For clover, it's iffy. It is usually best of it has a little something else mixed in (Momentum, MSMA, etc.).

 

Use it at the correct rate and it is a good product. Not my first weapon of choice, but it ain't bad. Similar to Ortho Weed B Gone. Add some Quicksilver to it and it kicks serious butt. Never sprayed Kudzu before so I can't comment. Wait and see if it works or not.

 

I wanted to see if it was a heavy duty product. I have a lot of clover and wanted to get rid of it fast. I guess next time I'll just do it myself with a home depot stuff and save money. Thans.

 

don't know how much property you have, but if you grab a gallon of speedzone and a backpack sprayer, it will knock the clover and other hard to kill weeds out fast. also as mentiond, quick silver is an awsom product, just alittle expensive if its just for your lawn. as far as the kudzu, round up should do a good job, control just depends on how extensive the root/vine system is.

 

I wanted to see if it was a heavy duty product. I have a lot of clover and wanted to get rid of it fast. I guess next time I'll just do it myself with a home depot stuff and save money. Thans.

It's not what I'd call a "heavy duty product" but then, neither is anything that you're going to be buying at home depot. I'd make sure that a surfactant(sticker) is used before you go writing off any products usefullness, especially on waxy surfaced plants like clover. Keep in mind, the idea with most selective controls is to leave desirable plants while removing undesirables. Nothing that does that is going to be "heavy duty". you want dead? I can kill everything in your yard, trees included, with a single app..that's not what you are looking for.

 

for clover and other broadleaf weeds, you cant beat Speedzone. clover shrivels up within hours. I fell in love with this product this year. it works wonders.

 

Matt,

I have been using speedzone via a solo backpack and the temps were around 80 with a label mix rate of 1.5 oz per gallon. I have been getting turf injury on bluegrass and fescue with this rate when spot spraying! Can you give me any tips on preventing this from happening ? I apply to weeds until I can see that they are pretty wet. Am I over applying? Should I just lightly wet them? Does the pressure or tip size make a difference with this product or any weed control out of a backpack when just spot spraying? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Darron

 

"mist" kills

 

as with most spray applications all you need is a walk-by spray amount, meaning calibrate you sprayer to your walking speed, then just walk on by the weed as your spraying and that is all you need, just a light mist/drops on the leaves. most herbicides are applied this way, round up included. in some cases drounding the weeds w/ chemical can kill the plant to fast, and leaving the roots to regrow. also, on weeds that have a heavy wax leaf, soaking them can cause exsess run off and carry the herbicide off with it (i have found this more on treating aquatic plants though, i'm sure its still possible on land dwellers too).

 

Matt,

I have been using speedzone via a solo backpack and the temps were around 80 with a label mix rate of 1.5 oz per gallon. I have been getting turf injury on bluegrass and fescue with this rate when spot spraying! Can you give me any tips on preventing this from happening ? I apply to weeds until I can see that they are pretty wet. Am I over applying? Should I just lightly wet them? Does the pressure or tip size make a difference with this product or any weed control out of a backpack when just spot spraying? Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Darron

1.5 oz is the rate per 1000 sq ft so mark of that amount in a drive way or parking lot and spray it with 1 gal water in the backpack. this will give you a feel of what the spray pattern should be. it just takes a few drops of the mix to hit the weed to get results.

 

Dman,
spray lightly and move on. As long as you are getting weed kill, less is better..

 

It too awhile but the stuff seems to have worked okay on the clover and poison oak I had. It sure did take awhile.

 

It too awhile but the stuff seems to have worked okay on the clover and poison oak I had. It sure did take awhile.

if your trying to kill plants like poison ivy/oak, you need to use a herbicide that is designed to kill WOODY plants. try trimec supper brush killer. it's safe for lawns (northern anyway) and it will take care of them roots and all. (now i'm not saying that the others wont kill the stuff, but it's not the best). most lawn herbicides are focused on broadleaf lawn weeds, not the more harty woody plants.

 

Try adding some tracker dye to your mix until you get the hang of spraying. Makes it alot easier to see what/where/how much is being sprayed.

 

The best spray tip I have found for use with a backpack is the Teejet 6506. Not cheap but works really well.

After calibrating, I found out it put out almost exactly 1 gal/1000

 

Where can speedzone be purchased and how much is it?

 

Check with your extension agency. They can help you with learning more about Speedzone and things related.

 

Three Way, particular when mixed with Roundup (glyphosate) is quite effective on kudzu and somewhat effective on poison oak and ivy. I generally double the concentration of both and have good efficacy.

 

Hay Radar, I think his problem is solved. Since this is a 6 year old post I think he figured it out by now...:hammerhead:

 

ROFL, yes, I was doing research on three way and trimec and came across this site and that discussion and replied. A short while later I noticed the date. Oops.