Recommendation for dilution of selective herbicide chems

 

I want to use up this old bottle of Spectracide's Weed Stop for Lawns, but
unfortunately the label is all kinds of gone. And that's beside the fact
that I really don't want to just spray it all the hell over the lawn, I'd
rather just spot-treat these horrible thistles that're just about
everywhere. Anything left over's going onto the dandelions. I don't want to
be bothered with sending it to the local Clean Sweep crew, which would cost
me more in gasoline to get there & back than it probably did to buy the
stupid thing.

This is the kind of product that gets hooked up to the end of a garden
faucet.

It contains, roughly :
2,4D 7.6%
Mecoprop-p, 2.7%
dicamba, 0.71%
sulfentrazone, 0.18%

That's if I can believe what I *think* I can see through a 16x loupe looking
at the front label. Guess the company didn't particularly want anyone to
know what-all was in it?

It was here when I moved in a few years ago. In case it's way expired, is
there any more harm in spraying it onto the lawn than if it weren't?

 



When I spray thistles, I use about 0.5% solution of 2,4D.  You could dilute
your product quite a bit.  I don't know about the other chemicals in your
mix.  I really doubt this stuff has "expired".

 



my memory must be bad.  I think I used a 0.2% solution when spot spraying
thistles.

 

Nelly Wensdow wrote:

http://www.spectracide.com/ProductCategories/LawnWeed/WeedStopSouthernConc/ProductLabels/default.htm


Use one ounce (2 Tbsp) per gallon for spot treating.  (or 1.5 tsp
per quart)

Hope this helps,
Bob

 


I'd also think 1 to 2 oz. per gallon.  Spec for Weed Be Gone which is
similar.