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Herbicide Recommendations for Strawberries: Late Fall

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
Last Reviewed: 13 June 2008

Pub 75: Guide to Weed Control > Berry Crops > Herbicide Recommendations for Strawberries: Late Summer/Fall (Labour Day)

Excerpt from 2008 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

Devrinol
Trade Name
Active Ingredient napropamide
Formulation 50 DF
Rate per hectare (active) 4.5 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product) 9 kg/ha
Rate per acre (product) 3.6 kg/ac

Precautions

  • PRE - Apply to a weed free soil surface just before mulching, but not on frozen ground.
  • Incorporation by rainfall or irrigation is essential.
  • Do NOT apply more than once per season.

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Goal
Trade Name
Active Ingredient oxyfluorfen
Formulation 240 g/L
Rate per hectare (active) 0.24 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product) 1.0 L/ha
Rate per acre (product) 0.4 L/ac

Precautions

  • PRE - before weed emergence.
  • Apply in 500 L water/ha.
  • Apply ONLY once per year as a ground application.
  • Apply to dormant plants before applying mulch in late fall.
  • For control of labeled weeds plus field pansy and wood sorrel (oxalis).
  • Do NOT apply within 150 days of harvest.

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Sinbar
Trade Name
Active Ingredient terbacil
Formulation 80 WP
Rate per hectare (active) 0.56 to 0.68 kg/ha
Rate per hectare (product) 0.7 to 0.85 kg/ha
Rate per acre (product) 0.28 to 0.34 kg/ac

Precautions

  • PRE - Apply to a weed free soil surface just before mulching.
  • Apply in at least 300 L/ha water (120 L/ac).
  • Use low rate where it is planned to use Sinbar again in the spring.
  • Use lower rate on sandy soils low in organic matter.
  • Use lower rate on sensitive varieties such as Kent, Bounty, Micmac, Annapolis, Glooscap and Cavendish since they may be severely injured.
  • Do NOT apply to weak or diseased plants of any variety.
  • Do NOT overlap spray swaths. Calibrate sprayer accurately.

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