Tips For Effective Crop Spraying (1)

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Tips For Effective Crop Spraying The goal of
spraying should be pest killing and healthy
growth of your crops. But its not easy to
achieve. Farmers sometime makes mistakes while
applying pesticides, herbicides or fungicides to
their crops. Pesticide drifting out of the range
of your crop can contaminate public spaces and
decrease your crops growth. Proper Utilization
of Spraying Machine Spraying Strategy is the
key factor that helps farmers to increase their
crop yields. Here are some tips for more
effective and safe spraying to increase your crop
quality yields.
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Tips For Effective Crop Spraying With the right
spraying technique, you can keep your crops safe
and also save money. Effective spraying will help
you maximize your use of pesticides. 1. Avoid
Spray Drift Spray drift can cause chemicals to
stray beyond the confines of your field.
This could lead to more serious issues. Drift is
more likely to happen at higher
temperatures. Keep an eye on the heat and
remember that mid-80 degrees or higher can
increase chances of drift. 2. Pick the Right
Nozzle Droplet size mattersand picking the
right nozzle is key to make sure that
youre getting the coverage you need. It can be a
tricky balance to find. Smaller droplets are
more likely to drift and larger droplets
might not give you the coverage that you need. In
addition, small droplets wont penetrate and
cover the whole target as well as larger
droplets.
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Depending on your crop, you might need to adjust
your nozzles to find the right droplet size for
you. Remember that each sprayer nozzle will have
a range of droplet sizes. Even if youre spraying
medium droplets, about 20-30 of those droplets
will either be fine or large. Unless you have a
crop that requires more surface area or
penetration than normal, aim for a medium-sized
droplet to give you the best balance. And be sure
to change your nozzles as they age to keep the
performance sharp and up to date. 3. Adjust
Droplet Pressure A droplet thats 100 microns
takes about 11 seconds to fall 10 feet. The
smaller the droplet gets, the longer it takes to
hit your crops because of the air friction
slowing it down. This delay means that your
droplets are vulnerable to wind currents and
drift.
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But this doesnt mean that you should just apply
more pressure. If you increase droplet speed,
droplets will become even smaller. This just
increases your chances of drift and slows the
droplets even more. If you need a smaller
droplet size and youre worried about drift, try
slowing down when you get close to your
neighbors property. Reduce the nozzle pressure
as you slow down and the droplets will grow
largerand therefore will be less likely to
drift. It isnt easy to find the perfect
spraying technique for your crops. You have to
take an endless list of factors into
considerationincluding the right Spraying
Machine, type of pesticide, the rate of
application, pressure, speed, and droplet size.