Method of effective spraying plants with drop charge of fertilizer solution by ionized air

Abstract

A small amount of fertilizers applied during the cultivation of the soil or their complete absence leads to a decrease in the crop yields. To increase the yield of the plants, one can apply foliar top dressing with fertilizer solutions. Its main advantage is the rapid delivery of nutrients in critical periods of plant development by penetrating them through the leaves. Increasing the effectiveness of foliar top dressing is achieved by enlarging the surface coverage of plant leaves with droplets of sprayed fertilizers, increasing the adhesion of nutrients on the leaves. Existing methods of spraying plants have a number of disadvantages: drops of fertilizer solution adhere to each other and drain from the surface of the sheet; a small amount of solution drops adhere on the back of the sheet; drift of drops of solution by wind during spraying. The proposed method of spraying can eliminate these drawbacks. This is realized by mixing ionized air with a solution for plant fertilization and its subsequent spraying. The liquid-air ionized mixture, when leaving the hydraulic sprayers, is crushed into drops of solution, which receive a charge from the ionized air. Charged drops of fertilizer solution, falling on a plant leaf, adhere to it, as the plants have the opposite charge. Applying this method of spraying plants is possible to reduce fertilizer consumption without reducing the efficiency; increase the efficiency of penetration of fertilizers into plants; increase the number of drops of solution applied to the back of the leaves of plants; reduce the drift of droplets by gusts of wind.