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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Mixing:

• Mix only with water. It will not mix with oil or diesel fuel.
• Mechanical or by-pass agitation in the spray tank is recommended, and it should be maintained during spraying.
• Quarter fill the spray tank and add the required amount of herbicide in the following order:
  • Wettable powder or water dispersible granules.
  • Suspension concentrates (atrazine flowable).
  • Aqueous concentrates (e.g., Apparent Ramjet 75-D Herbicide, 2,4-D amine).
  • Emulsifiable concentrates.
  • Surfactant or crop oil.

Adjuvant:

• DO NOT add surfactants (such as Agral 600 or BS-1000) or crop oils (such as Uptake Spraying Oil) unless specifically recommended to do so in the Use Directions Tables, 1 and 2.

APPLICATION

Apparent Ramjet 75-D Herbicide may be applied by:

• Ground boom:

  • Spray using accurately calibrated equipment delivering 50 – 100L water/ha.
  • DO NOT use less than 200L/ha in sugarcane.
  • When treating maize and sorghum, the risk of crop injury will be reduced if dropper nozzles are used to avoid spraying the growing point of the crop.
  • Misting machines and boomjet sprayers should not be used for treating crops.

• Aircraft:

  • Use accurately calibrated equipment to deliver not less than 20L water/ha.
  • DO NOT use less than 50L/ha in sugarcane.

• High volume:

  • Apply using a calibrated handgun with D5 or D6 (2-3mm) nozzle plate and operated at 400 – 500kPa.
  • Spray to thoroughly wet the weed, usually 2,500 – 3,500L water/infested ha is required.

• Stem injection:

  • Treat only trees with good sap flow.
  • Make injection cuts at 13cm spacing around the diameter of the tree at waist height or at 15cm spacing at ground level.
  • The cuts should be made using a 5 to 7cm wide narrow-bladed axe.
  • The cut must be made through the bark and deep enough to place all the chemical in contact with the sapwood.
  • Treat each stem of a multi-stem tree where possible.
  • Inject the chemical mix into each cut immediately after the cut is made.
  • Apply the mix with a vaccinator or similar equipment which can be accurately calibrated or a tree injector which can apply the measured dose at or near ground level.
  • Injection at or near ground level is essential in the Traprock area of southeastern Queensland and is preferred for optimum results in Bimble box (Poplar box) areas.

• Cut stump:

  • Cut the trees as close to the ground as practicable, leaving stumps no higher than 10cm.
  • Spray, swab or brush the chemical mix immediately to the freshly cut surface so as to thoroughly wet the surface.
  • If the cut surface is oily, add a non-ionic wetting agent to assist penetration.

• Frilling:

  • Make successive overlapping cuts into the sapwood around the entire circumference of the base of the tree.
  • Spray to thoroughly wet the frilled areas.

• Injecting spray into the center of the weed:

  • Inject using a vaccinator or similar equipment, 1mL of treatment mix into the growing point for each 2.5cm of the plant stem diameter (see Zamia palm).

COMPATIBILITY

Apparent Ramjet 75-D Herbicide is compatible with:

• atrazine (500g/L flowable or an equivalent granular product),
• 2,4-D amine,
• diquat,
• metsulfuron-methyl,
• clodinafop,
• glyphosate.

CLEANING SPRAY EQUIPMENT

After using Apparent Ramjet 75-D Herbicide, empty the tank completely and drain the whole system. Thoroughly wash inside the tank using a pressure hose, drain the tank and clean any tank, pump, line and nozzle filters.

To Rinse:

• After cleaning the tank as above, quarter fill the tank with clean water and circulate through the pumps, lines, hoses, and nozzles.
• Drain and repeat the rinsing procedure twice.

To Decontaminate:

• Before spraying sensitive crops (see Protection of Crops sections), wash the tank and rinse the system as above.
• Quarter fill the tank and add an alkali detergent (e.g., liquid SURF, OMO, DRIVE, at 500mL/100L of water or the powder equivalent at 500g/100L of water) and circulate throughout the system for at least fifteen minutes.
• Drain the whole system.
• Remove filters, nozzles, and clean them separately.
• Finally, flush the system with clean water and allow draining.
• Rinse water should be discharged onto a designated disposal area or if this is unavailable onto unused wasteland (and away from plants and water courses).