Rain after spraying.

[Peter lynch]

How long do you like the crop to stay dry after spraying. Was out today with trace elements chlormequat and sulfonylurea. Most of it had over 2 hrs but I stopped in the last field cause it had started to spit rain. Was nothing much for at least an hour. Hope it ok.

 

[mushnt grummmble]

be fine

 

[Peter lynch]

Hope so. Problem is now tank is half full of mix.

 

[ridger]

Hope so. Problem is now tank is half full of mix.

Churn it up in the morning, it will be grand

 

[Peter lynch]

Churn it up in the morning, it will be grand

Today's not looking good either could take a couple of morning churning. Better in the tank though than washed off.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Sprayed some PDM on beans last night.
No rain forecast and then it pee'd down in the night

 

[Against_the_grain]

pdm is a residual that works much much better in wetter soil. Will be no issue @SilliamWhale As for other sprays try and get 2 hours drying but i have been caught out before and never really noticed a reduction in performance. All depends how much rain though

 

[Farmer Miggins]

Some agrochemicals actually work better with rain post application, you need to consider their mode of action, same goes for spraying on a wet leaf, only reduces efficacy is there is run-off, most sprays will work better on a damp leaf. Complicated topic, that is just a precis......

 

[4course]

years ago was told not to spray within 2 hrs of sunset, something to do with plant shutting down then dew helping run off better to spray onto a drying leaf ie after dew gone ,dont know what anyone else thinks but still try to do it, but now maybe more to do with like to get finished as better things to do of an evening

 

[rob1]

years ago was told not to spray within 2 hrs of sunset, something to do with plant shutting down then dew helping run off better to spray onto a drying leaf ie after dew gone ,dont know what anyone else thinks but still try to do it, but now maybe more to do with like to get finished as better things to do of an evening

Dont know how we will get on when we can only spray at night

 

[Spencer]

You organic?

 

[richard hammond]

How long do you like the crop to stay dry after spraying. Was out today with trace elements chlormequat and sulfonylurea. Most of it had over 2 hrs but I stopped in the last field cause it had started to spit rain. Was nothing much for at least an hour. Hope it ok.

No Problem it will be all good. Drying times are only for down pours and worst case scenarios.

 

[richard hammond]

How long do you like the crop to stay dry after spraying. Was out today with trace elements chlormequat and sulfonylurea. Most of it had over 2 hrs but I stopped in the last field cause it had started to spit rain. Was nothing much for at least an hour. Hope it ok.

Sorry forgot to say also a lot of wetters in that mix so no problem.

 

[Kildare]

Years ago i was spraying grass and weeds around the farmyard when a really shower of rain fell, The weeds still died so i would not worry. If the leaf was dry when applied it wont wash off easily.IMO

 

[ZXR17]

One of my old agronomists, sorry past agronomists, used to say " go spray your lawn with Roundup and then try and wash it off ! "

 

[Peter lynch]

Should have said it rained heavy after the first hour of spitting rain. But going by your replies I think it'll be ok. Still haven't got the sprayer emptied though. Hope tomorrow is a better spray day.

 

[rob1]

You organic?

No but there was/is talk of only spraying when the bees are tucked up in bed, not sure but there was talk on here that the french are doing it, not sure if that is still true