WHY ARE CALCULATIONS IMPORTANT? Using just the right amount of pesticide and fertilizer minimizes the potential for personal, property, or environmental damage and maximizes consumers’ return on the dollar. This page will assist you in selecting products and calculating application rates for pesticides and lawn and garden fertilizers commonly used around the home. (adapted from […]
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Doing the Math
Proper mixing and application of pesticides can be accomplished by understanding proportions, fractions, and percentages. Proportions and cross multiplication: If you understand how to express your rate question as a proportion, you will have the key to most of the rate calculations needed for pesticide applications. A proportion is a ratio “A is to B […]