Introduction

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Casoron
Herbicide Group
20 – dichlobenil
(Refer to page 44)
Company:
Arysta LifeScience Canada (PCP#12533)
Formulation:
4% dichlobenil formulated as a granular.
• Container size - 22.7 kg
Crops:
Poplar plantations
Shelterbelts consisting of the following species:
º Ash
º Barberry
º Birch (cutleaf-weeping)
º Boxwood Caragana
º Cedar (White, Eastern
Red)
º Crabapple
º Elm
º Euonymus (Burning
bush)
º Forsythia
º Honeysuckle
º Juniper
º Lilac
º Linden
º Locust
º Maple
º Mock orange
º Poplar
º Rose
º Spirea
º Willow
NOTE: DO NOT apply to shelterbelts with mugo pine, firs, hemlock, holly, spruce or other shallow rooted species or injury
may result. DO NOT apply in or around greenhouses. DO NOT use on light sandy soils.
Weed Control
Weeds and Staging:
Apply in early spring or late fall prior to annual weed emergence, or after cultivation has removed existing weeds.
º Annual blugrass
º Artemisia (absinthe,*
wormwood, sage)
º Bindweed*
º Canada thistle*
º Chickweed
º Dandelion*
º Foxtail (green and
yellow)
º Groundsel
º Horsetail
º Knotweed
º Kochia
º Lamb’s-quarters
º Loosestrife
º Mustard
º Nutsedge*
º Pigweed
º Plantain
º Purslane
º Quack grass*
º Sheep sorrel*
º Shepherd’s-purse
º Smartweed
º Sow-thistle
º Spurge
º Vetch*
º Wild buckwheat*
* Controlled with fall applications at the higher rates.
Rates:
45 to 70 kg per acre.
At the low rate, a 15 kg bag will treat a 4 yd by 407 yd (4 m by 340 m) strip of shelterbelt. At the high rate, a 15 kg bag will
treat a 4 yd by 256 yd (4 m by 214 m) strip of shelterbelt. If application is followed by 0.5 to 1.0 inches (1.3 to 2.5 cm) of
irrigation, the lower rates are recommended.
How it Works:
Refer to Table 9 on page 48.
Effects of Growing Conditions:
DO NOT apply during periods of high soil temperatures (more than 15 o C).