Cleaning your knapsack sprayer
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This video will show you how to clean your knapsack sprayer after spraying pesticides. Click the play button to view the video now or click on the script tab to view the storyboard. To view the video off-line, click the link from the 'download' tab.
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- your pesticide label
- your knapsack sprayer and its handbook
- clean water
- a mixing tray or a square meter of plastic sheet
- a spill kit
- detergent
- a paper towel and plastic bag
- a small container
- record sheets and your
If you are using a plastic sheet, lay it on soil and scoop the soil around its edges to form small ridges. This should work in a similar fashion to a mixing tray.
Check that the lid, filter basket, nozzle and its filter are clean before now refitting.
Using only water, rinse the tank twice more in the same way. The inside of the sprayer should be clean.