Herbicide Recommendations for Carrots:
Soil Applied Broadleaf Herbicides

 

Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Vegetable Crops > Herbicide Recommendations for Carrots: Soil Applied Broadleaf Herbicides

Excerpt from 2010-2011 Chapter 13, Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

 

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  1. Gesagard
  2. Lorox
  3. Related Links

 

Gesagard 480 SC
Trade Name Gesagard 480 SC
Active Ingredient prometryne
Formulation 480 g/L
Rate per hectare (active) 1.8 - 3.4 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product) 3.75 - 7.08 L/ha
Rate per acre (product) 1.5 - 2.83 L/ac

Precautions (For more information, see Chapter 4. Herbicides Used in Ontario, page 23 and Chapter 5. Notes on Adjuvants, page 69).

  • PRE - apply soon after seeding.
  • Apply in 200-1,000 L/ha (80-400 L/ac) water.
  • Use the lower rate on sandy soils and the higher rate on muck soils.
  • Do NOT use at or near time of emergence.
  • Do NOT use for POST use.

     

    Lorox DF
    Trade Name Lorox DF
    Active Ingredient linuron
    Formulation 50 DF
    Rate per hectare (active) 0.55 - 1.625 kg/ha
    Rate per hectare (product) 1.1 - 3.25 kg/ha
    Rate per acre (product) 0.44 - 1.3 kg/ac

Precautions (For more information, see Chapter 4. Herbicides Used in Ontario, page 23 and Chapter 5. Notes on Adjuvants, page 69).

  • PRE - Apply as a band or broadcast spray after planting but before carrots emerge.
  • Apply in 200-350 L/ha (80-140 L/ac) water.
  • Use the lower rate on sandy soils.
  • Carrots are very sensitive to this treatment at the time of emergence and severe injury can occur at this time if there is a heavy rain or if the area is irrigated.

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Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
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