I sprayed my yard with msma 2 days ago. How long should I wait before mowing. The grass is bermuda. Thanks
mow after spraying msma?
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From what I've always been told and done, is mow first then spray. At least with msma according to label.
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Trook,
Since you are in central Mississippi, I bet your temps have been as hot there as is has been here in the Arkansas Delta. You should have had leaf and shoot burn withing 6-8 hours of treatment if not sooner with heat. If you used a surfactant with this product or it came premixed in, then you will have complete discoloration and severe burn within 24 hours. I advise no mowing for 24 hours before and 24 afterwards with other chemicals, however, more leaf coverage is needed for most post emerge herbicides.
The label says to mow something like an inch before application to perform complete coverage but I have no problem with my lawns as they are mowed at 2.5 inches anyway.
To answer your question.......wait 24 hours after spraying then mow. If you don't have any sort of burn.... purplish color to gray of the leaf surfaces of the weeds in question, then you probably didn't use enough herbicide to matter.
Since you are in central Mississippi, I bet your temps have been as hot there as is has been here in the Arkansas Delta. You should have had leaf and shoot burn withing 6-8 hours of treatment if not sooner with heat. If you used a surfactant with this product or it came premixed in, then you will have complete discoloration and severe burn within 24 hours. I advise no mowing for 24 hours before and 24 afterwards with other chemicals, however, more leaf coverage is needed for most post emerge herbicides.
The label says to mow something like an inch before application to perform complete coverage but I have no problem with my lawns as they are mowed at 2.5 inches anyway.
To answer your question.......wait 24 hours after spraying then mow. If you don't have any sort of burn.... purplish color to gray of the leaf surfaces of the weeds in question, then you probably didn't use enough herbicide to matter.
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Where did you get MSMA labeled for use on home lawns? There are many legal and effective alternatives to this product.
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GDoctor,
We still have MSMA floating around.......stored in warehouses and other means purchased from the past. We can still use it until until all is used before 2012-13. After that......you know! no more to buy and use unless you are in the golf course industry and sod farm production. I still have 2.5 gallons that is labeled for residential use!!!!!
I keep mine strictly for spot spray uses only.
We still have MSMA floating around.......stored in warehouses and other means purchased from the past. We can still use it until until all is used before 2012-13. After that......you know! no more to buy and use unless you are in the golf course industry and sod farm production. I still have 2.5 gallons that is labeled for residential use!!!!!
I keep mine strictly for spot spray uses only.
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There are some of us who still have quite a bit more than that....
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Ted,
I only bought what I needed for each month as MSMA is and way so prevalent here......every co-op had a dozen pallets of the stuff on hand. Now it isn't that way!!!
I bought 5 cases last year............down to a half case now!!! Oh Well!!!! I'll do the switch when necessary...
I only bought what I needed for each month as MSMA is and way so prevalent here......every co-op had a dozen pallets of the stuff on hand. Now it isn't that way!!!
I bought 5 cases last year............down to a half case now!!! Oh Well!!!! I'll do the switch when necessary...
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As soon as the ban was official, all vendors here had the new label MSMA only and the new label Trimec Plus. I recently saw a "landscaper" walking out of a fertilizer dealer's door with Celsius and Revolver. Ouch! that must have hurt. MSMA used to be under $100 for 2.5 Gallons.
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GDoctor,
Yes, I was getting a 1 gallong container for 15.00, then it went to 28.00 and them poof!-It went away.
For what little I have left, it is being rationed out very wisely.
Yes, I was getting a 1 gallong container for 15.00, then it went to 28.00 and them poof!-It went away.
For what little I have left, it is being rationed out very wisely.
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I have under 32 oz left. That is going to be for my own lawn only if the new stuff fails to work. This might end up like my grandfather's chlordane 8E, an interesting relic from the past.
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What is the new label MSMA greendoctor is talking about?
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The new label restricts usage to golf courses and sod farms only. It may only be applied as a broadcast treatment once on a newly constructed golf course, twice on a sod farm per year. Established golf courses are restricted to spot treatments only. Spot treatments are defined as no more than 100 sq ft areas and no more than 25% of the total acreage on a golf course per year. Florida is not allowed to use MSMA on golf courses or sod farms at all. They are probably the ones that got the ban started. Spray in the morning and it flash floods that afternoon.
Think Green,
I may know where you can get some if you run out. I have some extra in my survival kit. LOL
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God Bless you D,
I am glad you graced your presence on the site again. I almost thought you were up to your neck in BBQ. LOL!!
Call me again---or hit me on facebook!
Thanks for the offer.........I hope not to need it????
I am glad you graced your presence on the site again. I almost thought you were up to your neck in BBQ. LOL!!
Call me again---or hit me on facebook!
Thanks for the offer.........I hope not to need it????
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My stash is 55gal in 5 gal cases. I only used 3.5 cases all of last year. I tried to use Celsius on crabgrass and only used MSMA for what Celsius would not control. For the most part, it was used only as spot treatment. I am trying that route again this year and have been following the threads and a couple of leads on alternatives for DG treatments. I will be getting some Revolver and doing some experimenting myself this season.
Hello, I am new to this forum but noticed that the thread is from 2007-11 and am surprised to see that MSMA is no longer available in the states that you guys are since I bought some yesterday, as I do every year to treat my property. I am in West TN and it is readily available.
Sure, it's available. But, read the label carefully. It will say:
"for postemergent selective weed control in cotton, golf courses, sod farms, and highway rights of way."
Since residential and commercial lawns are not included on that label, it is not legal to use it on such.
"for postemergent selective weed control in cotton, golf courses, sod farms, and highway rights of way."
Since residential and commercial lawns are not included on that label, it is not legal to use it on such.
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