Wednesday, 11 January 2012 Putting a new angle on spraying
From the very first spraying days to now, we have always angled our nozzles to spray vertically down. But this fixed requirement is being questioned by researchers and their latest advice is already being put into good practice....
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 Keeping induction hoppers clean
Every field crop sprayer in these parts has a ‘hopper’ i.e. a chemical induction bowl. Users of larger sprayers love them. There is now no need to climb up and down sprayers to get the pesticide into the tank. Over the years the...
Friday, 14 October 2011 End of the line for nozzles?
Imagine having to spray a high value crop like potatoes that are growing next to a water filled dyke; water that you know must not be contaminated. Nozzles on a boom produce a swath of a known width; my boom for instance...
Saturday, 01 October 2011 Getting the best performance from your pesticide
All pesticides have labels that tell us how much of the product to use for a specific purpose. The label may also tell us something about when in the growth cycle of the pest or growth stage of the weed, to apply...
Monday, 15 August 2011 A good use for an old chest freezer?
Sometime in the recent past, chest freezers, with the lift-up lid, were very commonly used. Now these older designs are being taken to the local recycle centre where they will be taken away, the coolant liquid gas extracted and...
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 Adjustable nozzles; an argument not to be twisted?
You would think that having one adjustable nozzle on your knapsack sprayer is all you need for your spraying. No tiresome changes of nozzle as you switch jobs; no need for nozzle sets that can get lost. You just twist the nozzle...
Friday, 27 May 2011 Drop size does matter
Reports Dr Andrew Hewitt of Lincoln Ventures in New Zealand and the University of Queensland in Australia
Thursday, 21 April 2011 Simple pesticide spill retaining kit
Spills happen in the best organised homes so we do all we can to avoid them happening too often. One example of ‘spill containment’ is the old fashioned cup with a saucer where the saucer catches any escaping liquid. ‘Old...
