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11/06/2026 – From the label to spray tallow seedlings in the new 6-wire fence and other locations: Mesquite Control Using High Volume Foliage Treatment: For controlof mesquite infestations of low to moderate density, apply Remedy® Ultraspecialty herbicide and Reclaim in a tank mixture to individual plantswith backpack or hand-held sprayers or a vehicle-mounted sprayer withhand-held […]
Continue ReadingOrdered on 5/20/2026 – VivaGrow’s Pentra-Bark Penetrating Surfactant (4oz). Bought to use with Remedy in place of diesel. The following is an extract from Amazon’s AI. What are the mixing quantities to make one gallon of spray with Remedy for basal treatment? Response – For one gallon of basal bark spray with Remedy and Pentra-Bark, […]
Continue Reading8/23/2025 – Mixed Grazon as done in 2023 and spread with Ag Sprayer at 20 psi running Fergie in 1H at 1500 RPMs. That was wrong. Only covered the heavy weeds around the edges. Mixed 5 gallons more (1 pint of Grazon), finished the edges, and could only hit the broadleaf weeds in the center […]
Continue Reading8/21/2025 —Sprayed Gly+2,4-D along the road and the north side of the ponds’ ditch. Sprayed 10 gallons of mix with Gly at 4oz/gal and 2,4-D at 1 oz/gal with surfactant at 1 oz/2gal. This was the 2nd spraying along the road to hit missed clumps. Peggy said ok to spray their stretch on the south […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Bigpod Sesbania remaining in the little pond area since sprayed with Fergie on 8/6/2025. Sprayed 2 gal of gly at 4oz/gal and 2,4-D at 1 oz/gal. This post is the first time I have cited the proper name for this tall woody plant. From Wikipedia Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant […]
Continue ReadingFrom the 2,4-D Amine page here. Area Sprayed Mix Calculations
Continue Reading8/24/2024 – Sprayed Gly at 3 oz./gal around ponds and south ditch’s top of the bank from pole to east gates where the weeds did not get sprayed with Tractor Sprayed 2-3 weeks ago. This completed spraying that strip that was not finished last week when I ran out of Gly.
Continue Reading8/20/2024 – Sprayed garden 2 wks ago with Gly+24D did not damage the large crabgrass. Mix was 2 oz/gal of gly and 1 oz/gal 24D. Broadleaf did die. It was also afternoon and hot so maybe Gly evaporated too much.
Continue Reading8/2/2024 – Sprayed Glyphosate + 2,4-D Amine + Preference non-ionic Surfactant on the back of the ditch on both sides of the road on all areas other than between their driveway and our common property line. That area had been sprayed recently and only had a few survivors–not enough to spray with this amount of […]
Continue Reading7/28/2024 – Sprayed Gly+24D on fences around the orchard, yard, and the big pond
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