Atrazine/Image

perfecto – posted 21 July 2004 21:51

What’s the best time of the year to spray Atrazine or Image for weed problems?Also in what manner(concentrated,mixed,ect)I’m new to this so any help is greatly appreciated.

roskilan – posted 22 July 2004 13:02

Depends on where you live, but I’m in SC and was told to only do in after the speing green up and later in the Fall. Temps over 90 will destroy the lawn. Also advised to apply it at night (or dusk) when its cooler, and wait a day to water.

Hope this helps…

-Andrew

perfecto – posted 24 July 2004 17:46

Thanxs Andrew.I guess i’ll have to wait till late Sept or Oct.I’m from SO.Ca also & the heat here at this time is horrendous.I have st.Augustine & have plenty of weed problems.I’m trying to get things under control and on the right track.

Alex_in_FL – posted 24 July 2004 21:02

You might try putting out a weed and feed with atrazine late in the day. Also, you can probably spot spray the weeds with mix of atrazine and image (use 3/4 strength of each if you mix together) if done late in the day. Just limit spray to the weed as much as possible.

Alex

buck – posted 17 August 2004 07:18

Image attacks weeds through the roots. It does not translocate from the leaf down, it relys on getting washed down to the root zone. As many have observed, Image applied to turf grass can trash it about as well as RoundUp. If your weed problem is relatively minor, a few spots here and there you can use a pump sprayer, place the nozzle on the groud at he base of the weed and give it a quick shot right into the ground. This keeps it off the blades of the turf, and gets it down to the root. I generally flush after the shot with a cup or so of water. Weeds die quickly, turf is not exposed. Works for me on 419 and I have used this when temps were in the 90s.