Cleaning out the sprayer tank — tips

It is always good practice to clean the sprayer, especially between pre-seed and in-crop applications. Please read the updated article.

Chemical residue can last over the winter and cause crop damage, so you want to give the sprayer a complete pre-season cleaning. Here are the steps: Fill the sprayer tank full of water and run the water through the system. Make sure the only place water comes out is through the nozzles. While at it,…

With wind delays and pressure to get crops seeded, the weed spraying operation can bounce from crop to crop, and from pre-seed burnoff in one field to early post-emergence in another. This requires extra attention to detail for tank mixing and sprayer clean-out. It is always good practice to clean the sprayer, especially between pre-seed…

When spraying for weeds it can be economical to add an insecticide or fungicide to the tank mix to hit any insects or disease (blackleg) that may be present at the same time. Please read the updated article.