Weeds
Good weed control is critical, especially in the establishment years, as weeds compete with the crop for water, light and nutrients and can seriously limit growth. Weeds can also provide shelter for field mice and encourage certain insects and diseases.
Prior to planting it is critical to control existing perennial weeds and brush. Glyphosate formulations such as Roundup or Touchdown effectively control tough weeds without leaving a soil residue.
Sawdust mulch will help to suppress annual weeds, but herbicides will also be necessary. Select a combination of herbicide treatments from the following pages based on soil type and knowledge of the major problem weeds in the field.
Do not apply residual herbicides such as Velpar, Sinbar, Chateau and simazine until plants become well established (6 months to a year after planting).
Note: Herbicide application rates are listed on pesticide labels and in the production guide for broadcast or total field coverage. If spraying a band over the row area only, then the treated area is only a portion of the whole field and rates must be reduced accordingly. For example, when spraying 1 m bands on rows 3 m apart, only one third of the field is treated. To avoid calculating areas each time you spray herbicides in bands, record the actual area sprayed in each of your fields. Also record the actual area sprayed by one sprayer tank.
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Broadleaf seedling weeds | Sencor 75 DF (75% metribuzin) | 1.0 kg/ha (0.4 kg/acre) |
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Seedling broadleaf and grassy weeds | Princep Nine-T (90% simazine) |
2.5 to 3.75 kg/ha (1.0 to 1.5 kg/acre) |
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Seedling broadleaf and grassy weeds |
Sinbar 80W (80% terbacil) |
2.75 to 4.25 kg/ha (1.1 to 1.7 kg/acre) |
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Seedling broadleaf weeds |
Devrinol 50DF or Devrinol DF-XT (50% napropamide) |
9 kg/ha (3.6 kg/acre) |
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Seedling broadleaf weeds |
Devrinol 10G (10% napropamide) |
45 kg/ha |
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Seedling and perennial broadleaf weeds and grasses | Casoron G-4 (4% dichlobenil) |
175 to 225 kg/ha (70 to 90 kg/acre) |
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Seedling broadleaf weeds | Chateau WDG (51.1% flumioxazin) |
280 to 420 g/ha (112 to 168 g/acre) |
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Seedling broadleaf weeds and some grasses | Authorithy (480 g/L sulfentrazone) | 0.29 L/ha (0.12L/acre) |
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Seedling grasses |
Dual Magnum or Dual II Magnum (915 g/L S-metolachlor and R-enantiomer) |
1.25 to 1.75 L/ha (0.5 to 0.7 L/acre) |
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Annual grasses and broadleaf weeds | Alion (200 g/l indaziflam) | 375 mL/ha (150mL/acre) |
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Annual Weeds |
Gramoxone (200 g/L paraquat) |
5.5 L/ha |
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Annual Weeds (Between the rows only) |
Aim EC (240 g/L carfentrazone-ethyl) | 37 to 117 mL/ha (15 to 47 mL/acre) |
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Hard to control perennial weeds |
Casoron G-4 (4% dichlobenil) |
225 kg/ha (90 kg/acre) or 22.5 g/m2 |
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Clover (red and white) Vetch |
Lontrel 360 (360 g/L clopyralid) |
830 mL/ha 420 mL/ha (170 mL/acre) |
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Annual and perennial broadleaf weeds including red root pigweed, lamb's-quarters, creeping yellow cress | Sandea (72.6 % halosulfuron |
1-4 year old bushes: 35 to 47 g/ha (14 to 19 g/acre) bushes older than 4 years: 35 to 70 g/ha (14 to 28 g/acre)
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Red root pigweed, barnyard grass and some other broadleaf and grassy weeds, quackgrass suppression | Prism SG (25 % rimsulfuron) |
60 g/ha (24 g/acre) |
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Red root pigweed, lamb's quarters, wild mustard and some other broadleaf weeds |
Callisto 480 SC (480 g/L mesotrione) | 300 mL/ha (120 mL/acre) |
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Broadleaf seedlings | Goal 2XL (240 g/L oxyfluorfen) | 1.0 L/ha (0.4 L/acre) |
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Grasses, broadleaf seedlings and perennials and woody weeds |
Velpar L (240 g/L hexazinone) Velpar DF (750 g/kg hexazinone) |
4 to 8 L/ha (1.6 to 3.2 L/acre) 1.28 to 2.56 kg/ha (0.5 to 1.0 kg/acre) |
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Grassy and broadleaf weeds | Ignite SN (150 g/L glufosinate ammonium) |
2.7 to 5.0 L/ha (1.1 to 2.0 L/acre) |
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Quackgrass, perennial, and annual weeds |
Roundup (356 g/L glyphosate) |
2.8 to 5.6 L/ha (1.1 to 2.3 L/acre) |
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Quackgrass and annual grasses | Centurion or Select (240 g/L clethodim) |
190 to 380 mL/ha (75 to 150 mL/acre) |
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Venture L (125 g/L fluazifop- p-butyl) |
2.0 L/ha (0.8 L/acre) |
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Poast Ultra (450 g/L sethoxydim) |
1.1 L/ha (450 mL/acre) |
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Yellow nutsedge | Basagran (480 g/L bentazon) |
1.75 L/ha (0.7 L/acre) |
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Broadleaf weeds | Ipco 2,4-D 600 (560 g/L dimethylamine salt) |
1.7 L/ha (0.7 L/acre) |
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