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Around The Vineyard

On Target Spray Systems
Spot On By Gerald Mitchell

W ith more than a decade of experience three times as many acres in any one day than he
with electrostatic sprayers under his can with traditional spray technology. “A lot of time
belt, Sonoma County wine grape grower in spraying is wasted driving back to the shop and
Mark Lingenfelder is one of the early adopters of filling the spray rig up and mixing,” he said. “If you
the technology. He’s also one of its biggest advo- can reduce the number of gallons of water you use
cates. The executive vice president of vineyards for per acre and still get as good or even better cover-
Chalk Hill Estate uses electrostatic sprayers on vir- age, you can cover that many more acres.”
tually all of the 400 acres he manages.
Neighboring Sonoma County wine-grape grower
Electrostatic sprayers designed and manufactured Ted Klopp said he, too, has been able to reduce
by On Target Spray Systems provide better cov- the time he spends filling his spray tank since he
erage than traditional air-blast sprayers, he said, switched from an air-blast sprayer to an electrostatic
use far less water, and enable him to treat two and sprayer from On Target Spray Systems, going from

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