USE PRECAUTIONS - SUGARCANE

•Do not plant any crop other than sugarcane following an application of DuPont™ VELPAR® DF.

•Do not feed sugarcane forage to livestock.

•Do not apply VELPAR® DF:

-Within 180 days of harvest in Hawaii.

-Within 234 days of harvest in Louisiana.

-Within 288 days of harvest in Puerto Rico.

-Within 234 days of harvest in Texas.

•To avoid injury to sugarcane, observe the following precautions:

-Do not use VELPAR® DF on cane that shows poor vigor because of insect damage, disease, or winter injury, or shows symptoms of other stress conditions such as drought stress.

-Do not add a surfactant in applications unless otherwise specified.

-Do not use VELPAR® DF on gravelly or rocky soils, thinly covered subsoils, or coarse-textured soils (sands to sandy loams) with less than 1% organic matter.

-Temporary chlorosis of the crop may result from application over emerged cane. Applications during active cane growth should be directed to cover the weeds and soil while minimizing crop contact.

-Do not use VELPAR® DF on varieties known to be susceptible to herbicides.

•Extremely heavy rainfall after application may result in poor weed control and/or crop injury, especially if the application is made to dry soil.

FORESTRY

SITE PREPARATION

VELPAR® DF is recommended for weed and brush control in areas where the following species are grown:

EASTERN US AND LAKE STATES

Fir, balsam

Abies balsamea

Pine, Austrian

Pinus negra

Pine, loblolly

Pinus taeda

Pine, longleaf

Pinus palustris

Pine, ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa

Pine, red

Pinus resinosa

Pine, Scotch

Pinus sylvestris

Pine, shortleaf

Pinus echinata

Pine, slash

Pinus elliottii

Pine, Virginia

Pinus virginiana

Spruce, black

Picea mariana

Spruce, red

Picea rubens

Spruce, white

Picea glauca

WESTERN US

 

Fir, Douglas

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Fir, grand

Abies grandis

Fir, Noble

Abies procera

Fir, white

Abies concolor

Pine, Jeffrey

Pinus jeffreyi

Pine, lodgepole

Pinus contorta

Pine, ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa

Spruce, blue

Picea pungens

Spruce, Engleman

Picea englemannii

Spruce, Sitka

Picea sitchensis

APPLICATION INFORMATION

EASTERN US

Apply VELPAR® DF from early spring to early summer after hardwoods have broken bud and before the foliage has hardened off.

 

VELPAR® DF (Lb/Acre)

Soils

Eastern US

Coarse Texture

 

Sand, loamy sand,

 

sandy loam

2 2/3 - 4

Medium Texture

 

Loam, silt loam,

 

sandy clay loam

4 - 5 1/3

Fine Texture

 

Silty clay loam,

 

clay loam, sandy clay,

 

silt, silty clay, clay

5 1/3 - 6 2/3

The rates listed are for broadcast application. Use the lower rates on coarse textured soils and soils low in organic matter. Use the higher rates on fine textured soils and soils high in organic matter. Use the higher rates where weeds identified with an * in the Weeds Controlled list predominate.

WESTERN US

For SITE PREPARATION, VELPAR® DF may be applied at 1.3 to 4 pounds per acre. Use the lower rates on coarse textured soils and soils low in organic matter. Use the higher rates on fine textured soils and soils high in organic matter. Use the higher rates where weeds identified in this label as “suppression” predominate.

In areas where other conifer species may be mixed in with the conifers listed above, VELPAR® DF may be applied if the user has prior experience with VELPAR® DF on the other conifer species. With no prior experience, it is recommended that either a small area of plantings be tested for conifer safety prior to treating larger areas, or make no application of VELPAR® DF in these areas within the site preparation area. Conifer species that are sensitive to VELPAR® (hexazinone) DF, such as, sugar pine and western larch, require 18 months before interplanting on treated sites.

Applications made to shelter wood sites may also result in mortality to over-story conifers. Factors that may influence conifer sensitivity in these sites could include application rate, conifer species, soil characteristics, uniformity of spray distribution across the treatment swath and environmental stress.

Rain Belt (areas of high spring rainfall): For best results, apply in late winter or spring when weeds and brush are actively growing.

Snow Belt (areas of low spring rainfall): For best results, apply in the fall before soil freezes, or in the spring after snow cover melts in anticipation of rainfall. Weed and brush control results from spring applications will be dependent on sufficient rainfall following application to activate VELPAR® DF.

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