Racing To Find Secret To Weed-free Turf

Friday, March 26, 2010

by Tom Hill

Video: High-performance weed control for turfgrass. Check out this two-minute video of Caddyshack-inspired Judge Fales and his club's superintendent racing to find the secret behind a neighboring course's weed-free fairways.



drive.jpgYou may have just put down your preemergent herbicides, but you know you'll have some breakthroughs this late spring and summer. The secret is Drive® XLR8 herbicide from BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals. Drive XLR8 herbicide features a fast-acting, liquid quinclorac-based formulation. Rainfast in only 30 minutes, it delivers postemergent control of broadleaf and grassy weeds, eliminating hard-to-control weeds, including:







    • Crabgrass


    • Bindweed


    • Clover


    • Dandelion


    • Dollarweed


    • Foxtail


    • Kikuyugrass


    • Signalgrass


    • Speedwell


    • Torpedograss








Drive XLR8 herbicide even controls crabgrass in the mature – four tiller or more – stages. And Drive XLR8 provides outstanding residual control for up to 30 to 45 days with a single application.

Discover the secret and accelerate your weed control program. Click here to learn more about Drive XLR8 herbicide.

Posted at 7:40 am

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Tom Hill

Tom Hill is a communications manager for BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals and is based in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

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