Crop and Pest Management Guidelines

7.13 Application Equipment Distance Learning

YouTube Videos

• Calibration of Airblast Sprayers for Vineyards (US), Part 1: Selecting and Changing Nozzles (5:12) www.youtube.com/watch?v= QW7MOuEHP48 (suitable for owners of field vegetable airblast sprayers)
• Calibration of Airblast Sprayers for Vineyards (US), Part 2: Measuring Liquid Flow (8:02) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZE-NmeXn8w

Distance learning courses

Spray equipment courses are available through the Cornell Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program (CCE-PSEP): pmepcourses.cce.cornell.edu:

• Nozzle Selection and Calibration for Vineyard Canopy Sprayers
• Nozzle Selection and Calibration for Orchard Canopy Sprayers (suitable for owners of field vegetable airblast sprayers)
• Effective Spraying with Backpack Sprayers
• Effective Spraying with Boom Sprayers

Note: A small administrative fee is charged to take these courses and DEC credits are awarded once successfully completed. Courses are also approved for recertification credits in Pennsylvania and all New England states.

7.12 Spraying Small Vineyards

8 Pesticides for New York and Pennsylvania Vineyards