Calibration Clinic - Pesticide Sprayers and Spreaders | Idaho Approval #2024025

Instructor: Jay McCurdy

Proper application of pesticides and fertilizers on turfgrass is only possible with accurately calibrated equipment. These lessons discuss the calibration of three types of application equipment: handheld or back-pack pump-up sprayers, large acreage sprayers, and fertilizer or “dry-granular” spreaders as well as several different calibration techniques.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the baby bottle and the 5940 calibration methods
• Describe the steps to calibrate a boom sprayer
• Describe the steps to calibrate a granular broadcast spreader