Captain Jack for mites. Yay, or nay?

[casportpony]

I have not used it either but it has the same active ingredient as Elector PSP, Spinosad (A mixture of spinosyn A and spinosyn D) (44.2%) per 8 oz. Captain Jack is 0.5%.

True, it's much less concentrated, so one needs to use much more. See below.

Elector PSP made gallon
1 ml = 442 mg
~9 ml per gallon
9 ml Elector + 3776 ml water = 3785 ml (one gallon)
9 ml per gallon x 442 mg per ml = 3978 mg spinosad per gallon
I think that works out to a dilution of ~0.1% spinosad per gallon.

The above should be the reference when trying to make other spinosad sprays. Target amount of spinosad per one gallon is 3978 mg or 0.1%

Captain Jack's 0.5%
1 ml = 5 mg
795.6 ml per gallon
795.6 ml per gallon + 2989.4 ml water = 3785 ml one gallon
795.6 ml per gallon x 5 mg per ml = 3978 mg spinosad per one gallon

 

[cmom]

True, it's much less concentrated, so one needs to use much more. See below.

I read that, I loose it sometimes.

 

[Pepperdog]

Bumping as I need to Know for sure if this is correct for the concentrate It's about 27 ounces concentrate to 101 ounces of water.
How much to make a gallon?
do you spray the chicken or dap it on?

 

[RememberTheWay]

I have used it on my birds and it works very well.

It persists(keeps killing) mites longer in the coop--one month!

Did you mean you have used captain jacks? Or the horse spray? And if it was CJ's which specific product did you? The concentrate or the premix?

 

[Alaskan]

Bumping as I need to Know for sure if this is correct for the concentrate It's about 27 ounces concentrate to 101 ounces of water.
How much to make a gallon?
do you spray the chicken or dap it on?

@casportpony

 

[RememberTheWay]

This is the one I have. I was hoping for the concentrated bottle that Ron has because I thought I might be able to get creative mixing the percentages. As of today I didn't spray any ON the birds yet, but I did spray it in the coop & gave the birds a solid poultry dusting again.

My mother & her sister are here for a few days. Please keep posting what works for you & what doesn't & I'll be checking in whenever I can sneak off.

How did it work for you