Eco Options Review

We have recently received welcome news that Scott’s EcoSense™ Weed B Gon® Weed Control Selective Herbicide has been reviewed by third-party agency Scientific Certification Systems and they have recommended it for Home Depot’s Eco Options program in Canada, which recognizes products that offer “a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose”. Weed B Gon® is sold in Canada by Scott’s EcoSense™ under a license from Neudorff and is otherwise known as Fiesta® when used by your local lawn care operator. It is made with iron in the form of FeHEDTA as the active ingredient and provides selective, broadleaf weed control in lawns and turf. Weed B Gon®/Fiesta® are sold as Gardens Alive Iron-X Weed Killer in the United States.

The specifics of the Eco Options program are defined by the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The review criteria are extensive, including material extraction and processing, manufacturing, packaging, product use, disposal, and transportation.

Neudorff USA launches Antixx Liquid Ant Bait

It’s with great pleasure that Neudorff USA announces the launch of Antixx Liquid Ant Bait for ants and other common pests.

Antixx LAB is a research-driven, highly palatable ant bait that introduces a new active ingredient to the pest control market, spinosad. Spinosad is a metabolite of the soil-dwelling bacteria Saccharopolyspora Spinosa and is highly active on insects by ingestion as well as contact.

Spinosad works quickly and kills the queen and colony within 1-2 weeks. Antixx LAB offers pest management professionals a new way of controlling troublesome ants, as well as other common pests while managing resistance to existing products. This coupled with the reduced risk of spinosad makes these products integral tools to control nuisance pests as part of a comprehensive pest management program.

Ants Added to Seduce® and Bug-N-Sluggo® Insect Bait Labels

April 12, 2016—Seduce®, Bug-N-Sluggo®, and Sluggo Plus T&O® insect baits have been approved by the U.S. EPA and California’s DPR for use on ants. The improved UV- and rain-resistant compressed bait pellets provide control of several ant species, cutworms and earwigs. These fast-acting products knock back ant populations in less than 48 hours. Bug-N-Sluggo and Sluggo Plus T&O also contains iron phosphate for the control of snails and slugs.

The dry pellets, which are now a terra-cotta color, are easy to apply, unlike some sticky competitor baits that can be more troublesome to accurately apply. Seduce and Bug-N-Sluggo have 4-hour reentry intervals and on almonds can be used up to the day before harvest. They are OMRI® Listed and NOP approved, so they can be used in organic production, as well as conventional farming.

Seduce and Bug-n-Sluggo are distributed by Certis USA into the crop and T&O markets. Brandt distributes Sluggo Plus T&O into landscape, nursery, golf and other non-crop markets.

Fiesta vs. Thistle

2014—Fiesta is great for use on common broadleaf weeds like dandelion and chickweed but what about hardy eyesores like thistle? We recently heard from EngageAgro USA, who sent us this photo of thistle two days after a low rate (2.5 gallons per 1000 ft2) application of Fiesta Turf Weed Killer on Long Island, NY.

It reminded us of a similar photo from a year ago. Nutri-Lawn in Toronto sprayed this bull thistle with Fiesta Lawn Weed Killer and got some amazing results.