Last year’s wet weather means farmers will likely be seeing more of a problem with winter annuals.
Making sure your sprayer is ready to go is always key.
Tom Wolf owns Agrimetrix Research and Training.
He says it’s important to identify the job you want to do with the right nozzles.
"Know what spray quality it produces and what pressure ranges it works at, that is a very fundamental thing, we just have to remind people of how to do that," he said. "We also want to look to the future. How do you get through a dense canopy with a spray, what do you have to do, to do that? Do you use more water volume? More spray pressure? Our research has shown that water volume is probably the single most effective tool to do that."
He also added that the application may vary depending on the area of target and accessibility, now versus the in-crop canopy:
"Depending on the kind of canopy you have, and this is particularly true for the broad leaf canopy's, is to use a finer spray," he said. "The finer droplets are able to move their way around obstacles on leaves and make their way further down."
Source : Steinbachonline