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Preemergent and Postemergent Herbicides

No matter how diligent you are with your turf care program, chemical controls are sometimes necessary to get rid of unwanted weeds. If you are looking for a preemergent or postemergent herbicide to rid your clients’ lawns of invaders, you’ve come to the right place.

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Monsanto

Certainty is formulated to completely control a variety of tough weeds, including yellow and purple nutsedge, kyllinga and tall fescue. It delivers protection and broad-spectrum weed control in warm-season grasses, including bermudagrass, zoysia, centipedegrass, St. Augustinegrass and more.

Agrisel

GlyPho-Sel Pro 41 percent with 15 percent surfactant is labeled for turf and ornamental uses and comes in quarts, gallons and totes.

Andersons

Offers preemergent herbicides combined with fertilizers, including formulations with Barricade, Dimension, ProPendi, Team Pro and more.

Applied Biochemists

Products include broad-range Weedtrine-D, systemic Shoreklear-Plus with nonionic surfactant and selective Harpoon and Navigate.

BASF

Rainfast in 30 minutes, broad-spectrum Drive XLR8 herbicide has a liquid quinclorac formulation for postemergent control of broadleaf and grassy weeds.

Bayer

Acclaim Extra is a selective, systemic, postemergent herbicide that works to control annual and perennial grasses in turf.

Dow AgroSciences

Spotlight postemergent herbicide offers control of annual and perennial broadleaf weeds, including clover, on cool and most warm-season grasses.

DuPont

TranXit herbicide used in the spring controls ryegrass to give bermudagrass the opportunity for rapid and complete reestablishment after dormancy.

FMC

Echelon for preemergence control of crabgrass, goosegrass and sedges, with postemergence activity on small goosegrass and crabgrass and some broadleaf weeds.

JH Biotech

Weed Zap is an all-natural, nonselective, postemergent herbicide that is 100 percent biodegradable. It is suitable for spot treatments and border or margin areas.

Lesco

Lifeguard herbicide controls crabgrass, dallisgrass, goosegrass and other weeds on cool and warm-season grasses. The active ingredient is dithiopyr.

Nufarm

Dynamo herbicide contains dithiopyr to provide preemergent coverage and early postemergent control of broadleaf and grassy weeds.

PBI Gordon

ProForm herbicides include Q4 for control of grassy and broadleaf weeds, including yellow nutsedge and crabgrass. Approved for use in cool-season grasses

Phoenix Environmental

Starfighter L herbicide uses oxadiazon to control annual broadleaf and grassy weeds, including crabgrass, goosegrass, oxalis, annual sedge and others.

Quali-Pro

Ipro 2SE fungicide controls brown patch, dollar spot and other diseases in turf. Controls rhizoctonia, botrytis, fusarium and alternaria in ornamentals.

Soil Technologies

Phydura is a broad-spectrum contact herbicide that uses clove oil and vinegar as active ingredients. It is a nonselective spray with no re-entry interval.

Syngenta

Tenacity is a selective, systemic herbicide for pre and postemergence control of 46 broadleaf weeds and undesired grasses.

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