To mix, or not to mix - that is the question. In this short article we shall consider the legal position regarding the practice of tank-mixing chemical pesticides and look at why we may need to adopt this strategy in the management of amenity areas.The Amenity industry has traditionally been a haven for 'pure' chemical sprays; one product to do one job. The complication of combining two chemicals together to get a more complete result has not been a priority for most groundsmen in the past. However, in the agricultural market it has been a different story. Intensively farmed arable crops demand a variety of inputs to control weeds, pests and diseases whilst the costs in fuel, manpower and the lost yield caused by disturbing the crop with machineryneed to be kept to a minimum to maximise profit.Therefore, now is the time to consider this working practice more seriously.
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