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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the advice…  I did do a search and found this useful page;

 

Cleaning Field Sprayers to Avoid Crop Injury

http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/crops/g04852.htm

 

Scrolling to the bottom of the article it appears that cleaning with water and ammonia, at various ratios, for various chemicals is most common.

 

I’ll dump the dish soap and try ammonia.

 

Thanks again,

Tom

 

Table excerpted from above web page:

Herbicide	Recommended cleaning solution	Sensitive crops
2,4-D amine	ammonia + water	all broadleaf crops
2,4-D ester	kerosene or diesel fuel followed by ammonia + water	all broadleaf crops
Accent	ammonia + water	sorghum, sunflower, canola
Action	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Ally	ammonia + water	soybeans, sunflower, corn, canola, cotton
Amber	ammonia + water	soybeans, sunflower, corn, sorghum, canola, cotton
Assure II	ammonia + water	corn, sorghum, wheat, other grasses
Atrazine	detergent + water	wheat, sunflower, soybeans, cotton
Authority	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, cotton, canola
Axiom	commercial tank cleaner + water
Banvel/Clarity/Distinct	ammonia + water	all broadleaf crops
Basagran	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	cotton
Basis Gold	ammonia + water	wheat, sunflower, soybeans, cotton, canola
Basis	ammonia + water	cotton, soybeans, canola
Beacon	ammonia + water	sorghum, sunflower, soybeans, canola, cotton
Bladex	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans
Blazer/Status	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum
Buctril+Atrazine	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	wheat, sunflower, soybeans, cotton
Buctril/Moxy/Moxynil	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	cotton
Canopy	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, sunflower, sorghum, cotton, canola
Canopy XL	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, sunflower, sorghum, cotton, canola
Caparol	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Celebrity	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	all broadleaf crops, grain sorghum, wheat
Classic	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, sunflower, sorghum, cotton, canola
Cobra	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum
Command	water	corn, sorghum, wheat, oats
Contour	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans, canola, sorghum, wheat, cotton, sunflower
Cotoran	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans
Domain	commercial tank cleaner + water
Dual/Dual Magnum	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Epic	commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans, wheat, grain sorghum, cotton
Exceed/Spirit	ammonia + water	sorghum, soybeans, wheat, cotton, sunflower
Expert	ammonia + water	sorghum, cotton, canola, sunflower
Finesse	ammonia + water	soybeans, sunflower, corn, sorghum, canola, cotton
FirstRate	ammonia + water	sunflower, sorghum, canola, corn, cotton
Frontier	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Fusilade/Fusion	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, wheat, other grasses
Glean	ammonia + water	soybeans, sunflower, corn, sorghum, canola, cotton
Gramoxone	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	all crops
Harmony Extra	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	canola, corn, soybeans, sorghum, sunflower
Harness/Surpass	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Hornet	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans, sunflower, cotton
Karmex	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Laddok	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	wheat, sunflower, soybeans, cotton
Lasso/Partner/Microtech	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Liberty	commercial tank cleaner + water	all sensitive crops
Lightning	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans, sorghum, wheat, cotton, sunflower, canola
Marksman	commercial tank cleaner + water	all broadleaf crops
MSMA/DSMA	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Northstar	commercial tank cleaner + water	all broadlaf crops, grain sorghum, wheat
Optill	commercial tank cleaner + water	all broadleaf crops
Option II	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, wheat, other grasses
Peak	ammonia + water	soybeans, cotton, sunflower, canola
Permit	ammonia + water	soybeans, canola, sunflower
Pinnacle	ammonia + water	sunflower, canola
Poast/Poast Plus/Prestige	ammonia, commercial tank cleaner, or detergent + water	corn, sorghum, wheat, other grasses
Python	ammonia + water	sunflower, sorghum, canola, cotton
Prowl	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Pursuit Plus	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sunflower, canola, sorghum, cotton
Pursuit	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sunflower, canola, sorghum, cotton
Reflex/Flexstar	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sorghum
Resource	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Resolve	ammonia + water	sorghum + all broadleaf crops
Roundup Ultra	water	all sensitive crops
Scepter	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sunflower, canola, corn, cotton
Scorpion III	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	soybeans, sunflower, cotton
Select	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, sorghum, wheat, other grasses
Sencor/Lexone	detergent + water
Shotgun	commercial tank cleaner + water	all broadleaf crops
Squadron	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sunflower, canola, corn, cotton
Staple	ammonia + water	sorghum, corn, canola, sunflower
Steel	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sunflower, canola, corn, cotton
Stinger	ammonia + water	sunflower, soybeans, cotton
Touchdown	commercial tank cleaner + water	all sensitive crops
Treflan	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water
Tri-Scept	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	sunflower, canola, corn, cotton
Turbo	detergent or commercial tank cleaner + water	cotton
Zorial/Rapid 80	ammonia or commercial tank cleaner + water	corn, wheat

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