PASTURE / RANGELANDBRUSH CONTROL

DuPont™ VELPAR® DF is recommended for the control of undesirable brush in pasture or rangeland.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Apply VELPAR® DF from late winter through summer, pre-budbreak until new growth hardens off.

In areas where the soil remains frozen during the winter and spring rains are usually inadequate for soil activation, a fall or winter treatment may be applied before the soil freezes.

For rates needed to control the species below, see the Forestry - Release, Use Rates section.

BRUSH CONTROLLED

VELPAR® DF is recommended for the control or suppression of the following brush species in pasture and rangeland:

Alder

Alnus spp

Ash

Fraxinus spp

Aspen

Populus spp

Birch

Betula spp

Blackgum

Nyssa sylvatica

Bay, sweet

Magnolia virginiana

Catclaw acacia

Acacia greggii

Cedar, Eastern red

Juniperus virginiana

Cherry, black

Prunus serotina

Chinaberry*

Melia azedarach

Deerbrush

Ceanothus integerrimus

Dogwood, flowering*

Cornus florida

Elm, American

Ulmus Americana

Elm, Chinese

Ulmus parvifolia

Hackberry, common

Celtis occidentalis

Hawthorn

Crataegus spp

Hazel

Corylus spp

Hickory

Carya spp

Huisache

Acacia farnesiana

Juniper

Juniperus spp

Locust

Robinia spp

Lotebush

Ziziphus obtusifolia

Manzanita, Greenleaf

Arctostaphylos patula

Maple, red

Acer rubrum

Mesquite

Prosopis glandulosa

Mulberry

Morus spp

Oaks

Quercus spp

Osage-orange

Maclura pomifera

Persimmon

Diospyros spp

Plum, wild

Prunus munsoniana

Poplar, balsam

Populus balsamifera

Poplar, yellow

Liriodendron tulipifera

Privet

Ligustrum spp

Rose, multiflora

Rosa multiflora

Sassafras*

Sassafras albidum

Soapweed, small (yucca)

Yucca glauca

Snowbrush (varnishleaf)

Ceanothus velutinus

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboretum

Sumac

Rhus spp

Sweetgum

Liquidambar spp

Tallow, Chinese

Sapium sebiferum

Waxmyrtle

Myrica cerifera

Whitebrush

Aloysia gratissima

Willow

Salix spp

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

SPRAY EQUIPMENT

AND APPLICATION TECHNIQUES

Basal (Soil)-Mix 2 2/3 pounds of VELPAR® DF with sufficient water to make one gallon of suspension and thoroughly agitate. Apply the VELPAR® DF suspension with an exact-delivery handgun applicator. This equipment delivers a thin stream of predetermined volume when triggered. Apply the VELPAR® DF suspension at the rate of 2 to 4 ml for each inch of stem diameter at breast height. Direct the treatment to soil within 3 inches of the root collar of woody plants to be controlled. When treating large stems and when more than one delivery of the VELPAR® DF suspension is needed per stem, make applications on opposite sides of the stem. Do not apply more than 1/3 gallon of the VELPAR® DF suspension per acre per year. Intermittent agitation may be required to maintain the VELPAR® DF in suspension.

USE PRECAUTIONS

PASTURE / RANGELAND

•Injury to or loss of desirable trees or other plants may result if VELPAR® DF is applied or if equipment is drained or flushed on or near desirable trees or other plants, on areas where their roots may extend, or in locations where the chemical may be washed or moved into contact with their roots.

•Poor weed and brush control may result from the following: –Use on poorly drained sites

–Applications made when the soil is saturated with water and rain is imminent within 24 hours

–Applications to soils high in organic matter (greater than 5%)

•Following mechanical cutting or clearing, allow stumps and injured trees sufficient time to adequately resprout before applying VELPAR® DF.

•Do not use VELPAR® DF on frozen soils.

•Weed and brush control results depend on sufficient moisture to activate VELPAR® DF.

•When VELPAR® DF is applied as a basal soil treatment, there is no restriction on grazing by domestic animals nor on cutting surrounding vegetation for forage or hay.

•For broadcast pasture applications of VELPAR® DF, do not cut treated vegetation for forage or hay nor graze domestic animals on treated areas for 60 days.

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