Mark out a square in your field 10 paces by 10 paces.1.

10 LONG PACES

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How to get the right number of pumps and dosage to spray your crops

Before After

Measure how many litres of water you have used.

3.

X40

Now you know...• The dose of chemical you need for your land to

spray your crop• How much water you need to mix with it• How many pumps of the mixture it will take to spray

your crops

Fill your pump with clean water, spray the square of land

as you would spray chemical.

2.

To work out the number of pumps needed for your land, multiply the number of pumps required per acre (Step 7) by the number of acres of your crop to be sprayed.

8.

Multiply Step 3 by 40 to work out how much water/chemical solution you will need to spray 1 acre of land.

4.

To work out the dose of chemical required per pump, divide the dose of chemical per acre obtained in Step 6 by the number of pumps required per acre (Step 5).

7.

Divide Step 4 by the size of your pump to determine how many full pumps it will

take to spray 1 acre of land.

5.Divide the dosage found on the chemical label by 2.5 to find out how much chemical is needed per acre.

6.

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