Spray Basics Articles

We Need Better Drift Control Technologies

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) July 30, 2020
Sprayer manufacturers have all but offloaded the entire responsibility for drift management to the sprayer nozzle. It’s asking too much. Sprayers have changed a lot over the past 25 years. They have become larger, with more tank capacity, boom width, and, if self-propelled, horsepower.  ...Read More

Paint it black

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) July 17, 2020
Never fail, the heat of summer brings questions about algal growth in water tanks. There are lots of suggested solutions, but questions about pH antagonism and phytotoxicity seem to linger. We’re planning on some summer trials for 2021 to explore how well copper pipe, ...Read More

Don’t try this tempting shortcut

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) June 12, 2020
There’s a call that I’ve been getting for 20 years now. It came again this week. Someone has a twincap with two small air-induced tips, and they’re applying herbicides and fungicides with low water volumes, often 5 gpa, sometimes less. They call because they ...Read More

What Nozzle is This? (Field Sprayers)

Tom Wolf (Nozzle_Guy) June 8, 2020
Us this handy visual guide to identify a mystery nozzle you may find on a field sprayer. We’ve included the most common low-drift nozzles found on North American, European, and Australian sprayers. The list does not contain any conventional flat fan nozzles. It’s in ...Read More