Avenue South Broadleaf Herbicide for Turfgrass

Formulation

Avenue South is a water-based, soluble liquid formulation of active ingredients Penoxsulam, Sulfentrazone, Dicamba, and 2,4-D. 

Behavior on Plant

Readily absorbed by roots, shoots, and foliage, and rapidly translocates throughout the plant.

Control Symptomology

Broadleaf weeds exhibit leaf and stem curl or twisting, yellowing, and chlorosis. Visible response within a few days of applicaiton; Weed death between 14-28 days. 

Turf Safety

Do not apply Avenue South to improved varieties of St. Augustinegrass at rates above 3.5 pints/acre unless temporary turf injury can be tolerated. Do not applyAvenue South above 2.7 pints/acre on fescue or ryegrass varieties unless temporary turf injury can be tolerated.

Rainfast

Rainfast in as little as 4 hours.

Reseeding Interval

Reseed in 4 weeks.

Spray Preparation and Tank Mixtures:

Avenue South Broadleaf Herbicide for Turfgrass is a water-based formulation intended for dilution with water. In certain applications, liquid fertilizer may replace part of the water as a diluent.

Mixing with Water:

Add one-half the required amount of water to the spray tank, then add Avenue South Broadleaf Herbicide for Turfgrass Herbicide slowly with agitation, and complete filling the tank with water. Mix thoroughly and continue agitation while spraying.

When this product is left standing for extended periods of time, re-agitate to assure uniformity of the spray mixture.

Mixing with Liquid Fertilizers:

Use suitable sources and rates of fertilizer based upon guidance of your fertilizer supplier or State Extension Service Specialist.

Verify physical compatibility with a jar test: Always perform a jar test for compatibility before large scale mixing. The jar test can be conducted by mixing all components in a small container in proportionate quantities. If the mixture separates after standing and can be mixed readily by shaking, then the mixture can be used and applied with spray equipment providing continuous agitation. If large flakes, sludge, gels or other precipitates form, r if a separate oily layer or oil globules appear, then the herbicide and the liquid fertilizer must not be prepared as a tank mixture.

Liquid fertilizers are either solutions (true fluids) or suspensions. Physical compatibility of this product is adequate with liquid nitrogen solutions. Mixing this product with suspensions or N-P-K solutions may not be satisfactory (may be marginal) without pre-mixing this product with water. Pre-mixing this product with 2 parts water will ensure that the emulsifiers are activated enabling the herbicide to be suspended in the fertilizer.

Adjuvants and Spray Additives:

Adjuvants (such as surfactants, spreaders, spreader-stickers, spray thickeners, foaming agents, activators, detergents, and drift reducing agents) combined with this product can damage the leaf tissue of turfgrass. If any discoloration or cosmetic effects are objectionable or would be unacceptable, then adjuvants(s) combined with Avenue South Broadleaf Herbicide for Turfgrass would not be advised. Do not use adjuvants and spray additive tank-mix combinations, unless your experience indicates that the tank mixture will not result in turf injury.

Ground Equipment:

Spray Distribution: The accuracy and uniformity of the herbicide distribution is the sole responsibility of the applicator. Power sprayers fitted with a boom or spray wand/gun may be used for broadcast applications and spot treatments. For best spray distribution and coverage, select a spray volume and delivery system that will ensure accurate and uniform coverage. Boom sprayers equipped with appropriate nozzles and screens are suitable for broadcast applications.

This product may cause injury to susceptible/non-target plants at the use site by contacting foliage, stems, or roots. To prevent injury to susceptible crops and other desirable broadleaf plants including but not limited to cotton, legumes, tobacco, tomatoes, garden/vegetable crops, and ornamentals (flowers, trees, and shrubs) avoid contact with the spray solution, spray droplets, and spray mist (fine droplets). Do not apply when conditions are conducive to spray drift from the use site to untreated areas.

Usb spray volumes of 3 to 175 gallons per acre with spray pressures adjusted to 20 to 40 psi (except when applying this product to St. Augustinegrass, use spray volumes of 40 to 175 gallons per acre). Do not apply with high pressure equipment, Use higher spray volumes for dense weed populations.

Calibration and proper application are essential when using this product.

• Avoid spray overlaps with spray equipment.
• Over-application or rates above those on this labeling can cause turf injury.
• Hand-held technique: Spray wands fitted with flat fan nozzles should not be waved in a back-and-forth motion, or in a side-to-side motion, or in a swinging arm motion. Instead, the flat fan nozzle should be held stationary at the proper height. Side-to-side motion results in uneven coverage. To avoid excessive spray pattern overlaps, a spray colorant may be used.

Hand operated sprayers including backpack sprayers, compression sprayers, and knapsack sprayers are appropriate for small turfgrass areas.

After using this product, clean sprayer with soap or detergent and water, or an approved spray tank cleaner and rinse thoroughly before applying other pesticides.

WEEDS CONTROLLED:

Clover, Dollarweed, Spurge, Dandelion, Virginia buttonweed, Yellow nutsedge (suppression), Aster, Bedstraw, Beggarweed, Bindweed, Black medic, Bull Thistle, Burclover, Burdock, Buttercup, Carpetweed, Catsear, Chamberbitter, Chickweed, Chicory, Cinquefoil, Clover, Cocklebur, Coffeeweed, Compassplant, Curly dock, Dayflower, Deadnettle, Dock, Dogfennel, Doveweed, English daisy, False Dandelion, Field bindweed, Field oxeye-daisy, Filaree, Florida betony, Florida pusley, Goldenrod, Ground Ivy, Groundsel, Hawkweed, Healall, Henbit, Innocence (Blue-eyed Mary), Knotweed, Lambsquarters, Lawn burweed, Lespedeza, Mallow, Mouseear, Nutsedge, Old world diamond flower, Oxalis, Parsley-piert, Pennsylvania smartweed, Pepperweed, Pigweed, Pineappleweed, Plantain, Poison ivy, POison oak, Puncturevine, Purple cudweed, Purslane, Ragweed, Redweed, Red sorrel, Roundleaf mallow, Sheep sorrel, Shepherd's purse, Spurge, Smartweed, Spurweed, Thistle, Veronica, Vetch, Virginia pepperweed, White clover, Wild carrot, Wild garlic, Wild geranium, Wild lettuce, Wild mustard, Wild onion, Wild strawberry, Wild violet, Woodsorrel, Yarrow, Yellow rocket.

LABELED FOR USE IN:

Floratam St. Augustinegrass, Common St. Augustinegrasses, Centipedegrass, Hybrid Bermudagrass, Zoysiagrass, Bluegrass (Annual and Kentucky), Ryegrass (Perennial, Annual), Fescues (Tall, Red, or Fineleaf).

Prohibitions of Sites:

• Do not apply to any body of water such as lakes, streams, rivers, ponds, reservoirs, or estuaries (salt water bays). Do not apply to any shorelines (noncropland sites adjacent to the edges of a body of water) for lakes, streams, rivers, ponds, reservoirs, or estuaries (salt water bays).
• Do not apply to wetlands (swamps, bogs, potholes, or marshes).
• Do not apply to agricultural irrigation water or on agricultural irrigation ditchbanks and canals.
• Do not apply to agricultural drainage water or on agricultural ditchbanks.

Use Restrictions:

• Do not apply this product to greens, collars, tees, bentgrass, carpetgrass, dichondra, legumes, and lawns where desirable clovers are present.
• Applications made when ambient temperatures are above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (85 degrees Fahrenheit for St. Augutinegrass) may cause undesirable turf injury. Do not apply at these temperatures unless temporary turf injury can be tolerated.
• Do not collect grass clippings for use as mulch around plants.
• For ground application only; aerial applications are not permitted.
• Do not allow livestock to graze on any areas treated with this product.
• Do not broadcast apply to bare ground or paved surfaces.

State Restrictions:

• California: make broadcast applications only between March 1 and September 1. If troublesome weeds appear during other times of the year, a spot application can be made. While irrigation is necessary and important for plant growth, apply irrigation water efficiently so that no more than 125% of the net irrigation requirement is applied for any irrigation event. Apply efficient irrigations for six months following application of sulfentrazone containing products. Do not apply product to bare ground.
• Arizona: Do not use this product on sod farms in Arizona.
• Use of this product in certain portions of California, Oregon adn Washington is subject to the January 22, 2004 Order for injunctive relief in Washington Toxics Coalition.