2,4-D help

[menhadenman]

For the second year running I’ve picked up some 2-4D from Tractor Supply that doesn’t seem to work very well.

Last year it was Pasture Pro. I can’t recall the exact concentrations I used but jacked it up three times with little luck in tackling my broadleaf weeds. I figured it must’ve been expired and dumped it out.

This year I picked up some Gordon’s Amine 400 from the same TSC. It’s worked a little better but still not as good as 24-D I’ve used in the past. The first spray was 6 oz/4 gallons, second was 8 oz/4 gallons.

I have a lot of the common weeds, but tons of Japanese clover in the mix.

Any suggestions on a better product or higher concentration I should go to would be appreciated.

 

[ccherry]

I use a 3oz/gal ratio and use a surfactant

 

[NCHillbilly]

Mix it stronger, or get some Crossbow.

 

[Headshot]

I have had similar results with 2,4,d myself. I bought some 41% glyphosate this week. Going to give that a try.

 

[menhadenman]

Mix it stronger, or get some Crossbow.

Thanks I’ll give that a shot. How many oz per gallon do you recommend for backpack sprayer?

 

[Havana Dude]

Just throwing this out there. Are you shaking the concentrate well, before mixing? I failed to do so a couple times and got less than desired results. Just a thought.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Those rates are too low for Japanese clover with out adding dicamba, you'd need 6.4oz per gallon for Japanese clover.

 

[menhadenman]

Just throwing this out there. Are you shaking the concentrate well, before mixing? I failed to do so a couple times and got less than desired results. Just a thought.

Yes, but I have made that mistake before.

 

[menhadenman]

Those rates are too low for Japanese clover with out adding dicamba, you'd need 6.4oz per gallon for Japanese clover.

Thanks, I’ll definitely jack it up on the next round. The mixes above didn’t even phase that stuff.

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

For the second year running I’ve picked up some 2-4D from Tractor Supply that doesn’t seem to work very well.

Last year it was Pasture Pro. I can’t recall the exact concentrations I used but jacked it up three times with little luck in tackling my broadleaf weeds. I figured it must’ve been expired and dumped it out.

This year I picked up some Gordon’s Amine 400 from the same TSC. It’s worked a little better but still not as good as 24-D I’ve used in the past. The first spray was 6 oz/4 gallons, second was 8 oz/4 gallons.

I have a lot of the common weeds, but tons of Japanese clover in the mix.

Any suggestions on a better product or higher concentration I should go to would be appreciated.

I mixed up some for my wife to use at 6oz per 2 gallons. It's still been very slow to work. Poison Ivy dried up within a couple weeks, but several other plants have just turned sickly and starting to yellow.

Roundup would have killed it dead by now, but Roundup was $140/gallon compared to $60/gallon for the 24d.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Thanks I’ll give that a shot. How many oz per gallon do you recommend for backpack sprayer?

2-3 oz per gallon usually works.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

I mixed up some for my wife to use at 6oz per 2 gallons. It's still been very slow to work. Poison Ivy dried up within a couple weeks, but several other plants have just turned sickly and starting to yellow.

Roundup would have killed it dead by now, but Roundup was $140/gallon compared to $60/gallon for the 24d.

You sure you used 24d cause yellowing is a symptom of glyphosate damage, phenoxys would cause twisting and leaf strapping.

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

You sure you used 24d cause yellowing is a symptom of glyphosate damage, phenoxys would cause twisting and leaf strapping.

Yes.


As opposed to Roundup

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Yes.
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As opposed to Roundup

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There's your problem, those 24d mixes are premixes for lawns with dicamba and mcpp and are much lighter on active ingredients.

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

Well, it killed the poison ivy, which was her goal.

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Well, it killed the poison ivy, which was her goal.

I would be extremely surprised if it did more than defoliate it at that low of a rate, those lawn mixes only have 1/4 of the 24D a true 24d herbicide would have in it.

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

I would be extremely surprised if it did more than defoliate it at that low of a rate, those lawn mixes only have 1/4 of the 24D a true 24d herbicide would have in it.

Well if there's one thing we have plenty of, it's poison ivy. If it only defoliated it, we'll have another chance with Roundup. I almost got some Crossbow, but didn't want to turn her loose with that just yet.

 

[blakely]

I bought 24d from the local farm supply place. 2oz in a 4 gallon sprayer kills any broadleaf I've sprayed it on.

 

[GeorgiaGlockMan]

I've been mixing 41%gly and 24D at about 3 oz per gallon each in same sprayer.

Give it a week and it will kill anything it touches.

 

[menhadenman]

I bought 24d from the local farm supply place. 2oz in a 4 gallon sprayer kills any broadleaf I've sprayed it on.

What brand? That seems thin but sure worked better than my recipe.

Guy I was talking to today says the Hi Yield 24d works well at 4oz/gallon