If your sprayer output is 15 GPA at a speed of 5 mph, how can you double your output?

To achieve a doubling of the sprayer output, you need to understand the relationship between your speed of travel and the gallons per acre (GPA) delivered by the sprayer. The application rate in GPA depends on both the speed of the sprayer and the output of the nozzles.

When you decrease your speed, you allow more time for the spray to be applied over a given area, increasing the amount of product delivered. In this case, if the initial setup delivers 15 GPA at 5 mph, reducing your speed to 2.5 mph effectively doubles the time the sprayer spends over any given area, consequently doubling the output to 30 GPA.

Thus, traveling at a reduced speed maximizes the area that the sprayer covers per unit of time, leading to an increased application rate. This principle is vital for applicators to understand, as it can greatly influence the efficiency and effectiveness of pesticide application.