When looking at sprayer recommendations for water volumes, should spray operators mix product with the stated amount of water, or mix product and water up to the stated round number? For example, if product A has the recommendation to apply at 3l/ha in 300 litres of water, would this mean 3 litres of product and 297l of water for each hectare, or 3l of product and 300l of water?

Having heard conflicting opinions on the matter, Farming Online has decided to pose the quandary to those in the field.

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Which of the following examples do you think is correct?

If product A has the recommendation to apply at 3l/ha in 300 litres of water and you are treating 5 hectares do you:

Fill the sprayer with 1500 litres of water and 15 litres of product (total volume 1515 l)

or

Fill the sprayer with 15 litres of product and 1485 litres of water (total volume 1500 l)

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