2,4-D to control Coontail, need help. Technical... - 05/12/09 08:11 PM
Ok I stumbled across something today when I was filling up my John Deere sprayer to spray 100 acres to clean up my bermuda grass. I just recently posted about my troubles with coontail in my 30 acre lake. I had decided to let my carp work for the year and possibly restock next year.
However, while I was reading the label I stumbled across its aquatic weed control section ...
I'm spraying 2,4-D Amine 4. The Amine 4 basically is an additive to make it have zero drift properties. anyways, on the label it reads you can do Aquatic Surface application at 2.5-4.25 pints to the acre mixed with 50 gallons or water. Or Aerial application at 1 gallon to the acre etc to kill certain aquatic plants. It has about the same directions about spraying only parts of the lake to avoid DO crashes etc as other aqautic chemicals do. It does say that it should be done when plants are above the water line and actively growing.
The active ingredient is Dimethylamine salt of 2,4-D acid 47.3%. Where 2,4-D chemicals such as Navigate state it is butoxyethyl ester of 2,4-D acid 27.6%. On the Texas A&M site it states the following about 2,4-D on Coontail. ""Rated Good for control. Navigate and Aqua-Kleen are 2,4-D compounds that have been effective on coontail. 2,4-D compounds are systemic herbicides. Systemic herbicides are absorbed and move within the plant to the site of action. Systemic herbicides tend to act more slowly than contact herbicides.""
Now, Im gonna do more research but can anyone more "in the know" about these chemicals help me out here. It appears that I can setup to spray with 4 pints to acre and 50 gallons of water. Being that it says plants need to be above the waterline, I may only be able to spray areas were the coontail is right at the waterline (there is alot of areas with this).
I may find its not suitable for my situation or not safe etc, but it appears that it is. I just won't to figure everything out instead of just running out and shooting this in my pond.
Can anyone help me out here.
However, while I was reading the label I stumbled across its aquatic weed control section ...
I'm spraying 2,4-D Amine 4. The Amine 4 basically is an additive to make it have zero drift properties. anyways, on the label it reads you can do Aquatic Surface application at 2.5-4.25 pints to the acre mixed with 50 gallons or water. Or Aerial application at 1 gallon to the acre etc to kill certain aquatic plants. It has about the same directions about spraying only parts of the lake to avoid DO crashes etc as other aqautic chemicals do. It does say that it should be done when plants are above the water line and actively growing.
The active ingredient is Dimethylamine salt of 2,4-D acid 47.3%. Where 2,4-D chemicals such as Navigate state it is butoxyethyl ester of 2,4-D acid 27.6%. On the Texas A&M site it states the following about 2,4-D on Coontail. ""Rated Good for control. Navigate and Aqua-Kleen are 2,4-D compounds that have been effective on coontail. 2,4-D compounds are systemic herbicides. Systemic herbicides are absorbed and move within the plant to the site of action. Systemic herbicides tend to act more slowly than contact herbicides.""
Now, Im gonna do more research but can anyone more "in the know" about these chemicals help me out here. It appears that I can setup to spray with 4 pints to acre and 50 gallons of water. Being that it says plants need to be above the waterline, I may only be able to spray areas were the coontail is right at the waterline (there is alot of areas with this).
I may find its not suitable for my situation or not safe etc, but it appears that it is. I just won't to figure everything out instead of just running out and shooting this in my pond.
Can anyone help me out here.