News — MOE ATV sprayer

Top 8 Things NOT to do with/to Your Sprayer!

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Top 8 Things NOT to do with/to Your Sprayer!

In my travels I’m able to conduct landscape consultations from seed-to-shining seed! I may visit gorgeous homes, large businesses or hold simple tailgate meetings. There’s this one thread that they all have in common: the unusual ways they treat their sprayers. Ugh! Sprayers. Not the same ol’ metal one grandpa used for killing weeds with Paraquat, to applying fungicide on roses then filling it up with Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to kill ants all within an hour of each other. In those days the same sprayer was used for everything and within two to three months it would be rotted out, gummy...

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HDA Voted Chapin Supplier of the Year for 2022!

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How to Know When to use Organic, Natural or Chemicals In and Around the House

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How to Know When to use Organic, Natural or Chemicals In and Around the House

  When I was a kid during Saturday lawn chores you’d hear my dad yell “Get me the Chlordane,” or “Someone didn’t put the “Paraquat away,” and “Go to the hardware store and buy some sodium methyldithiocarbamate (actually he said Vapam).” These are either hardcore insect sprays, weed killers and soil fumigants that have been taken off the market for years. And, let’s not forget the neighbors used to lend this stuff to each other over the fence while eating a sandwich. Today it’s a different story. Insecticides, herbicides, rodenticides, molluscicides and all the “cides” are ever changing in this...

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Acreage Life: April 2022

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    Backpack sprayers are great tools for fertilizing your garden and landscape, and controlling weeds and pests.  The Chapin 63950 Mixes on Exit (MOE) Backpack Sprayer makes your work even easier.  The MOE Clean Tank Spraying system automatically adds concentrate as you spray, with mixing ratios ranging from 1 to 10 ounces per gallon.  Separate water and concentrate tanks make it easy to switch chemicals as needed.  Clean-up is a breeze since the main tank stays clean and any remaining concentrate can be stored in the separate smaller tank.  The two tank system also reduces waste of chemicals. The...

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Chapin Featured on Man vs. Yard

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Chapin Featured on Man vs. Yard

Featured on Man vs. Yard Chapin's Mixes on Exit system Take the "praying" out of spraying. While traditional lawn and garden sprayers require you to premix your chemicals, there's no need with the Mixes on Exit (MOE) backpack and ATV sprayer. MOE takes the guesswork out of mixed because you full, set and spray. TV Schedule June 12  KYTV - Springfield, MO @ 11 a.m. June 12 WRDW - Augusta, GA @ 12 p.m. June 26 WRDW - Augusta, GA @ 12:30 p.m. July 16 KPTV - Portland, OR @ 3.30 p.m. August 6 KPTV - Portland, OR @ 2 p.m.   TV...

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