What is a good surfactant for herbicides?

What is a good surfactant for herbicides?

Dish soap is used as a surfactant, both when washing dishes and applying herbicide to plants.

What is the best surfactant to use with Roundup?

Early screening of different surfactants identified tallowamine ethoxylate (MON 0818) as generally the most effective surfactant with isopropylamine salts of glyphosate to optimise activity on a wide range of plants.

What is a NIS type surfactant?

Nonionic surfactants (NIS) are water soluble chemical and lipid compounds that are not molecularly charged (positive or negative). Surfactants reduce the surface tension of the water molecule enabling the water droplet to cover a greater leaf surface area; essentially the water droplet spreads out across a larger area.

How do you mix 80/20 surfactant?

HERBICIDES – Use “80-20” SURFACTANT at the rate of 1 quart per 100 gallons of spray mixture to obtain 1/4% surfactant. Use 2 quarts per 100 gallons of spray mixture to obtain 1/2% surfactant.

Can I mix surfactant with RoundUp?

Adding surfactants to glyphosate products improves the spreading of the spray over the plant and results in greater absorption, but does not address the hard water problem. So, a product like RoundUp Ultra that contains surfactant will be enhanced by addition of ammonium sulfate if mixed with hard water.

What is an 80/20 surfactant?

Prime Source’s Surfactant 80 / 20 is a non-ionic surfactant mainly used on leaf surfaces. This liquid surfactant provides uniform spray coverage, improves herbicide retention, assists in penetration and lowers the surface tension.

What kind of surfactant to use with herbicides?

Use Non-Ionic Surfactant with most herbicides in order to insure more uniform coverage by reducing the surface tensions of spray droplets. For most herbicides, such as: 2,4-D Amine, Trimec R, Brush Killer, Reward R (Diquat R), Asulox R, Image R, and others. For most Herbicides use: 1 teaspoonful per gallon (1 -2 pints per 100 gallons of spray).

Can you use surfactant as a wetting agent?

Surfactant for Herbicides is a wetting agent with 80% non-ionic surfactant for increasing the penetration, coverage and overall effectiveness of almost any herbicide. Surfactant for herbicides can be used with almost all herbicide sprays including Trimec, Atrazine, Brush Killer and 2, 4-D Amine.

What kind of surfactant can I use with trimec?

Surfactant for herbicides can be used with almost all herbicide sprays including Trimec, Atrazine, Brush Killer and 2, 4-D Amine. Please check the herbicide product label first to see if a surfactant is recommended.

How much surfactant is in a gallon of glyphosate?

GLYPHOSATE HERBICIDES (that do not contain a surfactant): 1 Tablespoon per gallon or 2 quarts per 100 gallons of spray. INSECTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, MITICIDES and NUTRITIONALS: 1/2 teaspoon per gallon of spray or 8 ounces per 100 gallons of spray.