Summer’s officially over and while we can look back on a great season for the Black Caps, it’s game on as farmers and growers move into autumn and a new cropping cycle. Challenging weather, suboptimal spraying conditions and tank-mix incompatibility can all put added pressure on spray performance, so how do you ensure you’re getting the best from your herbicide applications?
Having the right adjuvant in the tank is probably the single most important factor in spray performance. There are plenty of adjuvants on the market, all promising different benefits, but having a go-to adjuvant that excels at everything will allow you to handle any challenges as they arise.
Kantor is the proven all-rounder.
Kantor is the Daniel Vettori of adjuvants, a true all-rounder, designed to alleviate risk across the entire spraying operation; from tank-mixing, through to application and the delivery of active from tank to target.
Open the batting with Kantor.
Adding Kantor to the spray tank first ensures you get the full benefit! Kantor has been trialled in New Zealand with commonly used spray out herbicides such as glyphosate and has proved itself to be the MVP time and time again.
Kantor makes selection a breeze, with a single use rate of 150ml/100L water, delivering an impressive bundle of benefits. It contains a unique emulsification agent that improves tank-mix compatibility, even in cold water and will buffer spray water to pH 6-7, which is beneficial when applying a weak acid herbicide like glyphosate.
Up your batting average.
The thing you’ll really notice when using Kantor, is its ability to land more spray on the target.
By significantly reducing the number of < 100 micron fine spray droplets that are most susceptible to drift and with a smaller molecular size compared to many adjuvants, Kantor delivers increased coverage and adhesion with an increased number of entry points into the leaf, enabling the herbicide actives get to work faster.
So this autumn, be sure to add Kantor to the tank first to manage the common spray out challenges of:
High pH water
Chemical/physical incompatibility of tank mixtures
Spray drift
High surface tension which prevents droplet retention and spread on the leaf
Poor penetration into the leaf
