RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE

Fusilade is a highly active post-emergence, selective herbicide that controls both annual and perennial grass weeds in a wide range of broad-leaved crops including vegetables, pome and stone fruit, blackcurrants, hops, bananas and grapevines.

Controlling grass weeds in orchards, plantation crops, vegetable crops and vineyards:

SAFE TO CROPS

Orchards – Fusilade applied alone is safe, even to young trees, at rates of up to 4L/ha, including spot spraying.

Vegetables – Fusilade applied alone is safe to vegetables at rates 2L/ha, even at the seedling stage.

EASY TANK-MIXING

Tank-mixing insecticides with Fusilade offers greater flexibility and efficiency, reducing the number of spray passes needed.

Fusilade is compatible with Cymbush®, Endosan®, Pirimor®, Ambush® and Karate®.

GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE

Fusilade is a translocated herbicide. It moves inside the plant. Within an hour of application, Fusilade is absorbed by weed leaves and then is circulated through the plant to the growing points.

Fusilade kills growing tips first – growth stops within 2 days. Competition for water and nutrients subsides. Although weeds may look healthy after spraying, they are not. Crops thrive when not restricted by weed competition.

DYNAMITE OF GRASS WEEDS

Fusilade is reliable and effective on a broad range of annual and perennial grass weeds.

PERENNIAL GRASS WEEDS

CORRECT APPLICATION ESSENTIAL

Early application in the spring is recommended to take advantage of the high activity of Fusilade on young grass weeds.

Fusilade is safe to young trees, even when sprayed in the year of establishment.

Fusilade should always be applied when grass weeds are young, exposed and actively growing.

ANNUAL GRASS WEEDS

Apply Fusilade at the 3 to 5 leaf stage, before tillering commences, to actively growing grass weeds.

Use higher application rates beyond the 5-leaf stage, up to early tillering. For annual grasses spraying must take place before the late tillering stage if a complete kill is required.

PERENNIAL GRASS WEEDS

Perennial grasses should be treated when growing actively. Spray young vegetative growth once it has sufficient leaf area to ensure good coverage and uptake of Fusilade – three to six leaves per shoot.

Perennial weeds growing from seed are easier to control. Established perennial grasses have many dormant buds on their underground rhizomes. Better long-term control of grass weeds will be achieved if these buds are activated before spraying.

Use SpraySeed® to eradicate existing growth and stimulate dormant buds of perennial grasses in orchards and vineyards.

Use Tryquat® to eradicate existing growth and stimulate dormant buds before sowing vegetables.

Perennial grass weeds that are reestablishing from fragmentation or desiccation should be treated when each new shoot has 3 to 6 leaves and is less than 2 months old.

SPRAYING

WEATHER

Good growing conditions for several days after application, and preferably for the 3-4 weeks over which Fusilade acts will help give good control. Avoid spraying before a hot, dry period.

Do not spray in very hot, dry weather (over 35°C). In hot weather, spray early in the morning under cooler, more humid conditions, provided there is sufficient soil moisture to ensure the grass weeds are actively growing. Stop spraying later in the day.

Do not spray during extended periods of cold frosty weather.

Mild to warm, humid weather conditions are best for Fusilade spraying.

Fusilade is rainfast an hour after application.

WIND

Avoid spraying in completely still conditions. Swirling air movements in the plant canopy caused by a light breeze will help coverage.

Strong wind increases the risk of spray drift. Minimise spray drift by:

GROUND APPLICATION

NOZZLES

Nozzle characteristics influence spray coverage. A range of droplet size is needed. Droplets in the 150-300 micron range will provide the best coverage of grass weeds. To optimise this range use:

Flood jets are not recommended.

CALIBRATION

Check each nozzle. All nozzles should have an output within five per cent of average of all nozzles.

SPRAY PATTERN

Set boom arms to produce a double overlap of the spray patterns at the top of the target, to ensure even spray coverage. 110° nozzles at 50cm spacing along the boom and 45-50cm above the target weeds will give a double overlap pattern at the target.

GROUND SPEED

One of the major variations in spray application comes from boom movement caused by travelling too fast while spraying. Ensure that the forward speed of spraying is such that stability is maintained and double overlap of the spray pattern is achieved.

WETTER

Use Agral® 600 with Fusilade to get better coverage and penetration.

WATER VOLUME

Post-emergence herbicides must hit the target weed. Dense weed growth or heavy shielding by the crop canopy requires a higher water volume. ICI research shows that the following water volumes work well.

Use appropriate nozzles for the chosen water volume. Optimum droplet size for adequate coverage by small droplets is more important than specific water volumes.