Q4 Plus is applied at the rate of 7 - 8 pints per acre if treating weeds in cool season grasses, or 5 - 7 pints per acre for warm season grasses. If you need to treat 4 acres, you will need one gallon.
Your 2 gallon hand pump sprayer falls under the category of low volume spray equipment that the Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide label is referring to.
The Q4 Plus Herbicide Product Label states: Broadcast Treatments for Cool Season Turfgrass (kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, fescues, annual bluegrass, rough bluegrass, annual ryegrass)- Use rate per Application is 7 to 8 pints per acre or 2.6 to 3.0 fl oz/1000 sq/ft. When broadcasting your water volume may change so while the concentration of product per area is the same as the spot treatment, if your turf is very dense you may need 2-4 gallons of water over 1000 sq/ft, vs the only 1 gallon needed for spot treatments.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide if applied to St Augustine may suppress it, but may not kill it. Roundup would be a better option to spot treat.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide must be applied at least 25 feet away from a pond in order to prevent any runoff and harm to aquatic life.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide can safely be applied to established Tall Fescue to treat for listed weeds when applied during the cooler times of the days when temps are below 80 degrees. It is not going to kill Tall Fescue if used as directed. If you are wanting to kill Tall Fescue in your lawn, please provide your desired turf species for additional information. Thank you.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide is labeled to be safely used on tall fescue and will not control it. There is not a selective product that would remove one cool season turf such as Tall Fescue from another like Kentucky Bluegrass. We suggest spot treating with a non-selective like GlyPhoSel Pro and then reseeding after 2 weeks.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide states on the product label: For optimum results irrigate 24 hours before and 24 hours after applications with ½ inch of water.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide is not labeled for Doveweed. You may use a product like BlindSide to control Doveweed. This product is a very effective post-emergent herbicide. Please review the product label before making your application.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide is most effective when applied to a dry lawn to allow the product to fully adhere to the leaves, and is best applied when no rain is expected in the next 24 hours.
After an application of Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide, you do not want to water for at least 24 hours.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide should only be mixed when you are ready to apply the finished solution. You will want to use within 24 hours for the most effectiveness.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide can be applied at the same time as a fertilizer. As always be sure you are applying these products during the cooler times of the day when temps are below 85 degrees.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide should not be applied to anything edible and you should avoid areas where there are desired ornamentals, shrubs, trees, groundcovers, flowers and landscaped beds. It should only be applied to listed, established turfgrasses for the targeted weeds.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide states on the product label: For optimum results irrigate 24 hours before and 24 hours after applications with ½ inch of water.
Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide is not labeled to be safely applied to St. Augustine lawns. Blindside WDG and Atrazine are both labeled for St. Augustine Lawns.
Please view our St. Augustine Lawn Guide and Lawn Care Guides for more information.
Neither a MSO nor a non ionic surfactant are recommended to be tank mixed with Q4 Plus Turf Herbicide
Per the product label, Certain spray tank additives such as surfactants may reduce the selectivity on the turfgrass. Use adjuvants only when your experience indicates that the tank mixture will not result in objectionable turf injury.
We would not recommend doing so as Q4 Plus has Quinclorac in it, which is the active ingredient for Drive XLR8. Adding too much can cause injury to your lawn.
Q4 Plus is not labeled to control deers tongue grass.
The only thing we are aware of to get rid of deer tongue grass is a non selective such as Roundup QuikPRO. Otherwise, we recommend contacting your local extension office to see if they know of anything else,