ProForce Echelon Duo Pre-emergent Herbicide + Insecticide + Fertiliser (15-1-17)
ProForce Echelon Duo is a convenient 3-way product featuring a pre-emergent herbicide, an insecticide & a fertiliser.
- Oxadiazon Pre-emergent Herbicide will control Summergrass, Wintergrass, Crowsfoot & Creeping Oxalis.
- Thiamethoxam residual Insecticide will control the 1st Instar of African Black Beetle larvae, 1st & 2nd Instar Argentinian Scarab & larvae of Billbug.
- Fertiliser is 15-1-17
This is suitable for most turf species - Kikuyu, Buffalo, Common Couch, Hybrid Couch (Not Santa Ana), Saltwater couch, Queensland Blue Couch, Bahia grass & Zoysia grass (Zoysia matrella).
Note:
Established weeds will not be controlled.
Pre-emergent Herbicide Rates:
- Summer Grass, Crowsfoot - 3kg/100m2
- Wintergrass, Creeping Oxalis - 4kg/100m2
Application notes:
After application water-in with at least 10 mm of sprinkler irrigation. Control of germinating weed seedlings can be expected for up to 10 weeks after application depending upon temperature, rainfall, soil type and other factors. If longer control is required a repeat application should be made 7-10 weeks after initial application.
Insecticide Rates:
- Black Beetle & Argentinian Scarab larvae - 3kg/100m2
Apply prior to or at peak egg hatch, mid spring to early summer, or when small larvae are present. Irrigate with 6 to 12 mm of water commencing within 1 hour of application.
- Billbug larvae - 3kg/100m2
Monitor adult activity through late spring and early summer. Spray when numbers peak or when small larvae (4 mm) are found in the thatch or surface soil. Early application is essential to minimise grass damage due to feeding. Irrigate with 6 to 12 mm of water commencing within 1 hour of application.