USE PRECAUTIONS RELEASE - GRID & SINGLE STEM

•Application of DuPont™ VELPAR® DF spots closer than 36 inches to conifer seedlings in their first season or directly up slope from these seedlings may result in injury or mortality.

•Use VELPAR® DF on seedlings in their first or fourth year and older. Injury may result from use on two and three year old seedlings where root growth is extensive but hardiness is lacking.

RELEASEHERBACEOUS WEED CONTROL

VELPAR® DF is recommended for controlling herbaceous weeds where the following species are grown:

EASTERN US

Loblolly pine

Slash pine

Longleaf pine

Red pine

WESTERN US

Blue spruce

Noble fir

Douglas fir

Ponderosa pine

Engleman spruce

Sitka spruce

Grand fir

Western hemlock

Jeffrey pine

White fir

Lodgepole pine

 

APPLICATION INFORMATION

EASTERN US

Apply VELPAR® DF as a broadcast or banded spray in the spring prior to conifer bud break to lessen conifer injury potential.

WESTERN US

Rainbelt (areas of high spring rainfall): For best results, apply as a broadcast or banded spray in the late winter or spring when weeds are actively growing, but prior to conifer budbreak. If application is made after conifer bud break, use directional spray equipment to prevent contact with conifer foliage, as injury may result.

Snowbelt (areas of low spring rainfall): For best results, apply as a broadcast or banded spray in the fall before soil freezes and after the final resting bud has hardened on the conifers. Or, spring applications may be made after snow cover melts in anticipation of rainfall prior to conifer budbreak. Weed control results from spring treatments will be dependent on sufficient rainfall following application to activate VELPAR® DF.

USE RATES

The rates listed below are for broadcast application. For band application, use proportionately less. For example, use 1/2 of the broadcast rates when treating a 3-foot band where row spacing is 6 feet. Use the higher rate range for the harder to control (*Suppression) weeds listed in the table below.

EASTERN US

 

 

 

VELPAR® DF (Lb/Acre)

 

First Year

Established

Soil Description

Plantings

Trees

Loamy sand,

1 1/3

1 1/3 - 1 2/3

sandy loam(50-85% sand)

 

 

Loam, silt loam, silt,

1 1/3 - 1 1/2

1 2/3 - 2 1/3

sandy clay loam

 

 

Silty clay loam,

1 1/2 - 1 8/10

2 1/3 - 2 2/3

clay loam, sandy clay,

 

 

silty clay, clay

 

 

Red pine only - Refer to recommended rates in the APPLICATION INFORMATION - Eastern US table on page 12.

WESTERN US

Refer to recommended rates in the APPLICATION INFORMATION - Western US table on page 12.

WEEDS CONTROLLED

VELPAR® DF is recommended for the control or suppression of the following species in release sites:

Asters

Aster spp

Aster, heath*

Aster ericoides

Barnyardgrass

Echinochloa crus-galli

Bentgrass

Agrostis spp

Bluegrass, annual

Poa annua

Brackenfern

Pteridium aquilinum

Bromegrass

Bromus spp

Carrot, wild

Daucus carota

Crabgrass*

Digitaria spp

Daisy, oxeye

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Dandelion, common*

Taraxacum officinale

Dandelion, false*

 

(spotted catsear)

Hypochaeris radicata

Dock, curly*

Rumex crispus

Fescue*

Festuca spp

Fireweed*(willowweed)

Epilobium angustifolium

Fleabane

Conyza spp

Foxtail

Setaria spp

Goldenrod*

Solidago spp

Groundsel, common

Senecio vulgaris

Horseweed/marestail

Conyza canadensis

Orchardgrass *

Dactylis glomerata

Panicums

Panicum spp

Pinegrass

Calamagrostis rubescens

Ragweed, common

Ambrosia elatior

Ryegrass, Italian (annual)

Lolium multiflorum

Ryegrass, perennial*

Lolium perenne

Smartweed, Pennsylvania

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Squawcarpet

Ceanothus prostratus

Velvetgrass, common

Holcus lanatus

*Suppression – a visible reduction in plant population and/or plant vigor as compared to an untreated area and generally not accepted as control.

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