Drone Spraying for Carrots in California

Carrots are a fast, dense, low-canopy crop. Timing centers on foliar nutrition through the bulking period, fungicides for alternaria and cavity spot, and insecticide for aster leafhopper and other pests. The canopy closes quickly, so coverage must reach into the bed rather than sit on top.

Drone application flies a low, even pass over the closed canopy, applying a controlled volume per acre across the bed — and it flies when the ground is too soft for a rig, which is often right after irrigation on carrot ground.

Carrot beds are wide, dense, and low; a drone's even, low pass covers the whole bed with the same volume, so no part of the field is under- or over-dosed.

Carrot ground is often sandy and irrigated, so a drone flies when a rig would rut or compact the bed — protecting the shallow root zone.

Virelo flies carrot fields across Kern County and the Central Valley, where the wide, dense, low canopy demands an even pass to cover the whole bed. Our pilots coordinate with your PCA to time foliar nutrition to the bulking window and fungicides to the disease pressure, and our GPS-guided flights apply a controlled volume per acre across the field.

On sandy, irrigated carrot ground, a drone flies when a rig would rut or compact the bed, protecting the shallow root zone that makes carrots so sensitive to soil disturbance. The even, low pass covers the whole bed with the same volume, so no part of the field is under-dosed, and the low flight height keeps product on the target.