Foggers

There is an eternal struggle between humans and the insects that live on this planet. In order to minimize the loss of crops to these hungry bugs, researchers have devised many ways to cut down on their numbers.

For large outdoor pesticide treatment one of the more effective methods developed is fogging. This process atomizes and injects clouds of pesticide into the air surrounding food producing trees and plants. This aerosol fogging technique is used on large crops to kill out infestations of mold, fungi and flying pests that can either feed on the crop or will lay their eggs in the fruit or vegetables we use as food. Orchards are prime examples of the types of farms that use foggers to protect their plants from insects and other damaging things.

Indoors, the fogger technology is used extensively to clean out infestations of roaches, fleas and ticks. Sometimes called a "roach bomb" the principle is to close of the area and then set off devices that will create a heavy fog or mist of toxin in hopes that it will work its way into small enough spaces to eliminate the insect problem. These total release foggers need to be left alone for a day or so while the toxin settles and drops to levels safe for human habitation.

There are many specially designed foggers on the market. The Burgess foggers are lightweight and come in two varieties for use in ridding your area of mosquitoes and flies. The Burgess electric fogger is for use where electrical power is available and comes with ready to use pesticides. For those areas you need pest control in that extend beyond the grid, there is the option of the Burgess propane fogger that uses heat as its medium for dispersing the toxic fog.

You can find other brand thermal foggers that run on diesel and gas and some electric powered foggers that will use ultrasonic sound waves to disrupt the body integrity of some flying insect pests. Pesticide foggers can be found that have up to three sprayer heads to give a wide angle of misting over the crops you are trying to protect.

One other advantage to fogger technology was the discovery of how plants can be grown faster and with more power efficiency when grown by a aeroponic fogger system. Aeroponic foggers spray nutrients onto the roots of a suspended plant rather than having to soak them in water like a hydroponics growing system or just grow them in the ground in the old geoponics tradition.