Keep nurseries in shape with BARRICADE

Protecting your plants from weeds for longer is ideal for keeping nurseries in top condition. Which makes BARRICADE® Herbicide the top choice in a pre-emergent herbicide for a quality nursery, with its extended label now covering nursery weeds in potted plants, potting beds, garden beds under mulch, gravel paths and landscape settings.

As an easy-to-use liquid pre-emergent herbicide, BARRICADE stops weeds for the longest period of control in the industry – up to four months control in potted plants, and six months on gravel paths, driveways and grow in pads, for total nursery hygiene. This minimises the need for more intense weed control solutions and improves efficiencies, keeping your plants in top shape.

It is a great option to use across a range of plants in nurseries, including species normally sensitive to industry-standard spreadable granule formulations.

BARRICADE can also be tank mixed with glyphosate to eliminate existing weeds and prevent new weed growth for up to six months, helping you to ensure your nursery gravel paths and potting beds remain weed free. This also helps reduce the reliance on and the amount of glyphosate being used. The BARRICADE/glyphosate tank mix will reduce this time-consuming job from having to do every 4 to 8 weeks to only twice or three time per year.

BARRICADE is best utlised once plants’ roots have established from intial potting up, and will offer up to four months pre-emergent weed control in this situation.

BARRICADE delivers the following benefits for nurseries:

» Easy to apply – as a non-staining liquid, BARRICADE can be accurately and easily applied as a topical spray over foliage, followed by irrigation to wash the product into the growing media, or where canopy density is high as a soil-directed spray

» Safe to use – the NDPSC (National Drugs and Poison Scheduling Committee) exempt BARRICADE from scheduling, which means it provides good worker and customer safety during and following use.

» Good environmental profile – extensive testing has shown BARRICADE is low impact to the environment when used as per label directions.

» Broad range – with an extended label, BARRICADE now covers nursery weeds such as African Lovegrass, Crab Grass, Crowsfoot Grass, Creeping oxalis, Chickweeds, Willowherb, Summer Grass, Winter Grass, Ryegrass and more.

Timing keeps plants clean for sale

BARRICADE works best after the early plant establishment stage, when roots are below the preventative barrier, as shown in the diagram below.

BARRICADE is not recommended for the initial planting in pots or garden beds. This product is excellent for plants grown in and placed in presentation holding aread ready for sale.

Situation Weeds Rates

Garden beds (under mulch) and potted plants in nurseries, public open spaces and residential or commercial gardens

Nursery weeds such as: African Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula), Barnyard Grass (Echinocloa crus-galli), Chickweed (Ceratium glomeratum), Crab Grass (Digitaria sanguinalis), Crowsfoot Grass (Eleusine indica), Creeping Oxalis (Oxalis corniculata), Cudweed (Gnaphalium spp), Paspalum (Paspalum dilatatum), Prairie Grass (Bromus wildenowie), Rat’s Tail Fescue (Vulpia myuros), Ryegrass (Lolium perenne), Sow Thistle (Sonchus spp), Summer Grass (Digitaria ciliaris), Willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum), Winter Grass (Poa annua)

Don’t just take our word for it, here are a few reviews from nursery managers who have used BARRICADE in their businesses:

“When we first heard about BARRICADE, we were looking for an alternative to granular pre-emergent herbicides that we could safely use across our range – while being economical in both applied cost and application time. After small-scale trials, we were encouraged by what we saw to start treating larger areas, and species we otherwise would have considered too sensitive for granular formulations. We found we could get the job done quicker with more accuracy using a sprayable liquid formulation, and for the same money BARRICADE lasted longer.The amount of hand-weeding we do has dramatically decreased, and I’m sure our staff are happy about that!

– Michael Rose, Production Manager, Andreasens Green Qld

We were involved in trials leading to the registration of BARRICADE in nurseries, so saw first-hand what BARRICADE could do early on.What impressed me was the longevity, weed spectrum, ease and accuracy of application, and importantly crop safety. Plants we never would have dreamed of applying a granular pre-emergent herbicide to because of burn potential, BARRICADE does with no ill-effect.

I feel we don’t waste as much product now than with other granulars, and my staff are better off in application because of the unscheduled nature of BARRICADE.

– Darcy Green, Production Manager, Logans Nursery

For more information about BARRICADE Herbicide, visit www.syngentaturf.com.au.

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