This fact sheet provides practical tips to growers for operating a well set up sprayer. It also outlines optimum spray conditions to avoid spray drift.

Key points

• Make the most of favourable weather conditions, especially wind speed.
• Use the coarsest spray quality that will provide acceptable efficacy.
• Maintain boom height to achieve double overlap, but no higher.
• Reduce travel speed.
• Utilise unsprayed areas and downwind vegetative buffers.

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