Weed out your customers' problems

Spring is upon us, and that means it’s time to start thinking about post-emergent herbicides to help handle any problems your customers’ lawns may be having. Before picking one off the shelf, take a side-by-side look at these products to help make the best decision for your needs.
 

Bayer Celsius

The pitch: Celsius controls more than 150 weeds, including many difficult-to-control broadleaf and grassy weeds.

• Controls weeds and grasses with a wettable granule formulation.
• Has an application window without high temperature limitations.
• Controls annual and perennial weeds in St. Augustine grass, Centipedegrass, Bermudagrass, Zoysiagrass and Buffalograss.
   

For more information: Backedbybayer.com

DOW LockUp

The pitch: LockUp specialty herbicide provides lawn care operators with post-emergence broadleaf weed control in a convenient granular formulation.

• Labeled for use on both warm- and cool-season grasses, LockUp offers control of broadleaf weeds, including white clover, dollarweed and dandelion.
• It provides activity at low use rates.
• It’s available in single, two-way and three-way combinations to provide the broadest spectrum of weed control.
   

For more information: Dowagro.com

FMC QuickSilver

The pitch: QuickSilver is a contact herbicide that’s safe on many established cool- and warm-season grasses.

• The addition of QuickSilver to a broadleaf spray program enhances your application by broadening the spectrum of control.
• Responses to QuickSilver are visible within 48 hours.
• Reduced three-way herbicide use rates when adding QuickSilver into the mix.
   

For more information: fmcprosolutions.com

LebanonTurf Proscape

The pitch: LebanonTurf has three Proscape products that feature pre- and post-emergent weed control.

• With both pre- and post-emergent control, LCOs are able to combine two steps into one.
• Controlled release of LebanonTurf’s MESA fertilizer technology.
• Choose from three options: Proscape 19-0-6 40 percent MESA .17 Dimension/LockUp, Proscape 19-0-6 33 percent MESA .16 Dimension/Trimec or Proscape 19-0-6 33 percent MESA .145 Dimension/Confront 3.
   

For more information: Lebanonturf.com

Nufarm Last Call

The pitch: Last Call is a selective herbicide used in cool-season turf to manage weeds such as crabgrass.

• It is a post-emergent product that contains a proprietary formulation of fenoxaprop, fluroxypyr and dicamba.
• It is effective in controlling perennial weeds because the product moves to parts of the plant where it wasn’t originally applied.
• Controls a wide spectrum of broadleaf weeds including dandelions, clover and lespedeza and it can be used for the removal of bermudagrass.
   

For more information: Nufarm.com

Syngenta Tenacity

The pitch: Tenacity herbicide protects your turf, including newly seeded turf, from 46 weeds like crabgrass, ground ivy, clover and nimblewill.

• Controls weeds and grasses pre-and post-emergence, and removes weeds from established and newly seeded turf.
• Once applied, Tenacity moves throughout the weed and terminates growth within two to three weeks.
• Soon after application, weeds stop competing with the desirable turf as photosynthesis is disrupted.
   

For more information: TenacityHerbicide.com