A mist is all you need.Soaking or pudding isn't the way its intended to be done. But if you read the label it will have all the info you need!!!!!!

 

What is confusing about the label is since I am using a hose end sprayer I have no idea of the actual sprayers output in terms of GPH or anything else. Are you positive a mist is all that is needed, even with pests that are stubborn to deal with (as ants are in in florida)

 

Yes I'm sure . For best results go buy a 1 gallon hand sprayer. And use it.

 

Hose-end sprayers are cheap--but sometimes the output depends on your water pressure. This sounds like you are using up the contents of the bottle in about 5 minutes. Read the label and fine print carefully. It should say somewhere how many square feet the bottle covers. And how much Bifen per thousand sqft.
Now, your only problem is adjusting your speed-of-walk so you cover the proper number of sqft when the bottle runs out. Add the bifen to match the sqft.
Or, you may need to reduce the pressure by nearly closing your hose spigot.

It would help to practice a few times with the bottle filled with plain water. Next time(with the same product) you will have an idea of how many minutes until its empty--and therefore how fast you have to walk.

It cannot be precise with this type of equipment--however if you are a NASA engineer you can probably get it close.

http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/bifen-xts-p-1236.html

Odd... the maximum label rate is 1.28 ounces of Bifen XTS per 4356 sqft.

That is 3403 sqft per ounce of concentrate. Roughly 3300 sqft per ounce pf Bifen XTS.

It sounds like your 32 ounce bottle of concentrate (at .33 ounce per gallon and one gallon per thousand sqft) should cover 9600 sqft.

 

where in fla are you?

 

SW/Cape Coral area

 

I'm not a professional but I can tell you that I use that product with a hose end sprayer and you way over applied it. The rate for lawns is 0.15 ounces/1000 sq ft for most lawn pests we deal with here. That bottle should treat almost 5 acres. What part of FL are you in and what pests are you targeting? I live near Orlando and there are no pest problems I need to treat right now. You need to do a calibration of your hose end sprayer. Mark off 1000sqft. Fill the hose end sprayer with water only. Spray the area you marked off and calculate how much water you used out of the hose end sprayer. For example if you used 5 oz, add .15 oz bifen XTS and dilute to 5 oz. For 2000 sq ft you would add 0.3 oz Bifen XTS and dilute to 10 oz. Bifen XTS is way too concentrated to be used undiluted in a hose end sprayer. Regular Bifenthrin would be easier and safer to use if you don't want to have to dilute. However you still need to calibrate hose end sprayer.

 

Bifen. To paraphrase: I put that $h1t on everything.......

I mean, literally. I live in a log house, it's used to control the carpenter ants, boring bees, termites. I spray the yard with it to kill off other insects. I have a small apartment I rent out, Once a month I take a handheld sprayer and spray down the inside perimeter. I just wish I could get it cheaper......
I just picked up an old backpack sprayer for free, didn't work. 30 minutes of tinkering got it up and running, that should make things easier for around the house. For the yard I use a tow behind boom sprayer hooked up to my ZT.

 

If by a little of your lawn is a little over 5 acres then you're right on the money, however I think you're spraying a much smaller area lol. You shouldn't see white oil all over the soil. It sounds like you need to do some serious calibrating with that thing. Take some food coloring and put it in your hose end sprayer and spray into 5 gallon buckets to see how many ounces of material you're using per gallon. You should be using .15 oz per thousand square feet. You'll also need to know how many gallons you're putting out per 1,000 sq ft, so mark off an area that's 10x100 or 40x25 and you'll be able to calculate your rates by seeing how much food coloring you sprayed since you know how much it uses per gallon.

 

Are you using xts or IT? The Biden site says IT for mosquitoes, but I live near the water and I need the strongest I can get. I also have dogs who play in the area so I want it to be safe. do you use an additive to for larvae types Like mosquitoes?