Frontline xl

[sjc]

Well Tweety I guess you clean your tank, nozzles and screens out every single time you switch to a new product. Good for you. Frontline has been around for awhile and has never had an issue like this. Dow seems to think that the normal rinsing protocol was not enough to clean out the Frontline and it caused injury in some cases. So they are going to monitor it throughout the summer and compensate if need be. Just thought Id mention it here in case someone else noticed a field that didnt look right and didnt know what was wrong.

[Hamloc]

I had a neighbour who couldn't figure out what happened to his canola this information was very useful. It appears that frontline could be the reason. I think herbicide companies have a tendency to try to minimize publicity of product screw ups so threads like this one do serve a purpose.

[Oliver88]

Thanks for the heads up on Frontline.


It is unfortunate Tweety has to be a little jerk on here constantly.

[tweety]

Jerk or not, do you really think not cleaning all your screens is a proper way to clean your sprayer?

[tweety]

This has been a problem before with florasulam. It's not a new problem. Clean your sprayer and it's not.

[Hamloc]

In my case with the tandem the tank,the boom lines and boom filters all had a coating. I agitated the cleaning agent then filled the booms and let it sit overnight to hopefully dissolve the residue. The screens in the boom filters were just the easiest place to detect the residue. After seeing what spray residues do to canola I was glad I took the time.

[tweety]

Sjc if you don't then expect crop damage. And yes I do clean them at every product change. You're quite lazy and irresponsible if u don't. It's a quick simple job.

[furrowtickler]

Quick question to anyone who has been using frontline . If you are growing pule crops - you may or may not , why is frontline even in your chem rotation ??

[tweety]

Because they grow wheat canola.