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Drop Arms can Improve Coverage on Field Peppers

Victoria Radauskas August 26, 2015

In early July 2016, a farm supplier contacted us on behalf of a client with a history of disease control issues in his field pepper operation. He wanted us to calibrate their sprayer and diagnose spray coverage to see if there was room for improvement. ...Read More

Stop and Spray the Roses – More Efficiently!

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) June 10, 2015

Article co-written with Jennifer Llewellyn, OMAFRA Nursery Crops Specialist. Nursery growers apply pesticides to a diverse range of plant species. In a perfect world, sprayer operators would adjust their sprayer set-up to match each crop. Adjustments in product rate and spray distribution should reflect the ...Read More

The Perfect Sprayer Boom for Ginseng?

Jason Deveau (Spray_Guy) June 4, 2015

In 2013 we ran a sprayer coverage demonstration in a ginseng garden in Norfolk County, Ontario. The goal was to encourage growers to reconsider their spray operation with an eye to coverage. We performed a down-and-dirty comparison between simple disc-core nozzles and the considerably more ...Read More

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