We have a single head Enviromist mounted to our small John Deere tractor that
we have used for several years with no issues at all. The keys are how high
you allow your weeds to get before application and how high you have to hold
the shield above the ground. The higher the shield above
We experimented with a ULV shielded applicator (Bubco) for herbicide
applications in our research orchards many years ago. In our hillside
orchards, the shield was never low enough on the down-hill side, and we killed
a number of trees by hitting trunks with concentrated glyphosate. Unless
Are there other retractable shielded sprayer technologies (non-ULV) that
allow for in-row spray while lowering the risk of contacting tree trunks
with herbicide?
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 1:37 PM, David A. Rosenberger da...@cornell.edu
wrote:
We experimented with a ULV shielded applicator
Apple Croppers: I asked our Rutgers University Tree Fruit and Vegetable
Extension Weed Specialist, Dr Brad Majek, for his thoughts on the Mankar ULV,
here is his response:
The Manker LV looks like the Herbie, the first ultra low volume controlled
droplet applicator produced in the late
