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User: Peter Hudy

Created on: 2010-05-10

Observation Date 2010-05-10

Comment:
Sprayed fertilizer in the LTER Main Site Cellulosic Ethanol Study treatments CE4 Swithchgrass (Cave-in-rock)+N (101, 203, 302, 404) and CE6 Swithcgrass (Southlow)+N (111, 204, 310, 406) with 50# N/A applied as 28% N fertilizer. 28% fertilizer weighs 10.67 #/gallon so the 50# N/A worked out to 16.7 gal 28%/A. Plots were sprayed with a single pass of the tractor/sprayer down the center of the plot. Weather Conditions: Partly sunny with air temperature 58 degrees F. Relative Humidity was 35%. Wind was out of the east at 5-6 mphs. Time of application was between 2:00 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. Equipment Used: JD 5220 tractor traveling 4.2 mph (gear B3, 1450 rpm) with a pull type Top Air sprayer equipped with a hydraulic centrifugal sprayer pump and a Raven 440 automatic carrier control unit. Turbo TeeJet 11005 nozzles were used, spaced 30 inches apart with a total boom length of 30 feet. 20 psi were used. Purpose of Application: Supply nitrogen to the treatment plots.

Areas:
CE4 CE6

Observation Type:
Fertilizer Application

Activities:

Worker: Commercial Applicator
Equipment: John Deere 5220 Tractor
Equipment: Top Air Sprayer
Equipment: Turbo TeeJet 11005 Flat Fan Nozzle • Material: Fertilizer 28% UAN (28-0-0) @ 16.7 gallon per acre

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