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Decent spray bottle?

Shoxt3rShoxt3r Posts: 196
in Problem solving
Hi all,

I'm on the lookout for a decent spray bottle to use on my tomato plants (regular spray of aspirin to keep the bugs at bay).

I've just gone to grab mine and I stupidly left some water in it from last year, and with all the frosts we've had the thing has cracked.

Most I've seen online have thin plastic which means it crumples on itself when spraying - much like my (now broken) one did.

Thanks in advance!

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    edited May 2021
    I use an old kitchen cleaner spray bottle, well washed of course. Much easier to use and a better mist spray than the 'garden' one I had before :)
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    I've got a couple of the hozelock ones and they have been very reliable 

    https://www.screwfix.com/p/hozelock-spraymist-translucent-trigger-sprayer-1ltr/7623k
    lots of shops sell them aside from the linked one. 
     
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I have this 2 litre one from Wilko that works just fine. At only £4 you can’t go wrong.
    https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-pressurised-sprayer-2l/p/0339854
    Rutland, England
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Never heard of spraying tomatoes with aspirin, but never had an y bugs on them anyway. I spent a lot of money buying the pressurised ones,found they didn't last 5 minutes, got cheap cheerful coloured ones on e bay,on the end,got over 30 Orchids!
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    I endorse what Buttercupdays says.  Who on earth would buy something they've already 'bought' full of cleaning fluid, I can't imagine.  With the amount of them I get to put in the recycling, it's possible to have one for each liquid a gardener might want to spray.  In my case I also save the clear plastic tubes to use as makeshift wallplugs OR, with a long thin screw inside, they make bird friendly perches for nest boxes.
  • Shoxt3rShoxt3r Posts: 196
    Thanks all for the replies - will give recycled bottles a go and if they're not sufficient I'll grab one of the others.

    Many thanks!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Never sprayed a tomato in my life ... never had any bugs on ‘em either ... but I heartily endorse the re-use of spray bottles ... give them a soak and thorough rinsing and they’re fine. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    I've noticed a lot of 'product' sprays now have non-removable tops.  Presumably because of some perceived threat regarding tampering, rather than a deliberate anti re-use policy, one would hope..
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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