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You can ‘act instantly’ to manage Serrated Tussock ■ Serrated Tussock generally proliferates in steep, hard to acess and challenging areas. These areas are usually very dificult to manage with traditional hose reel or knapsack sprayers due to the amount of water required to provide adequate coverage. “A shaker on the bike or in the ute shows farmers to act instantly and control tussock. GP Flupropanate greatest benefit is its convenience,” says Haminsh Munro of Graular Products. Originally designed for aerial application, GP Flupropanate has a coverage to weight ratio of 5:1 compared to liquids, thus the same wight of liquid chemical would treat onefifth of the same area as the granules. Therefore, heavy and leaky knapsacks can be replaced with the safer and lighter weight granules, that can be either shaken on or spread with a hand lawn spreader. A couple of kils will go a longway when applications rates for Serrated Tussock are 1.5g/m2 or approximately a flat teaspoon. The typical infestation areas are usually vulnerable to overgrazing and very slow to recruit beneficial pasture species, making invasive species like the Serrated Tussock well adapted. The vulnerability of these sites also makes management deci“Killing Serrated Tussock is the sions harder, access, herbicide selec- easy bit, managing the many differtion, pasture composition and graz- ent production tolls for longevity of ing, all can significantly influence control is the hard bit,” says Munro. long-term outcomes. The choice of herbicide and how
it is used are two key links in the longterm control of Serrated Tussock. Even with a selected herbicide like the Granular GP Flupropanate, rate and strategy will play a large part in
the ficacy of control. As GP Flupropanate is both selective and provides a 2-3 year residual window, applicators need to consider where the seed bank, as well as the parent
plants. Further information is available from Hamish Munro, Granular Products, phone 0458 687 368. E-mail: hamish@ granularproducts.com
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