Herbicide Recommendations for Forage Legumes (Direct Seeded): Soil Applied Grass Herbicides

Table of Contents

1. Eptam
2. Treflan, Rival or Bonanza
3. Forage Crops Herbicide Weed Control Ratings (Table 10-1) (PDF file - 64 kb)
   • Annual Grasses
   • Broadleaf Weeds
   • Perennial Weeds
4. Other Forage Crops Weed Control Recommendations
   • Forage Legumes (Established; Broadleaf, or Broadleaf & Grass Herbicides for Direct Seeded)
   • Forage Sorghum and Forage Millet
   • Pasture Renovation with Bird's-foot Trefoil
   • Pastures (mostly grasses)
5. Stages of Leaf Development
   • Alfalfa, Red Clover Ladino, Aslike and Black Medic
   • Bird's-foot Trefoil
6. Related Links

Precautions

• Apply PPI.
• For pure stands of alfalfa or bird's-foot trefoil.
• Apply to a dry soil surface and incorporate into the soil immediately.
• Some broadleaf weeds such as ragweed, mustards, and pigweeds frequently escape.

Precautions

• Apply PPI.
• For pure stands of alfalfa only.
• Use lower rate on sandy soils, higher rate for loam to clay soils.

Related Links

• on general Weed topics
• on general Forage and Pasture topics
• on pesticide labels, search the PMRA website
• on weed identification, order OMAFRA Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
• on weed control, order OMAFRA Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control