Baton is damaging to clovers, especially red, suckling and subterranean clover, and plantain and chicory. To minimize clover damage where clovers are actively growing, hard graze to remove as much clover leaf as possible before spraying. Do NOT spray hay or silage paddocks.
After spraying with Baton, poisonous plants (eg ragwort) may become more palatable. Stock should be kept away from the area until the plants have died down.
Baton will control a wide range of pasture weeds. Weeds are best controlled as small seedlings. Use the lower rate on seedlings and the higher rate on larger weeds, or during periods of hardened growth. Do not apply if crop or weeds are stressed. Weed control may be unsatisfactory where low soil temperatures inhibit plant growth. Larger plants and established biennials are often not better controlled with Agritone 720. Some weeds (eg Californian thistle, bindweed) require repeat applications.
To improve control of large thistles, or phenoxy resistant thistles add Versatill? Herbicide at 100ml/ ha. Versatill Herbicide will severely suppress clover growth and clovers may take 6-12 months to recover.
Weeds Controlled:
Baton controls or severely checks the following:
Allseed, apple of Peru, Bathurst bur, bitter cress, black nightshade, burdock, bur medick, buttercups, Canadian fleabane, catsear, charlock, chicory, cornbind, cresses, dandelion, dove's foot, fathen, field bindweed, foxglove, groundsel, hawkbit, hawksbeard, hawkweed, hedge mustard, mouse-ear chickweed, nettles, oxtongue, parsley dropwort, penny cress, pennyroyal, piripiri, plantains, ragwort, red dead nettle, redroot, selfheal, shepherd?s purse, storksbill, thistles, twin cress, vetch, wart cress, wild mustard, wild carrot, wild parsnip, wild radish, wild turnip, willow weed.
Weeds Controlled as Seedlings Only: Cape weed, creeping mallow, cut-leaved geranium, daisies, docks, fennel, spurrey, willow weed.
Baton Does Not Control: Field chickweed, cleavers, grasses, hydrocotyle, stinking mayweed, oxalis, prostrate amaranth, parsley piert, pearlwort, sorrel, staggerweed, stonecrop.
Baton may be used for weed control in newly established pastures where weeds are too large for, or not well controlled by Thistrol Plus or MCPB. Do not exceed 1.5kg per hectare. If red clover was sown do not exceed 1kg/ha. Clover should have at least 3 trifoliate leaves, and pastures must be grazed prior to application to remove clover foliage and minimise clover damage. Apply Baton 3-7 days after the first full grazing. Clover growth will be suppressed for 3-4 months. Application of Baton to ungrazed seedling clovers may result in some plant mortality.
Rainfall within 6 hours following application may reduce effectiveness.