To prevent herbicide drift and protect landscape plantings, which practice is recommended?

• A. Apply under windy conditions.
• B. Use drift-management practices such as appropriate nozzle selection, wind conditions, and buffer zones.
• C. Ignore drift and spray near ornamentals.
• D. Increase spray volume to overcome drift.

Answer: (B)

Preventing herbicide drift and protecting landscape plantings relies on drift-management practices. Choosing the right nozzle and spray settings helps produce droplets that are less likely to travel off target. Monitoring wind conditions and spraying when winds are calm or within label-recommended ranges reduces the chance that droplets will drift onto ornamentals. Setting up buffer zones creates a safe distance between treated areas and sensitive landscape plants, giving any potential drift a place to fall without harming ornamentals. Put together, these practices significantly limit off-target movement and safeguard landscape plantings. Spraying in windy conditions, ignoring drift, or increasing spray volume without addressing drift does not protect ornamentals and can worsen the problem.