Herbicide Recommendations for
Carrots:
Soil Applied Broadleaf Herbicides
Excerpt from 2010-2011 Chapter 13, Publication 75, Guide
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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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