Destiny Selective Turf Herbicide

Tips For Use

Application:

When to use:

• All year round

How to use:

• Apply using ground-based equipment.
• Ensure spraying equipment is properly calibrated before use.
• Aim to achieve an even spray coverage of all weeds.
• Do no overlap sprayed areas.
• Apply with the boom no higher than 50 cm above the turf with flat fan nozzles and medium droplet size.

General Comments on Application:

• Destiny will severely impact Poa annua (winter grass) therefore care should be taken if this is a desirable species.
• Always apply with a non-ionic surfactant or Hasten at the recommended rate on the surfactant product label.
• Apply to actively growing weeds and not to weeds under stress.
• Destiny can be transferred or ‘tracked’ by equipment or foot movement.
• To minimise this risk, irrigate treated areas after application, but allow at least 4 hours for chemical uptake.
• Ensure spray tanks are cleaned thoroughly, according to label directions, after use.
• Apply using ground-based application equipment. Use a water rate of 200 – 500 L/ha.
• Always apply with a non-ionic surfactant or Hasten at the recommended rate on the spray adjuvant product label.
• Apply to actively growing weeds and not to weeds under stress.
• Destiny can be transferred or ‘tracked’ by equipment or foot movement.  To minimise this risk, irrigate treated areas after application, but allow at least 4 hours for chemical uptake.
• Ensure spray tanks are cleaned thoroughly after use according to the sprayer clean-up instructions on the label.

General Instructions:

• Destiny is a selective sulfonylurea herbicide. It is predominantly a foliar herbicide with less activity via the soil.
• Destiny will not reliably control weeds that emerge after spraying.
• Results are best under good growing conditions and application to weeds or turf under stress should be avoided.

Mixing:

• Ensure that the spray tank is completely clean prior to mixing.
• Half fill the spray tank with water, then with agitators in motion, add the correct amount of destiny directly into the spray tank.
• Then add wetting agent or crop oil as recommended.
• Complete filling the tank with agitators in motion.
• Agitation must continue before and during spraying.
• If the ph of water carrier is less than 5.5 Use a buffer solution to raise the ph to meet 7.0.
• Do not mix Destiny with acid-forming compounds in the spray vat.
• Do not leave spray mix standing in the vat overnight. 

Application:

• Ensure spraying equipment is properly calibrated before use.
• Ensure that complete and even spray coverage of all weeds is achieved. Do not overlap sprayed areas.
• Apply with the boom no higher than 50 cm above the turf with flat fan nozzles and medium droplet size.

Turf Safety:

• Application to very dry sandy soils followed by soaking rainfall may cause turf damage.
• Turf damage may also be increased in highly alkaline soils (soil pH >8.5 as determined by soil in water suspension).
• Avoid application on the turf which is not yet established or which is under stress from environmental conditions.
• Allow at least six weeks between the last application and overseeding with cool-season grasses for winter cover. 

Re-Entry Period:

• Do not allow entry into treated areas until the spray has dried. 

Protection of Crops, Native and Other Non-Target Plants

• Very toxic to aquatic plants and certain algae.
• Do not apply under weather conditions, or from spraying equipment, that may cause spray to drift onto nearby susceptible plants/crops, cropping lands or pastures.
• Do not replant any crop or ornamental to treated areas other than the turfgrass listed in the directions for use for a period of 12 months after application.

Protection of Livestock

• Do not graze treated turf or feed turf clippings from any treated area to poultry or livestock. 

Restraints:

• Do not apply by air or through any type of irrigation equipment
• Do not apply to turf which is under stress or which is not yet established
• Do not use if rain is expected within 4 hours
• Do not use on golf or bowling greens
• Do not make more than one application of a group B herbicide in a season except for Bahiagrass

Mowing:

• Avoid mowing during the 3-4 days preceding or the following treatment.

Spray Drift Restraints:

• Do not allow spray to drift onto adjacent areas which contain desirable plants.
• Do not apply with spray droplets smaller than a medium spray droplet size category according to
• Nozzle manufacturer specifications that refer to the same s572 standard or the bcpc guideline.
• Do not apply when wind speed is less than 3 or more than 20 km per hour as measured at the Application site.
• Do not apply during surface temperature inversion conditions at the application site. 

Mandatory No Spray Zone:

• Do not apply if there are sensitive crops, gardens, landscaping vegetation, protected native
• Vegetation or protected animal habitat within 40 metres downwind from the application area.

Storage:

• Store in the closed, original container in a dry, cool, well-ventilated area out of direct sunlight. 

Safety Instructions:

• Will irritate the eyes
• Avoid contact with eyes
• When handling wear elbow-length PVC gloves and goggles
• If product gets in the eyes wash it out immediately with water
• Wash hands after use
• After each day’s use wash gloves and goggles
• Ensure spray tanks are cleaned thoroughly, according to label directions

First Aid:

• If poisoning occurs contact a doctor or Poisons Information Centre (telephone 13 11 26).
• Additional Information is listed in the Safety Data Sheet (SDS)