Beans |
Tomato Fruitworm |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 500 litres of water/ha. |
Apply when insects first appear and if necessary 2 to 3 weeks later. |
Beans, Forage brassicas, Maize, Onions, Sweet corn (seedlings) and Tomatoes. |
Cutworm |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 300 litres of water/ha. |
Apply immediately after damage occurs, preferably in the evening as a directed spray to thoroughly cover the base of the plants and the surrounding soil. |
Cereals |
Cereal aphid, Rose grain aphid |
20 to 40 mL/ha in a minimum of 200 litres of water/ha. |
Apply at first sign of aphids. Apply the lower rate when aphid pressure is low and shorter residual activity is required. A second application may be required if aphids continue to migrate into the crop. Ensure sufficient water volume is used to give thorough crop penetration and coverage. |
Citrus |
Fullers Rose Weevil |
300 mL/100 litres as a directed trunk spray. |
Apply sufficient spray to form a complete band around the trunk from the base to 30cm high, using up to 300 mL/trunk. Apply at monthly intervals, using directed spray equipment. Commence prior to adult weevil emergence from ground and continue over duration of pest activity – usually December to June unless otherwise ascertained by monitoring. Ensure trees are well skirted up and tree rows are free of weeds to assist in control. |
Field tomatoes |
Tomato Fruitworm |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 1000 litres of water/ha. |
Apply at three week intervals from transplanting or thinning. |
Forage and Horticultural brassicas |
Diamondback moth, White butterfly caterpillars |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 700 litres of water/ha. |
Apply to seedbeds and following transplanting at two week intervals or as indicated by pest activity. |
Grapes |
Thrips |
4 mL/100 litres (DO NOT use less than 20 mL/ha) |
Apply at early flowering. Apply in sufficient water to achieve good coverage of flower clusters. |
Grapes |
Bronze beetle, Grass grub beetle |
4 mL/100 litres (DO NOT use less than 40 mL/ha) |
Apply at dusk, when beetle flights begin. Apply in sufficient water to obtain coverage. Repeat after 14 days if flights are still continuing. |
Onions |
Onion Thrip |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 500 litres water/ha. |
Apply at first sign of onion thrip and repeat as necessary. |
Potatoes |
Potato Tuber Moth |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 500 litres water/ha. |
Apply at first sighting of moths then at 2 week intervals. Maintain adequate soil moisture and soil cover over developing tubers to assist prevention of tuber mining. |
White Clover seed crops |
Blue-Green Aphid, Potato Mirid, Thrips |
40 mL/ha in a minimum of 200 litres of water/ha. |
Apply at first flower initiation and repeat again 10 to 14 days later if required. |