June | 2017 | Sprayers 101

Adjusting Sprayer for Alternate Rows

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) Calibration & Air Adjustment, Coverage, Rates and Calibration, Speciality Sprayers

An “Alternate Row Middle (ARM)” spray application is where the airblast sprayer passes down every second row. The intent is to improve efficiency by cutting the driving time in half. The operator hopes to provide suitable coverage on both the sprayer-facing half of the ...Read More

Exploding Sprayer Myths (ep.8): Volume

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) Boom Sprayers, Coverage, Exploding Sprayer Myths, Multimedia

In this episode of Exploding Sprayer Myths, Tom and Jason lay out four steps to determining the most appropriate spray volume required to achieve good coverage. Understand how the product works Understand the target Understand droplet behaviour Understand the plant canopy Joined by Syngenta’s show-stealing ...Read More

What’s the Relationship Between Vapour Drift and Inversions?

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) Boom Sprayers, Drift, Drift

With dicamba drift symptoms showing up on non-dicamba tolerant soybeans all over the corn and soybean belt, people are trying to make sense of the reasons for all the damage. We hear terms like inversions, volatility, drift, calm conditions, and others used to explain ...Read More

Deciding on the Right Way to Spray

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) Boom Sprayers, Coverage, Drift, General Concepts, General Operation, Nozzles & Droplets

“What is the right way to apply this pesticide?” It’s one of the classic questions. Applicators know that spray method determines the efficacy of the application as well as its environmental impact. And it has to use time and water resources efficiently to make ...Read More

Monthly Archive:: June 2017