 0.5 pint 1 pint 2 pints 3 pints 4 pints 5 pints
5 gallons 1 tablespoon 1 fluid ounces 2 fluid ounces 2.5 fluid ounces 3 fluid ounces 4 fluid ounces
1 gallons 0.5 teaspoons 1 teaspoons 2 teaspoons 3 teaspoons 4 teaspoons 5 teaspoons

Example
If label calls for 1 pound of spray material per 100 gallons of water, you would need 2 teaspoons of material for a 1-gallon sprayer.

Simple measuring

  • 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
  • 2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce
  • 4 tablespoons = 12 teaspoons = 1/4 cup = 2 fluid ounces
  • 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 8 fluid ounces
  • 2 cups = 32 tablespoons = 1 pint
  • 2 pints = 64 tablespoons = 1 quart
  • 4 quarts = 1 gallon
  • 1 ounce = about 3 tablespoons dry weight

Abbreviations

  • T = tablespoon
  • t = teaspoon
  • oz. = ounce
  • pt. = pint
  • fl. oz. = fluid ounce
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