Pesticide Application, Sprayer Calibration, and Optimizing Sprayer Use

Great Lakes Christmas Tree Virtual Meeting and Trade Show

Originally aired: July 31, 2020; 10:00-11:00 am

Speaker: John Stone, Academic Specialist MSU Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator and Instructor, MSU Institute of Agricultural Technology

Pesticide applications to Christmas Trees are made with several types of equipment. John reviewed how to calibrate backpack powered mist blower and traditional manual pump, air blast, hand gun and flat fan boom in order to know what their output is. John also looked at some ways to determine spray patterns and optimize sprayer use.