Fertilizer Mix Station

Over the past few years we have used a regular spray program of fertilizer and primo on our fairways throughout the growing season.  The mix is usually equal parts of 15-0-0 with 6% iron and 16-0-6 liquid fertilizer. The amount of primo used depends on the time of the year. We sprayed this mix for the first time this year and up until this point mixing up has always been a little bit of a chore.  That is because over 20 gallons of each fertilizer must go into each tank that is sprayed and it usually takes 3 full tanks to spray all of our fairways and perimeters.  A five gallon bucket was used to measure then pour the fertilizer into the sprayers. However, over the winter we installed a flow meter to the tanks that hold the fertilizer and ran it through the wall into our mix pit. We can now turn on the transfer pump and move exactly just how much we need into our mix tank, mix all of the fertilizer, primo, and water in there and then pump it into the sprayer.  Here are a few pictures of the system.  Most of the work seen was done by Chris Frame a member of our crew. We still have a small pipe with a valve on it in case we only need a few gallons, like when spraying tees or greens.