Optimising Spray Application Part 3: Droplets
Droplet size matters. In Part 3 of our Optimising Spray Application video series, Alison MacGregor and New Zealand spray application expert David Manktelow explore droplets – droplet size, droplet behaviour, the term spray quality, and how all that comes together to determine the success of your coverage.
Optimising Spray Application Part 2: Targets
Understanding targets when you’re setting up your sprayer is key to improving spray application. As the canopy changes through the season, targets change and so adjusting your air and water is critical to ensuring the target is always met.
Optimising Spray Application Part 1: Basic Principles
Growers spend a lot of time and money on their spray program, so enhancing spray application in vineyards is critical. The ATGA produced a series of videos on optimising vineyard spray application as a result of some spray application workshops hosted in 2022. The first of these videos looks at the big picture, and the […]
Early season sprayer maintenance tips
An integral but often-forgotten part of a spray program is the maintenance required and upkeep. Here we hear from table grape producers and machinery providers about their early season maintenance tips.
Sprayer maintenance checklist
Faulty sprayers can be the cause of disease and lost crop. Time spent on sprayer maintenance is time well-spent. Download the ATGA’s sprayer maintenance checklist, compiled by Alison MacGregor for growers. Revised 2022.