Spraying Weather 🤔

[teslacoils]

Must admit there have been very few good spraying days with decent ground conditions.

I'm not inefficient. Means I can spray stuff in am evening once the children are fed and the laundry done. That's efficient.

 

[idle git]

You get around 16 perfect spraying days a year.
I cover 40,000 acres a year.
30,000 of these are spraying, the other 10 are liquid fert
work it out.

He also probably has a boss like mine, he’s put under extreme pressure to get it done.
my usual cut off point for spraying is when the met office forecast gets to 12 mph/20 mph gusts.
If I do push it a bit to get something done my boss doesn’t bollick me for spraying when it’s too windy, he just says well done.

So don’t blame the driver, yes he does have the final say on whether to do it or not, but like me if he tried that too often he would soon be looking for a new job.

And we wonder why we kleep on losing valuable chemistry ,,,,,,, beggars belief

 

[Barleymow]

I find it a lot easier if you can spray all your cereals in 5-6 hours.
Understand that if it's 5-6 days you have to have fancy nozzles/boom control and spray in wind.
Not too clear about spraying in and amongst the kind of heavy rain we've been having in last week or two.
Not aware of anything that is rainfast immediately, though there is quite a lot that I am not aware of

I've a 2000l trailed 20 m.boom 6 hrs to do the lot the big boys are way under capacity

 

[2wheels]

I understand that but it was extreme yesterday, no excuse even if he filled up at a farm where it was dry. Forecast was for gusty winds and rain. He’d have been better off having the day off and spraying on Sunday (when the forecast is better)

Its not as if it was a one off, they were spraying beet in the rain the other week.

was the beet spray pre-em weedkiller? if so that would be fine?

 

[MattR]

An over-sized (for the acreage) sprayer and an over-sized combine can be sound investments imo. Especially with the tricky seasons we seem to be getting of late

 

[mf7480]

4200l trailed for 90ha wheat, 90ha maize, 260ha grass.

Can do all the wheat or maize in 3 tanks, about 7 hours. Massively over capacity but it makes the job very easy and able to be picky with the weather.

 

[davidroberts30]

I've a 2000l trailed 20 m.boom 6 hrs to do the lot the big boys are way under capacity

2k 20m trailed with 30 acres of my own 2 hours washed out too

 

[teslacoils]

Way to make a fun job unenjoyable? Pick sprayer based on spreadsheet and compete with UK weather.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

was the beet spray pre-em weedkiller? if so that would be fine?

No they were up.

 

[Al R]

I see far worse being done by a local contractor in still days, some people still think 200l/ha through a FF and 1.5m above the crop is good

Having used Guardian Airs for years I could guarantee far better crop coverage than a fertiliser spreader in the same windy conditions. With Defy 3D’s it’s even better and there would be very few no spray days even on the windy west here. 50cm boom height with ultra low drift nozzles and a low pressure and you can go most days.

without knowing exactly what the script was it’s hard to know?

 

[davidroberts30]

I see far worse being done by a local contractor in still days, some people still think 200l/ha through a FF and 1.5m above the crop is good

Having used Guardian Airs for years I could guarantee far better crop coverage than a fertiliser spreader in the same windy conditions. With Defy 3D’s it’s even better and there would be very few no spray days even on the windy west here. 50cm boom height with ultra low drift nozzles and a low pressure and you can go most days.

without knowing exactly what the script was it’s hard to know?

kin hell i wouldn't even spread fert at 12m today

 

[Al R]

kin hell i wouldn't even spread fert at 12m today

All the nettles have turned black here
No I wouldn’t either but yesterday was rough then there was a 4-6 hour window in the afternoon where it went very quiet here then by 4pm it went bas again

 

[Will 1594]

Get it on, his wheat looks well mind

80%on when you can better than100% at right conditions
When the devil drives needs must

 

[Spencer]

Not aware of anything that is rainfast immediately

I’ll come and knapsack your lawn with Roundup.. give it 15 minutes, then you try and wash it off..

 

[DRC]

I’ll come and knapsack your lawn with Roundup.. give it 15 minutes, then you try and wash it off..

Yes,but in these conditions you’d have killed all the neighbours lawns as well.

 

[Al R]

80%on when you can better than100% at right conditions
When the devil drives needs must

80% on at the right time is better than 100% on 2 weeks late, timing is critical to within a few days on a lot of sprays for perfect efficacy.

 

[solo]

I’ll raise you a 2000L SP on 100 acres of cropping.

I only ever spray in a 3 mph breeze now, the same as everybody else.

You’re better off having the curry after spraying

Glad to see college trained you well in appropriate record keeping

 

[Adeptandy]

Got another neighbour who still uses flat fans I reckon at about 1.5m above the crop at 5-6 bar pressure, drifts for metres behind even in a still day

I know someone like that as well

 

[Ivorbiggun]

And we wonder why we kleep on losing valuable chemistry ,,,,,,, beggars belief

Welcome to farming with the big boys.

 

[teslacoils]

I know someone like that as well

Everyone knows someone like that.