Orchard sprayers are one of the essential tools to keep fruiting trees healthy and free from pests.
Farmers use orchard sprayers, specifically air delivery or air blast sprayers, to apply pesticides, foliar nutrients, or plant growth regulators to fruiting trees. Orchard sprayers apply these materials as liquids transported in large volumes of air.
Orchard sprayers usually have adjustment features that allow spraying applications according to specific needs to suit a wide range of orchard conditions.
How efficient are orchard sprayers?
Orchard sprayers provide direct economic benefits to orchard farmers and significant environmental benefits.
- The spray application technology reduces the application rate of pesticide mix while keeping the necessary levels of deposition on trees.
- Another benefit that orchard sprayers provide is improved equipment productivity. By minimizing the application rate of pesticide mix, each tank load of substance covers a vaster land area, thus effectively reducing the need to refill them and the time spent spraying every orchard. The result is additional economic benefits to the orchard farmers by reducing labor and fuel costs.
Selecting an orchard sprayer
Here are the factors that will help you choose a dependable orchard sprayer:
- The ability to deal with the varying orchard conditions – most notably, any adverse conditions;
- The ability to meet the demands of spraying large and thick trees under the most severe conditions that would allow spraying;
- The sprayer’s horsepower will enable fans to atomize and blow a considerable weight of air and materials into a fine mist. While manufacturers recommend the horsepower range, the sprayer’s reliability, and durability are often enhanced by selecting the upper range of the suggested horsepower; and
- Other factors include reliability, maintenance history, and the ability to spray the projected expanse.
Recommended orchard sprayers
Solex offers some of the latest orchard sprayers that will deliver the right amount of materials to your orchard trees, ensuring you can target the tree canopy and hard-to-reach areas.
Enviromist 3049 Orchard Special
It is a cost-effective and economical solution to treat weeds in tree crops.
- Adjustable spray width of 16 feet to 24 feet
- Tree line to tree line - up to 24-foot spray width
- Spray 20 acres in 1.9 hours with a 200-liter tank
- Effective weed control at only 10 liters per acre
- Minimized spray drift
Hardi LB50D
It is a durable and rugged airblast sprayer specially designed for farmers that demand a professional but simple-to-operate machine that requires low-cost maintenance.
- 50-gallon (200-liter), UV-protected polyurethane tank
- Frame with Cat. I or II hitch
- 22” (550 mm) axial fan that can be detached
- Adjustable pitch fan blades
- 321 diaphragm pump, 540 rpm, PTO-driven, 350 PSI (25 bar)
- PTO shaft
- M70/2 controls with on/off lever and right/left section control
- 2 ½” (64 mm) pressure gauge
- Suction filler
- Fan disengagement that allows agitation and calibration
- Ten single nozzle holders with built-in shut-off position
- Color-coded ceramic nozzles
- Hydraulic agitation
Hardi ZEN600
The Hardi ZEN600 sprays all your crops without compromising their quality.
- Capacities: 105-gallon and 155-gallon
- Good stability as the overall design ensures a low center of gravity.
- A 4-gallon clean water tank (integrated into the main tank)
- Tank content indicators are situated in the front and side of the tank.
- Powerful agitation system
- Exterior compact design, smooth and rounded tank shape without projections (such as lids and hoses) to avoid damaging trees and fruits
- Warranty – 5 years under normal working conditions
- Optional – powder mixer placed in the main filling strainer
- The Zenit mist blowers present a range of axial and turbine fans that fully adapt to any agricultural system.
- The fan and turbines are made of steel and aluminum.
- A patented centrifugal clutch in the fan and turbines ensures minimum wear to the tractor and sprayer when engaging the unit.
- The axial fan is designed with synthetic fan wings of a state-of-the-art composition of various materials, creating a durable and powerful wind that is also resistant to impact.
Micron Herbi 4 Sprayer
The Herbi 4 Sprayer is a hand-held spinning disc sprayer used for the Controlled Droplet Application (CDA) of herbicides. It is an efficient and economical method of controlling weeds in a vast range of conditions.
- It can use CDA formulations and traditional water-based products with total spray volumes of only 10 to 30 liters per hectare.
- Large spray droplets of around 250 microns that reduce the risk of spray drift and fall in a precise 1.2-meter-wide circular spray pattern
- Ability to treat over 3 kilometers (about 0.4 hectares) in one hour
- Light to carry and easy to use
- Robust and simple to maintain
- Battery-powered with no pumping required
- Optional accessories:
- Micron backpacks (available in 5- or 10-liter options)
- Handle/valve conversion for fitting spray bottles
- Shoulder strap
Enviromist 1524 Vineyard Sprayer Row Type
The Enviromist 1524 can treat up to 8-foot widths (11.5 feet when fitted with Undavina 600 CDA extensions). Undavina 1524 CDA offers both effective and economical center-row weed control. In addition to orchards, this machine is also very popular for controlling weeds for vineyards and amenity features such as roadsides, parks, and fence lines.
- Shielded CDA spray heads that allow for more efficient use of chemicals.
- Less downtime through filling and calibrating.
- Minimal spray drift, even on windy days.
- Adjustable spray widths between 8 and 11.5 feet.
- Universal fittings for most ATVs and tractors.
- It can be fitted with any circular sprayer from the Undavina series.
Careful selection of the most efficient and dependable orchard sprayer equipment is essential for the effective and environmentally friendly application of pesticides and other materials needed for the healthy growth of orchard trees.