IMOX around fruit trees???
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The first sentence on the label
"A herbicide for the selective management of undesirable vegetation in and around aquatic sites and terrestrial non-crop areas, industrial sites and rights-of-ways. The herbicide may be used on listed sites that are cut for hay or grazed"
"A herbicide for the selective management of undesirable vegetation in and around aquatic sites and terrestrial non-crop areas, industrial sites and rights-of-ways. The herbicide may be used on listed sites that are cut for hay or grazed"
WTNUT
5 year old buck +
Yea, need to read the label. I have used Raptor a lot. In the past, I had some poplar trees die next to plots where I sprayed. Not sure if it was connected. I will not spray on the trunk or any part of the tree, but was moe concerned about leeching into soil and whether the roots would pick it up.
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FarmerDan
5 year old buck +
I was hoping someone had a definitive answer. I do use it on clover. I would never have thought to question it's use around trees. But, then I had to think about it. IMOX is a selective contact herbicide that has some soil residual making it effective against germinating plant seeds. The dose makes the poison, but 6 oz - 8 oz isn't a large amount. I've used that rate per acre on established clover with good results. The clover survived and the weeds didn't.
So, a tree is already established. It has a root system and not germinating seeds. Don't spray it, the IMOX, on the tree leaves, although I think the worst thing that would happen would be a leaf-drop with re-generation.
The same would probably be true for any crop production herbicide. If the IMOX label worries you, don't let it. I think it's labeled that way to get around registration and patent considerations attached to some of the other herbicides containing the same active ingredient, but trade-named and labelled for crop production.
So, a tree is already established. It has a root system and not germinating seeds. Don't spray it, the IMOX, on the tree leaves, although I think the worst thing that would happen would be a leaf-drop with re-generation.
The same would probably be true for any crop production herbicide. If the IMOX label worries you, don't let it. I think it's labeled that way to get around registration and patent considerations attached to some of the other herbicides containing the same active ingredient, but trade-named and labelled for crop production.
skeeterbit
Yearling... With promise
I have used Imazamox for 3yrs on a clover plot that has pears, apple, persimmon and chestnuts with no effect on trees and sprayed with a boomless sprayer. I use 6oz Imox and 10oz prime oil in a 25gal per acre. I have also used Clethodim 2E and Butyrac 200 on my fruit trees in the plot with no effect for 3yrs before I tried Imox. Call Keystone and talk to them. Imox is spendy but worth it in the long run. I am careful about wind drift and only hit the base of the tree if possible. Have accidently doused some young chestnuts with all of these chemicals and the leaves and only seen some minor leaf burn but the leaves never dropped. 1st planting of Ladino and fruit trees still going strong for 6yrs.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
You could probably spray imox over the top of the trees and not hurt it.
