Herbicide Recommendations for Forage Legumes (Established): Postemergence Broadleaf Herbicides

Excerpt from 2008 Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

Table of Contents

1. Embutox or Caliber or Cobutox
2. Embutox or Caliber or Cobutox (fall application)
3. Clovitox Plus or Tropotox Plus or Topside
4. Forage Crops Herbicide Weed Control Ratings (Table 10-1) (PDF file - 62 kb)
   • Annual Grasses
• Broadleaf Weeds
• Perennial Weeds
5. Other Forage Crops Weed Control Recommendations
   • Forage Legumes (Direct Seeded, POST Broadleaf and/or Grass Herbicides or Preharvest)
   • Forage Sorghum and Forage Millet
   • Pasture Renovation with Bird's-foot Trefoil
   • Pastures (mostly grasses
6. Stages of Leaf Development
   • Alfalfa, Red Clover Ladino, Aslike and Black Medic
   • Bird's-foot Trefoil
7. Related Links

• For pure stands or mixtures containing alfalfa or bird's-foot trefoil apply as spot treatment or when regrowth after cutting or grazing is not more than 7 cm high.
• Do NOT graze or cut for hay within 30 days of treatment.
• Do NOT apply to crops grown for seed.
• Apply in at least 150 L/ha (60 L/ac) water.

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Precautions

• Apply to actively growing weeds in September or October when regrowth after cutting or grazing is not more than 7 cm high.
• Apply in at least 150 L/ha (60 L/ac) water.

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Precautions

• For pure stands or mixtures containing red and alsike clovers.
• Apply as spot treatment, or when regrowth after cutting or grazing is not more than 7 cm high.

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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

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