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CROP SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Trash or straw should be buried before or during seedbed preparation.
Seedbeds must have a firm, fine tilth. Loose or cloddy seed beds must be consolidated otherwise crop damage may result due to inadequate seed cover.
For pre-emergence treatments, seed should be covered with a minimum of 32 mm of settled soil.
Apply via a horizontal boom sprayer. Apply in 200–400 L/ha as a MEDIUM spray (BCPC category).
Use the higher volume where crop or weed foliage is dense.
A spray pressure of at least 2 bars is required.
Good, even spray coverage of soil and weeds is essential.
Spray swaths should not overlap.
Avoid drift onto neighbouring crops to prevent crop damage.

Timing
Winter wheat (all varieties): Apply pre or post-emergence up to and including second tiller stage (GS 22).
Winter barley (all varieties): Apply pre or post-emergence up to and including third tiller stage (GS 23). An application of up to 0.6 L/ha may be made at any time before 31st March in the year of harvest.
A single application of 0.3 L/ha that is not part of a sequence may be made at any time up to and including GS 22 (winter wheat) or GS 23 (winter barley) of the crop.

Sequences on winter wheat and barley:
Where the total dose exceeds 0.6 L/ha, the first application of any sequence must be made before GS13 of the crop and a minimum of 6 weeks must elapse between treatments.
The second application of any sequence must not exceed 0.3 L/ha.
Where the total dose is between 0.3 – 0.6 L/ha and application is made after GS 12 of the crop, the latest time of application is 31st March.

Spring wheat (all varieties):
A single application of 0.3 L/ha may be made pre- or post-emergence, up to and including third true leaf stage (GS 13).

Spring barley (all varieties):
A single application of 0.3 L/ha may be made pre-emergence of the crop.
FOLLOWING CROPS and CROP FAILURE
Plough or cultivate to at least 15 cm before planting following crops of oilseed rape, field beans and edible brassicae. Ensure thorough soil mixing before planting.
Plough to at least 15 cm before planting peas, sugar beet, carrots and onions. Ensure thorough soil mixing before planting.
Wheat, barley and potatoes can be drilled without any special cultivations.
An interval of 12 weeks should elapse between treatment and subsequent sowing of spring wheat and spring barley.
In the event of crop failure, for any reason, plough to at least 15 cm and sow only wheat, barley and potatoes.
Clayton Aspect XL and other products containing diflufenican applied to successive cereal crops, can build up levels of diflufenican in the soil. Ploughing or cultivation, with complete inversion of the furrow must take place before planting any following non-cereal crop, except potatoes.
Even if ploughing or cultivation is carried out there may still be a risk of damage to following crops of onions, leek and related species, or clover. DFF-containing products should not be used in successive years before renting out land to growers of these crops.

MIXING
Shake the container well before use. Half fill the spray tank with clean water and add the required amount of Clayton Aspect XL. Wash out the container and add the washings to the spray solution, before topping up with clean water.
Maintain continuous agitation of spray solution during mixing and loading and until spraying is complete.
Do not leave the sprayer filled with the spray solution standing for long periods.
Wash out the sprayer thoroughly after use using a wetting agent or proprietary tank cleaner with two rinses.