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Herbicides
more than 30 kg of Calmix Pellets Weed Killer and Soil Sterilant per day (sufficient to treat 667 M
-2
day at the
highest rate of 4.5 kg100 M
-2
).
Toxicity
Bromacil: Acute oral LD
50
(
rat) = 1,650 mg/kg. Slightly irritating to skin. 2,4-D: Acute oral LD
50
(
rat) = 699 mg/kg
Calmix Pellets are slightly toxic to fish. Non-toxic to birds. May cause burns and may be absorbed through the skin.
Storage
Store in dry areas.
Casoron G-4
Group 20
Formulation
Product
Company
Active ingredient
Formulation
Container size
Casoron (PCP# 12533)
Chemtura Chemical
Dichlobenil: 4%
Granules
2
kg, 3 kg, 15 kg
Crops
Shelterbelts, windbreaks and hedgerows consisting of the following
arborvitae
ash
birch (cutleaf-weeping)
boxwood
caragana
cedar (eastern red, white)
crabapple
fruit bearing trees (established
-
at least1 year old.)
elm
euonymus (burning bush)
forsythia sp
heather honeysuckle
juniper
lilac
linden
locust
mock orange
poplars
rose
spirea
willow
Note
:
Do not use on shelterbelts consisting of mugo pine, fir, hemlock and spruce. Do not use in or near greenhouses. Do not use on light sandy soil.
Weeds and Staging
Annuals
:
Apply to well prepared, weed-free soil in early spring or late fall before annual weed seeds have
germinated. If annual weeds have started to germinate before application, cultivate to remove them. Do not apply
until 4 weeks after transplanting any crop.
annual bluegrass
artemisia
*
bindweed
*
Canada thistle
*
chickweed
dandelion
*
foxtail
groundsel
horsetail
knotweed
kochia
lamb’s-quarters
mustard
pigweed
plantain
purple loosestrife
purslane
quackgrass
*
shepherd’s-purse
smartweeds
sow thistle
spurge
vetch
*
wild buckwheat
*
*
Controlled with higher rates with late fall application.
Perennials
:
Apply in fall (October 15 until soil freeze-up) on crops established for at least 1 year.
Note
:
Quackgrass and artemisia in established woody ornamentals: apply in fall and again in the early spring before
May 1.
Raspberries:
Apply in late fall but before soil freeze-up. Do not cultivate or work into the soil. Do not apply in
spring as injury may occur.
Registered Tank Mixes
None.
Rate
Annual weeds
: 45 - 70
kg/acre.
Quackgrass, artemisia in woody ornamentals
: 60
kg/acre in fall; 60 kg/acre again in spring.
Quackgrass, thistles, bindweed in woody ornamentals
: 91 - 111
kg/acre.
Raspberries
: 71
kg/acre. Saskatoon: 44.4 - 71 kg/acre.
Calmix Pellets (cont’d)