Art,
I am trying them for the first time myself. I went with TurboDrop from
Greenleaf. They were the only brand that had gallonage/minute range I needed.
This capacity comes at a price as the nozzle and AI body are quite long and
require modification to the sprayer if you use the two nozzle w/rollover setup.
T-Jet and Albuz make shorter ones that fit inside the nozzle body, but they
don't seem to put out the higher GPM's that the TurboDrops do.
Unfortunately this warm spring weather has pushed our trees and we needed to
spray sooner than I had planned. I put the old nozzles back in so I could get
some fungicide out.
I'm planning to make the necessary mods to the sprayer and test pattern with
water sensitive paper as soon as I can get a chance.
Dr. Landers from Cornell spoke at our Pomological Society meeting this past
December and had a lot of good information on drift reduction and sprayer
tuning.
Regards,
Jonathan Bishop
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-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Kelly <kellyorcha...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:14:55
To: Apple-Crop<apple-crop@virtualorchard.net>
Subject: Apple-Crop: AI nozzles for airblast sprayers
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
