DuPont Authentication H - 65396 manual USE Precautions Release Undiluted Applications

and at least 5 gallons of water for every 1 gallon of DuPont™ VELPAR® L.

GRID APPLICATION

Apply undiluted VELPAR® L directly to the soil surface in a grid pattern using an exact delivery handgun applicator. This equipment delivers a thin stream of a predetermined volume when triggered. Apply VELPAR® L during the period from hardwood bud break to early summer.

Selection of the rate per acre and grid pattern depends on soil texture and woody plant composition. Use the lower rates on coarse textured soils and when the major component of the hardwoods are susceptible species. Use the high rates on fine- textured soils and where weeds identified in this label as “partial control or suppression” predominate.

Application Patterns and Rates For Undiluted

VELPAR® L

			Quarts/
	ML/Spot	Grid (Ft)	Acre
Coarse	0.5	3 X 4	2*
	1.2	3 X 6	3
	2.1	4 X 6	4
Medium/Fine	1.2	3 X 3	6
	2.3	3 X 6	6
	1.6	3 X 3	8
	3.1	3 X 6	8

* Use on deep sands with pines four years or more of age.

BASAL (SOIL)

SINGLE STEM TREATMENT

Apply undiluted VELPAR® L to the soil with an exact delivery handgun applicator. Apply at the rate of 2–4 ml for each inch of stem diameter at breast height. Direct the treatment to the soil within 3 feet of the root collar of woody plants to be controlled. When treating large stems and when more than one delivery of VELPAR® L is needed per stem, make application on opposite sides of the stem.

For multi-stemmed and low-growing brush that have stem diameters that are difficult to determine, apply VELPAR® L at the rate of 2–4 ml per 3 feet of canopy width. For tall, slender (columnar) brush types, apply 4–8 ml per 3 feet of height. Base rate on whichever canopy dimension is greater (width or height).

When treating brush that requires more than a single 4 ml application of VELPAR® L, apply subsequent applications equally spaced around the plant. If treating brush on sloped sites, apply most of the VELPAR® L on the uphill side of the stem. If treating resprouts from brush disturbed by cutting or shredding, the rate of application should be proportional to the original tree size, not just the small regrowth of sprouts.

INJECTION

No Worker Protection Standard worker entry restrictions or worker notification requirements apply when this product is directly injected into agricultural plants.

Inject 1 ml of undiluted VELPAR® L through the bark of undesirable trees. Injections should be made at 4 inch intervals around the circumference of the tree. When using tubular injection equipment, inject VELPAR® L near the ground level. When using the “Hypo-Hatchet” Tree Injector or a similar

devise, inject at waist height. Treatment should be made in the summer. Woody species controlled include black cherry, oaks, and sweetgum.

USE PRECAUTIONS

RELEASE UNDILUTED APPLICATIONS

•Application of VELPAR® L 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® L 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.

RELEASE- HERBACEOUS WEED CONTROL

VELPAR® L is recommended for controlling herbaceous weeds where the following species are grown for forestry release sites:

EASTERN US

Loblolly pine	Red pine
Longleaf pine	Slash 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 TIMING

EASTERN US

Apply VELPAR® L 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® L.

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.

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