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When nature calls, Plateau Herbicide answers!
BENEFITS OF NWSG:
Native warm season grasses (NWSG) and forb mixes provide excellent cover, nesting and food sources for wildlife. They attract insects vital to chick and poult survival and later produce seeds to maintain birds throughout the winter. The tall grasses provide excellent overhead cover needed for protection and creates bareground for chicks to bug and travel safely. NWSG clumps produce abundant nesting sites as well as protection from winter storms.
PLATEAU has revolutionized tall fescue control. ROUNDUP is a short term fix, resulting in marginal control of existing fescue and no residual control of new fescue seedlings. Countless trials and field use have shown that Plateau applied alone or in combination with Roundup provide superior control of fescue over Roundup alone.
TALL FESCUE CONVERSION
When fescue reaches 8 to 10 inches in height apply:
SPRING APPLICATIONS: The recipe for success.
4 to 12 ounces PLATEAU + l quart of ROUNDUP (glyphosate) + 1 quart of MSO (methylated seed oil) per acre.
Spray at 20 gallons of solution per acre.
The addition of 17 lbs Ammonium Sulfate fertilizer per 100 gallons of water will increase control.
SMOOTH BROME CONVERSION
8 to 12 ounces PLATEAU + 1½ to 2 quarts of ROUNDUP (glyphosate) + 1 quart of MSO (methylated seed oil) per acre.
Spray at 20 gallons of solution per acre.
The addition of 17 lbs Ammonium Sulfate fertilizer per 100 gallons of water will increase control.
RESCUE ESTABLISHED NWSG/FORB MIXED STANDS INVADED WITH TALL FESCUE:
12 ounces PLATEAU + 1 quart MSO
Some Wildflower species may not be tolerant TO 12 ounces PLATEAU.
To improve control, prepare your fescue the previous year by mowing or grazing it to reduce foliage and it's root reserves. Another option is to burn the fescue when it begins to break dormancy that spring in late February or March. This removes all debris and allows the herbicides to come in direct contact with new green vegetation and the soil to stop new germination of fescue. Fall applications can be as effective but spring applied PLATEAU will give you season long control of fescue seedlings and competitive weeds like foxtail, crabgrass, lambsquarters, pigweeds, Japanese stiltgrass, johnsongrass and over 70 other grasses, sedges and broadleaves.
PLATEAU is the first herbicide specifically registered for the establishment and maintenance of mixed NWSG and forbs. It can be safely applied to established big & little bluestem, broomsedge, Indiangrass, sideoats and blue grama as well as over 40 legumes and wildflowers including Illinois bundleflower, partridgepea, prairie clover, lespedezas, purple coneflower, black-eyed susan, coreopsis, cosmos and desmodium sp. (beggarticks). PLATEAU has been shown to increase NWSG stand survival by 8 to 10 fold over Roundup alone, thus allowing you to use less seed to achieve the same desirable stand. Using 4 ounces PLATEAU at planting provided good results in establishing switchgrass and eastern gamagrass in mixed grass stands.
PLATEAU can achieve this at low use rates minimizing the chemical load on the environment. PLATEAU works by interrupting a pathway only found in plants not in humans or wildlife. PLATEAU can be used to control problem weeds without compromising the values and agenda for wild habitat restoration.
DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT! Here's what prairie restoration experts from around the country have found or said.
Ron Ronk - Certified Wildlife Biologist & Quail Unlimited Chapter Chair:
We got behind the other spring on treating a 16 acre field of tall fescue that was 20 years old. The local COOP said they could not kill it with Roundup. The tall fescue was in boot to seed head formation. We sprayed 4 ounces PLATEAU + 3 quarts of Roundup + 1 quart of methylated seed oil per acre and killed fescue dead. We ended up with a beautiful stand of NWSG and forbs. We treat several hundred acres of old strip mine reclaimation property infested with tall fescue using 4 ounces PLATEAU + 1 - 2 quarts of Roundup + 1 qt MSO per acre and have had nothing but success in killing fescue and establishing NWSG and forbs.
Ron Carter - OH-DNR Area Supervisor of Deer Creek Wildlife Area:
"PLATEAU is an excellent tool for establishing NWSG & wildflowers. PLATEAU fills a distinct niche in controlling competitive weeds in the year of establishment. This is a tool we've needed for a long time. I highly recommend it for any new planting and use it myself on Deer Creek Wildlife Area."
Missouri Department of Conservation:
From "Native Warm-Season Grass Newsletter" Volume 17, #2&3, "NRCS and MDC personnel looked at fescue control and NWSG planting methods. Wildlife management biologist Randy Arndt and Dennis Browning tested several chemical combinations for killing tall fescue and methods for planting NWSG. Imazapic (the active ingredient in PLATEAU) in conjunction with glyphosate gave superior kills compared to glyphosate alone, and NWSG seedling growth was far superior with imazapic". "The advantages of Plateau plus Roundup over Roundup alone are: 1) more consistent fescue kill, 2) annual grass control that allows native grass seedlings to grow unimpeded, 3) reduced or no need to mow for weed control, saving $5/A for each mowing, 4) significantly improve stand development.
Mike Hansbrough - Former Regional Director for Quail Unlimited:
A great new product for the wildlife manager and landowners. PLATEAU ECO-PAK is the most effective method to quickly convert form fescue to quality quail habitat. PLATEAU could play a very significant role in bringing back quail in fescue areas. PLATEAU is very effective in eradicating fescue and releasing native plants that are beneficial to quail and other wildlife. I wish every landowner would use PLATEAU to control fescue and reestablish more quail habitat.
Jef Hodges of Environmental Repair Services:
From 1998 January/February Quail Unlimited Magazine. Recipe for DEAD FESCUE, from the kitchen of The Native Grass Manager. Use 20 gallons of spray solution per acre. Tank-mix: 8 to 12 ounces of Plateau + 1 quart of Roundup Ultra + I quart of MSO per acre + 17 Ibs of Ammonium Sulfate per 100 gallons of water.
My experience with killing fescue, has been not to cut any corners. The process of trying to short cut can come back to haunt you in the form of an incomplete fescue kill. You then have to either start all over or do additional management or herbicide applications to complete the job of killing the fescue... I no-tilled eight acres of Indiangrass and big bluestem into fescue sod this spring using this method, and this fall, I have thigh to waist-deep big bluestem and shin to knee-deep Indiangrass. This is the most phenomenal native grass planting I have ever done, and that includes over 4000 acres of plantings.
For more information on prairies visit the web site at www.prairiesource.com or call toll free 1-888-711-2999.
Dave Stock of Stock Seed Farms:
"In the 40 years I have been in the seed business, we would constantly loose new plantings of NWSG and wildflowers to weeds. Weeds have always been the primary problem in establishment until now. PLATEAU herbicide is the frst product specifically labeled for the establishment of mixed NWSG and wildflowers and affords the weed control needed for a successful planting." For more information call toll free 1-800-759-1520.
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