Best Management Practices for Orchard Spraying

Minimize drift to waterways by increasing droplet size, using drift retardant, and avoiding application in high winds.

Minimize spray drift to prevent off-target contamination. 

 

Paying attention to wind and weather conditions, increasing droplet size, and using drift retardant, decreases the potential for spray drift .

Not taking steps to prevent or reduce spray drift can result in increased risk to human health and natural resources. 

 

Windy conditions and over pressurized sprayers increase the potential for drift. 

 

Hood River Grower-Shipper Association -- Best Management Practices Project