Mo:
You must get some pretty interesting results with thinners applied
at a constant active ingredient per acre!
David Kollas
Kollas Orchard,
Tolland, CT
On Apr 3, 2010, at 6:56 PM, Mo Tougas wrote:
We are using a sprayer controller, and so the pressure varies block
to block depending upon row spacing, speed, tree height, etc. That
is of course where the challenge lies, finding nozzles that will
deliver over a range of pressures to meet the mix of training
systems we have. So the range is 75 psi to 200 psi. To my dismay,
we spray at 50 or 100 gpa, depending on what material we are
spraying. We'd like to be doing a better job of using TRV, but when
we add the complications of guessing the intents of some of the
label rates, together with our mishmash of plantings, we're
settling in at rate per acre, regardless of the "acre". Someday we
will have the technology to "read" the tree's canopy in terms of
density, and we'll do a better job.
Mo Tougas
On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Jill Kelly wrote:
I have about 1/3 24' rows. 1/3 18' rows and the last 1/3 are 15'
rows. What pressure and GPA do you operate at Mo?
Thanks, Art
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mo Tougas" <m...@tougasfarm.com>
To: "Apple-Crop" <apple-crop@virtualorchard.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: AI nozzles for airblast sprayers
Hi Art
We've been using the Albuz and spraying systems AI nozzles for
several seasons now. We'd been using them for herbicides and for
spraying strawberries for years and were quite satisfied.
Two years ago we started using them in airblast sprayers. We've
found that they are a bit limited there. The droplets are heavy,
and we feel that 16' row spacing is about as far as we can go and
get uniform overage. Past that, and pattern has not been
satisfactory. I'd suggest caution. Use a couple in the top
positions on your sprayer, and be sure to use water sensitive
paper in your trees to be sure you are happy.
Mo Tougas
Tougas Family Farm,LLC
Northborough, MA
On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Arthur Kelly wrote:
Hi all,
I am considering switching over to air induction nozzles for
my orchard sprayer. What is the experience so far in terms of
pressure, gallons per acre, the effect of row spacing and tree
size etc? Does anyone have any suggestions?
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, Me
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