Important Pesticide Application Considerations
Types of Sprayers
Boom sprayers
Boom sprayers may be mounted on tractors or ATVs. Nozzles can be positioned and adjusted as needed to give good spray coverage. The disadvantage to boom sprayers is the need to drive through every row or every other row to get coverage. Trees may need to be planted on 6 foot or even greater spacing. Guards may be used to shield the bottom branches from being pulled into wheels.
Other Types of Sprayers:
Fraser Fir Pest Control Portal Informational Pages:
- The Foundation of Pest Control — Cultural Practices
- Scouting — The Steering Wheel
- Insecticides — Just One Tool in the Pest Control Tool Box
- Control Based on Time in Rotation — since not every pest is a problem at every age.
- Control Based on Treatment Window — what you can control at certain times of year.
- Control Based on Highest Priority Pest — an aid in controlling multiple pests at one time
- Important Insecticide Application Considerations — includes information on sprayers, labels, application and, weather considerations, and pollinators.
- Organic Fraser Fir Pest Control
- Links to Christmas Tree Notes and Photographs of Individual Pests
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