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An emulsifiable concentrate containing 150 g ae/litre (14.68% w/w) fluroxypyr (present as 216 FARMCO DOCS g/litre of fluroxypyr-meptyl) and 150 g ae/litre (14.68% w/w) triclopyr (present as 209 g/litre triclopyr butoyl).

A foliar acting herbicide for the control of DOCKS in ESTABLISHED GRASSLAND.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE
IMPORTANT: This information is approved as part of the Product Label. All instructions within this section must be read carefully in order to obtain safe and successful use of this product.

NOTES
Grass and weeds must be actively growing to ensure good weed control and minimal check to the grass.
Do not spray in drought, very hot or very cold weather. Control may be reduced if rain falls within 2 hours of application.
Do not roll or harrow grass for 10 days before or 7 days after application. Clover will be killed or severely checked by application of FARMCO DOCS.
DO NOT sow kale, swedes, turnips or grass mixtures containing clover by direct drilling or minimum cultivation techniques within 6 weeks of applying FARMCO DOCS. FARMCO DOCS is safe to established grassland. Very occasionally some yellowing of the sward may occur; this is transient and quickly outgrown.
Occasionally, e.g. in hot conditions, vapour drift may occur, making it particularly important to assess the risk to neighbouring vegetation.
Take care to avoid drift onto susceptible crops, non-target plants or waterways. Do not apply directly to, or allow spray drift to come into contact with agricultural or horticultural crops, amenity plantings, gardens, ponds, lakes or watercourses. Wash out spray equipment thoroughly with water and detergent immediately after use. Traces of FARMCO DOCS could cause harm to susceptible crops sprayed later.

Grazing Interval
Exclude livestock during treatment and do not allow livestock to graze treated grassland for at least 7 days following treatment, and until foliage of any poisonous weeds which may have been affected by application has died and become unpalatable.

GENERAL INFORMATION
FARMCO DOCS is a foliar acting herbicide for the control of broad-leaved dock and curled dock in established grassland.

ESTABLISHED GRASSLAND
WEEDS CONTROLLED
FARMCO DOCS is recommended for the control of broad-leaved dock and curled dock, in the rosette stage up to 200 mm high or across.

RATE OF USE AND TIMING
Apply FARMCO DOCS at 2.0 litres/ha in 300 to 400 litres of water as an overall treatment in the autumn or spring for the control of docks.
Use the higher volume of water where the weeds are large at the time of application and where the grass is dense.
Application timing of FARMCO DOCS is crucial for good control and must be made when the weeds and grass are actively growing to ensure good weed control and minimal check to the grass. Docks should be treated in the rosette stage and within the size given above. It is important that there is sufficient leaf area for uptake of the herbicide. This is particularly true on well-established docks which will have an extensive taproot, but which early in the spring or soon after cutting may only have a few small leaves. If the grass (and hence the weeds) has been cut for conservation hay or silage, or has been grazed, leave for 2 to 3 weeks to allow sufficient regrowth to occur before spraying.
To allow maximum translocation of FARMCO DOCS to the roots do not cut grass for 28 days after application.
On large well-established docks and where there is a large reservoir of seed in the soil a further control programme in the following year may be required.

APPLICATION
FARMCO DOCS may be applied only through tractor-mounted hydraulic sprayers providing they are in good working order and have been calibrated according to the manufacturers’ recommendations. Do not apply in knapsack sprayers.

MIXING
Fill the spray tank half full with water and add the required amount of FARMCO DOCS. Continue filling with water and maintain agitation during filling, while spraying and during any stoppages. Mix up only sufficient spray volume for the area to be treated and use the spray immediately.

SPRAY QUALITY
Apply FARMCO DOCS as a MEDIUM spray as defined by the BCPC system.