It’s starting, a few reports of cranefly beginning to hatch are coming in. In fact they started a couple of weeks back – particularly on sites that had reported early damage. These tend to be in the mildest areas of the country. I’m definitely seeing patterns between warmer sections of the country and levels of…
Auteur/autrice : Glenn Kirby
Syngenta Golf and the well being of Greenkeepers
Many of you won’t be familiar with the Syngenta golf website as the content is generally not aimed at greenkeepers, It’s a website where we look at the business of golf on a global scale. It’s full of interesting articles, interviews with industry leaders and lots of pieces looking at the future of the game.…
Application Quiz – Nozzle output
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. How do you measure nozzle output? Place measuring cylinder under nozzle…
Application Quiz – NSTS tests
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. There is a legal requirement for boom sprayers to be tested…
Application Quiz – Which Certificates do I need?
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. Which of the following qualifications are required to apply pesticides with…
Application Quiz – PPE
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. PPE must be stored in a…… Clean, dry, well ventilated and…
Application Quiz – When to replace?
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. How often should you replace nozzles? When a jug test indicates…
Application Quiz – Knapsacks
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. Do Knapsack, handheld and pedestrian equipment need to be tested under…
Application Quiz – LERAP
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. What is a LERAP assessment? An assessment that must always be…
Application Quiz – Up the pressure?
We’ve worked with ICL to develop an Online quiz (link here) to help support you guys and girls out there spraying – in this blog series I intend to go through each question, give you an in depth answer and a few useful links. What does increasing the spraying pressure achieve? Increases chance of drift…