This fact sheet provides pre-season sprayer checks and calibration tips for growers to create a spray plan and nozzle spacings for optimum sprayer performance.

Key points

• Always start with a clean machine.
• Prepare a spray plan and check sprayer performance against this.
• Check and record controller settings.
• Use the self-test or test speed function to check the machine for leaks, restrictions and uniform output.
• Check the machine’s output against the spray plan.
• Recheck settings and performance.

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