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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com>, "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sprayer cleaning
  • Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 17:30:07 -0400

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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