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Herbicide Recommendations for Strawberries: Before Planting

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
Last Reviewed: 05 June 2008

Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Berry Crops > Herbicide Recommendations for Strawberries: Before Planting

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

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  1. Soil Applied Grass and Broadleaf Herbicides
  2. Strawberry Herbicide Rating Tables (Table 14-1) (PDF 24k)
  3. Other Strawberry Weed Control Recommendations
  4. Related Links

 

Soil Applied Grass and Broadleaf Herbicides

Dual II Magnum
Trade Name
Active Ingredient s-metolachlor/benoxacor
Formulation 915 g/L
Rate per hectare (active) 1.14 to 1.6 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product) 1.25 to 1.75 L/ha
Rate per acre (product) 0.5 to 0.7 L/ac

Precautions

  • PPI or PRE - Apply and incorporate, or apply post-transplanting before weeds emerge.
  • Apply ONLY once per year.
  • Apply by ground application equipment ONLY.
  • Do NOT apply to cultivar Joliette.
  • Do NOT harvest berries from varieties bearing fruit in year of planting.

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Treflan, Rival or Bonanza
Trade Name

or Rival

or Bonanza
Active Ingredient
trifluralin
or trifluralin
or trifluralin
Formulation
480 g/L
500 g/L
400 g/L
Rate per hectare (active)
0.6 to 1.155 kg/ha
0.6 to 1.155 kg/ha
0.6 to 1.155 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product)
1.25 to 2.4 L/ha
1.2 to 2.2 L/ha
1.5 to 2.75 L/ha
Rate per acre (product)
0.5 to 0.96 L/ac
0.48 to 0.94 L/ac
0.6 to 1.1 L/ac

Precautions

  • PPI - Apply to weed free soil and incorporate immediately in 2 directions.
  • May be applied and incorporated 1 day to 3 weeks before planting.
  • May delay establishment under stressful conditions.

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