Early spring is the best time to get invasive bermudagrass under control in warm-weather states. Apply a pre-emergent herbicide to lawns during the first half of February to control weed germination.
February is a growing month for gardens in southern states, with turf maintenance and other tasks competing for attention. Garden columnist Peggy Dessaint offered the following advice to readers of the (Sarasota) Sun Herald.
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Fill bare spots in lawns with plugs or pieces of sod now through the fall months. Prepare for large-scale lawn renovations. This takes two to three applications of an herbicide (e.g. Roundup) to kill weeds (especially common Bermuda grass), spaced two to four weeks apart, followed by a final scraping away of old grass and weeds before new sod is laid. Apply a pre-emergent herbicide to lawns during the first half of February to control weed germination. This can be repeated depending on the product, label instructions and budget constraints. Some fertilizers contain pre-emergent herbicides (?EUR??,,????'?????<
Syngenta Professional Products has launched www.daconil.com, to provide Landscape Superintendents and other turf managers with information and resources about Daconil fungicide from Syngenta. Daconil Ultrex is a disease control agent for turf and ornamental plants on a broad spectrum of plant diseases and is recommended for use in programs which are compatible with the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which include the use of disease resistant crop varieties, cultural practices, pest scouting and disease forecasting systems which reduce unnecessary applications of pesticides.
In addition to information on the unique properties and benefits of Daconil, the site also offers labels and MSDS sheets for each of the product’s three formulations.
For more information, contact www.syngentaprofessionalproducts.com
Bayer Environmental Science is voluntarily recalling Allectus G and Allectus GC granular products due to visible defects in the packaging. The company said the recall pertains strictly to a packaging issue and is not a product issue in terms of efficacy or performance. There is no known health or safety risk associated with the packaging problem, and is conducting a thorough investigation of the problem involving the proper government authorities in the process. A solvent, benzyl alcohol, in the formulation is permeating and delaminating the packaging causing ink on the printed label to smudge and become illegible. There have been no reported cases of ruptured bags or other packaging issues. In addition, Bayer is placing an immediate stop-sale of the products until the problem has been rectified. It is also communicating to its customers the steps for the proper collection and return of the product. Approximately 3,000 bags of Allectus granular products are estimated to be affected by the voluntary recall.
