Guidelines


Conventional boom sprayer*:



 Use LERAP three-star low-drift nozzles

             AND

 Adopt a 20 metre no-spray buffer zone beside watercourses (1 metre for dry water bodies)

 


 Axial fan or tower sprayer*:


 

 Use Albuz TVI low-drift nozzles

 AND

 Adopt a 50 metre no-spray buffer zone beside watercourses (5 metres for dry water bodies).

     

*Recommendations apply to outdoor crops only

 

Use a tower sprayer where possible because a tower sprayer allows a greater targeting of the spray into the canopy. Only use an axial fan sprayer when tree size and configuration requires it to achieve adequate canopy penetration/coverage.

These new stewardship guidelines have been produced by the three major approval holders for chlorpyrifos products in the UK. Uptake of low-drift nozzles and increased buffer zones will be monitored by the Pesticides Usage Survey Group.

 

For more information about LERAP accredited three star rated nozzles click here


Fruit Growers for more information about Albuz TVi nozzle distributors click here

 

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