Best thing to do is to calibrate the boom, with a given set of nozzles.
Step 1. Fill tank all the way up with water. 2. drive in the gear you likely will be using in the field, for a set # of minutes, or a set distance. If it's a Hydro tractor, you will need a speed indicator, like a cal-can acre calculator. 3. Re fill the tank, measuring the amount it takes to fill back up. 4. Measure the distance travelled, and the width of the effective spray pattern.
To make the math easy, let's say you travelled 100 feet, your width was 10 feet, and you used 10 gallons.
You sprayed 10,000 square feet, at a rate of 1 gallon, per thousand square feet.
Doing the math, you sprayed .2295 Acre, at a rate of 43.56 gallons per Acre, if I did the math right.
By setting it up this way, you get rid of the theory, of what the nozzle package, pump package, and pressure loss theories SAY, and end up with what you actually did. It is a small step, then to change one variable (IE, speed or nozzle size), and dial in the amount of spray that the directions on the label of the pesticide, tells you to use.
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