poast vs clethodim

[Powder]

I'm new to the herbicide stuff so if this is stupid question please be nice! :)

How similar are Post and Clethodim? I want to spray my sugar beets and I believe they are approved for Clethodim. I can't get the quantity of Clethodim I want on short notice but I can get Post. Would I be able to spray them with Post?

 

[John-W-WI]

I thought they were the same until I just looked it up. The active ingredient in Post is Sethoxydim. It will be interesting to see what the experts have to say!

-John

 

[Bill]

Both Poast and cleth only affect grass either will be safe on your beets but Poast costs more. Check out Keystonepestsolutions.com they can ship cleth to you.

Here is where I would be careful with both products. They call for non ionic crop oil. I know crop oil has its job to help the herbicide stick to the targeted grass/weed. My problem with it is it always burns the crop I'm trying to help. Doesn't kill it, but it always Browns it and stunts the crop for a while. Once I have an established crop I won't use the oil. I replace it with a few squirts of dawn dish detergent per 25 gallons of water. Put the detergent in last then agitate the tank.

It makes tank clean up much bubblier but its safer on your plants.

Credit to Lickcreek for teaching me about dawn as a substitute. (I ain't that smart)

 

[buckdeer1]

I was having a hard time getting cleth locally and started using volunteer and it has worked very well on grass

 

[Catscratch]

I was having a hard time getting cleth locally and started using volunteer and it has worked very well on grass

Where are you getting volunteer?

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[yoderjac]

Poast is a brand name like Select or Arrow. Poast contains sethoxydim and Arrow or Select contain Clethodim as the active ingredient. Both are grass selective herbicides. Which one you want really depends on what you are trying to control. Some specific weeds are more susceptible to one than the other. I found Clethodim somewhat more effective for my situation by you may find something different. As others have said, there are good mail order sources for each but there is something to be said for establishing a relationship with your local coop.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[Plottin'booners]

I personally like cleth better. Also if you are going to order some might as well get some generic stinger like transline to spray later on to take out some of the broadleaves that start popping up.

 

[buckdeer1]

I got volunteer over here at the COOP

 

[j-bird]

Read the label, but I also like adding some AMS to a tank if I'm targeting grass to kill. I have a high iron content in my well water and the AMS will help with that AND AMS also has some nitrogen content and grasses LOVE nitrogen so it can help get the chemical to the roots of the grass as well.

I tend to be able to get my hands on generic cleth at my local Rural King stores. If I go to my co-op they can get almost anything, but they tend to sell only larger quantities.....like 2.5 gallon or larger. Cleth is expensive enough as it is.....buying 2.5 gallons of it, means I need to save some of my pennies first!

I like adding crop oil as well and in most cases it is highly recommended for killing grasses. I have never had an issue with burning a crop, but if I am spraying a plot I tend to try to spray in the cooler times of the day like before 10am or once the shadows cover your target area in the evening. My wife's grandfather who farmed all his life (other than when fighting the Japanese) told me to spray in the evening. It gets a better kill and lowers the risk of burning non-targeted plants.

 

[WTNUT]

I used Poast ( Sethoxydim ) originally (10 plus years ago). I never did like it. Granted I knew far less back then. But, if your grass is active and growing (not having been cut in the last two weeks (my rule) and less than 10 inches tall it is toast after sprayed with 8-10 oz per acre of Clethodim, and crop oil at 1 quart per acre ( I even go down to 1/2 qt per acre and do fine). You can mix it with some broadleaf herbicides, but I really prefer to kill my grass then go back and get broadleaves.


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[swat1018]

I used Poast ( Sethoxydim ) originally (10 plus years ago). I never did like it. Granted I knew far less back then. But, if your grass is active and growing (not having been cut in the last two weeks (my rule) and less than 10 inches tall it is toast after sprayed with 8-10 oz per acre of Clethodim, and crop oil at 1 quart per acre ( I even go down to 1/2 qt per acre and do fine). You can mix it with some broadleaf herbicides, but I really prefer to kill my grass then go back and get broadleaves.


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Good advice.

 

[mikmaze]

try rural king, https://www.ruralking.com/tide-clethodim-1-gallon-selective-post-emergent-herbicide.html

 

[ghilliehunter]

on cleth at rural king. Learned about it when Jbird saw my clover plot and I asked him about killing the grass. Now it looks awesome and the deer and turkey love it!

 

[j-bird]

on cleth at rural king. Learned about it when Jbird saw my clover plot and I asked him about killing the grass. Now it looks awesome and the deer and turkey love it!View attachment 13621

Wow - I am good for something....other than finding oak trees that "don't exist"!!!!