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Why Glean becamefes biggest selling cereal weedkiller in just one year. Russell McDonald, Dipton, Southland Gerald Pemberton, Geraldine, South Canterbury Paul Griffiths, Tai Tapu, Canterbury £ I changed to Glean because of the timing Q Glean covered almost all my weed C In the 1983-84 season I decided to tty of application -1 could spray early, meaning problems -Pm very happy with the results Glean on half of my cereal crops. It seemed to no tyre marks on the crops. Having my own and I’ve not seen any crop damage from offer some advantages over conventional spray rig meant I could get my spraying done spraying. I saw it as a new generation of herbicides, most of all the pre-emergence better and by using the lower water rates it cut chemical because ifs so compact and safe to control as well as the post-emergence of a wide application time in half. As far as actual use. When getting other people to use a range of weeds. weed control went, I found it to be a pretty chemical who may not realise how hazardous The control was amazing. Wet summer good chemical in a tough wet year. In a some chemicals are, it makes you happy they conditions and late harvesting caused fresh normal year results would be very good. are using Glean because ifs safe. I can put weed strikes in crops sprayed with other weed Handling Glean is easy too. The small size of enough chemical in the glove or toolbox to do herbiades. Crops sprayed with Glean the chemical container compared with 20 litre 40 or 50 hectares. The low water rate remained almost weed free. Glean is cost cans of conventional chemicals. Safety with application meant more hectares to the tank competitive with other herbicides but much Glean being a non hormone was useful. I and ease of measuring and mixing was great. safer to handle and more convenient to apply found Glean cost competitive and am I intend to use Glean on the bulk of my cereal as it mixes with most other chemicals i.e. definitely using it again, j spraying programme this year. 5 fungicides, insecticides and wild oat control. J b With the early application time, it is possible " ”1 Biil almost eliminate wheel marks thus h MSB improving the yield and ‘even up’ the • I hHK maturity, season I’ll be using Glean over my entire In just one year since its _ Glean is also easier to apply than introduction, Glean has become New rest * . Zealand’s biggest selling cereal crop ~ One 200 g pack, the size of a herbicide, by far. shoebox, will treat 10 hectares. For gcxxl reason. And Glean’s low toxicity makes it Glean controls over 25 different gRp less harmftll to use common weed species. That’s more than I Bl table salt. Safe! any other cereal weedkiller. b Glean is cost competitive too. Just Glean can also be applied earlier HBCI 111 l |jM one application gives season long than conventional cereal herbicides fMB control for only $28.00 a hectare, for pre-emergence and ShIK e iißi Join the hundreds of New post-emergence control, removing FjH Zealand cereal crop growers who in weeds before they start to compete j just one year have been sold on with the crop. Later germinating Bl Glean, weeds are controlled through soil Because it works, activity.
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