Dye for Knapsack Spraying?

[Farfrae]

Not sure where to post this. But I've got an area of young trees planted and I need to knapsack spray where brambles are starting to encroach from the established woodland.

Can anyone recommend a good dye that I can add to the mix to show where I have sprayed? I bought some stuff a few years back to add to the tank and it was crap - couldn't see where I'd been.

Any recommendations?

 

[Hesstondriver]

@exmoor dave didnt you use some blue stuff of the cliff edge ?

 

[exmoor dave]

Yeah always use blue dye in the knapsack, getting from the chem supplier is abit pricey,

The last lot i found was a 5lt bottle off ebay for a good price

5lts will last a long time!

Available in 500ml and 1lts too

 

[Farfrae]

Yeah always use blue dye in the knapsack, getting from the chem supplier is abit pricey,

The last lot i found was a 5lt bottle off ebay for a good price
5lts will last a long time!

Available in 500ml and 1lts too

Thanks

 

[farenheit]

Could you try some food dye and let us know if it ruins the efficacy of the herbicide?

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Yeah always use blue dye in the knapsack, getting from the chem supplier is abit pricey,

The last lot i found was a 5lt bottle off ebay for a good price

5lts will last a long time!

Available in 500ml and 1lts too

Any chance of a picture of the bottle / label please?

 

[farenheit]

Fertiliser Spray Dye Marker - PREMIUM BLUE APPLICATION INDICATOR 1 - 5 Litre | eBay

Fertiliser Spray Dye Marker. All of our grass seed is DEFRA certified. PREMIUM BLUE APPLICATION INDICATOR 1 - 5 Litre. 100L of spray solution + 125ml RS Premium Blue Dye. 800L of spray solution + 1L RS Premium Blue Dye.

www.ebay.co.uk

Probably this stuff?

 

[Princess Pooper]

Kiwikit sell one called 'done that'.

 

[teslacoils]

De sangosse do a blue dye. Don't need much. Litre bottles.

 

[milkloss]

Brilliant blue FCF (E133 I think). It's a blue dye that comes in granules, mix them up before adding to the tank or else the granules can gum up a bit.

be careful......... it's a bit 'mega' shall we say!

 

[Loftyrules]

Horrible stuff, can’t seem to use it without wearing it for days after.
I remember a company sold tablets but they seemed to have stopped selling them, would those granules work ok in an agitated tank?

 

[Farfrae]

Blue seems to be the favoured colour. The one I used before was red and you couldn't see where you had sprayed; hopeless stuff.

 

[richard hammond]

Any chance of a picture of the bottle / label please?

Agrigem at Skellingthorpe, Lincoln sell a good product called blue-gem, rate of use between 125-300 ml in 100lts of water.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Agrigem at Skellingthorpe, Lincoln sell a good product called blue-gem, rate of use between 125-300 ml in 100lts of water.

Steve Portouse is Agrichem isnt he

 

[DanniAgro]

Horrible stuff, can’t seem to use it without wearing it for days after.

Sounds just like that dye we used to dye the potatoes with years ago when they were supposed to go for cattle feed. Heaven help you if you slipped or your hand shook when preparing it, blue hands and clothes for the next week.