This design was born from years of experience running a self-propelled sprayer with other drops to side dress corn.

Like most farmers, we are always dreaming up ways to improve upon our equipment as we spend hours operating it. When side dressing corn, you want to make sure when you turn on the headland and start down the next pass that your drops are all following the correct rows. This normally is not an issue if you made a perfect turn and had plenty of room to square up with the next pass. For the times you cannot make an ideal turn, the Flex Drop design allows it to flow through the rows and the down pressure of the rods brings it back to center in the proper row. Also, the flexibility helps with guess rows that might be wide or narrow. When Flex Drops are not lowered into crop they are a bit wider than 30 inches, but when they are gliding between the rows they flex inward and hold a little pressure against the stems of the plants. Therefore, when a row gets narrow or you are crossing end rows the bottom of the drop can flex narrower down to around 7 inches. This really helps the drops find their way through the corn on end rows and reduce crop damage compared to some competitive designs.

If you have experience running a sprayer with drops for side dressing taller corn you know it can be difficult to judge the height of the drops above the ground, and that position is crucial for the drops to deliver product accurately. If the drops are too low, they hit the ground, swing back and forth, and the accuracy of the product delivery is not at all what you signed up for. If they are too high, the product gets all over the plants. Ease of operation was the biggest reason we made Flex Drops. They deliver the product accurately at wide range of boom heights because they flex backwards and upwards while putting pressure against the ground where the ends of the drops deliver product next to the stem of the crop. This design allows the drop to maintain ground contact and glide along. If you are looking for a drop to use in soybeans these get below the branches and run very smooth between the rows.

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Each complete Flex Drop with hoses weighs only 7-8 pounds each. The strong but lightweight design is achieved by constructing the drops of composites and 3d printed parts. With this light weight, Flex Drops were intended to be installed on sprayers using full width of the booms to increase efficiency.