- When should I use a spray wetting agent?
A spray wetting agent improves droplet spread and contact on hard-to-wet targets, boosting herbicide, fungicide and insecticide performance—especially in broadacre and horticulture.
Wetting agents are the most basic of adjuvants, breaking the surface tension of spray droplets so they spread over the target more readily for improved coverage.
Most wetting agents are based on older technology alcohol alkoxylates (as in Auswet 1000 and other generic versions).
More recent developments are products using new technology 1000g/L of nonyl phenols and alcohol ethoxylates, such as Econ-A-Wett® 1000 Lo-Foam.
Econ-a-wett 1000 is a premium quality product especially formulated to have minimal foaming. Foaming presents a real nuisance and contamination danger for spray operators.
Auswet 600
Auswet 600 and other 600g/L wetting agents are often specified for horticultural and certain field crop situations. Auswet 600 is also a low foam formulation and widely specified due to it’s superior formulation and low foam capabilities.
Auswet 1000
AUSWET 1000 is a non-ionic 1000g/L wetting agent for improvement of spray coverage when using agricultural chemicals.
Econ-A-Wett 1000
Econ-A-Wett 1000 can be used in a wide range of situations to improve spray contact and coverage of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides used in broadacre cropping.
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