Highbush Blueberries - Established Plantings: Postemergence Broadleaf Herbicides


Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Berry Crops > Highbush Blueberries - Established Plantings: Postemergence Broadleaf Herbicides

Excerpt from 2010-2011 Chapter 14, Publication 75, Guide to Weed Control, Order this publication

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  1. Aim EC + Agral 90 or Ag-Surf or Merge
  2. Basagran + Assist
  3. Lontrel
  4. Cane and Bush Berries Herbicide Ratings:
    from Tree Fruit Herbicide Rating Tables (Table 15-1) (PDF 110k)
  5. Related Links

 


Aim EC+ Agral 90 or Ag-Surf or Merge

Trade Name
Active Ingredient
carfentrazone-ethyl
+ non-ionic surfactant
+ non-ionic surfactant
or surfactant/solvent
Formulation
240 g/ L
 
 
 
Rate per hectare (active)
8.8 - 28.1 g/ha
0.25 % v/v
0.25 % v/v
0.1 % v/v
Rate per hectare (product)
36.5 - 117 mL/ha
2.5 L/1,000 L
2.5 L/1,000 L
1 L/1,000 L
Rate per acre (product)
14.8 - 47mL/ac
2.5 L/1,000L
2.5 L/1,000L
1 L/1,000L
  

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

  • New and established plantings.
  • Apply POST with a HOODED SPRAYER between the rows or between the plastic mulch.
  • Apply to actively growing weeds up to 10 cm tall.
  • Apply in a minimum of 100 L/ha (40 L/ac) water.
  • Do NOT apply closer than 1 day to harvest.
  • Apply ONLY once per growing season
  • AIM EC may cause crop injury if the spray is allowed to come in contact with the green stem, leaves, bloom or fruit.

 


Basagran + Assist
Trade Name Basagran + Assist
Active Ingredient
bentazon
+ oil concentrate
Formulation
  
Rate per hectare (active)
0.84 kg/ha
0.5 % v/v
Rate per hectare (product)
1.75 L/ha
5 L/1,000L
Rate per acre (product)
0.7 L/ac
5 L/1,000L
 

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

  • Established plantings ONLY.
  • For top growth control of yellow nut sedge.
  • Make 2 applications 7-10 days apart, when weeds are small.
  • Do NOT apply more than 2 times per year.
  • Do NOT apply closer than 25 days to harvest.

 


Lontrel 360
Trade Name
Active Ingredient clopyralid
Formulation 360 g/L
Rate per hectare (active) 0.15 - 0.3 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product) 0.42 - 0.83 L/ha
Rate per acre (product) 0.17 - 0.33 L/ac

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

  • New and established plantings.
  • Apply once per year, directed under the bushes on emerged weeds.
  • For emerged vetch, use 0.42 L/ha.
  • For red and white clover, use 0.83 L/ha.
  • Do NOT apply closer than 45 days to harvest.

 


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Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
Last Reviewed: 08 June 2010