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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1258344" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>What you are quoting is right. Herbicides work best when the plant is actively growing. Not disputing that one bit. But you left out this piece of information is in your article that I think is extremely important if you are watching your spraying costs.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Increasing the rate is not an option for me as I have to watch my costs or lose my shirt. This may not be important to you so it may not matter.</p><p></p><p>There are times when you will get a better kill with wet leaves and this is when you are using a soil activated herbicide and not a contact herbicide like roundnup. With a contact chemical you want to use as little water as possible to get the coverage on the leaf and for the water to dry leaving the herbicide on the leaf. This is the purpose of wetting agents and surfactants. If you've ever seen two drops of water pull each together with the hydrogen bond then its only reasonable you wouldn't want to add extra water to the equation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1258344, member: 4362"] What you are quoting is right. Herbicides work best when the plant is actively growing. Not disputing that one bit. But you left out this piece of information is in your article that I think is extremely important if you are watching your spraying costs. Increasing the rate is not an option for me as I have to watch my costs or lose my shirt. This may not be important to you so it may not matter. There are times when you will get a better kill with wet leaves and this is when you are using a soil activated herbicide and not a contact herbicide like roundnup. With a contact chemical you want to use as little water as possible to get the coverage on the leaf and for the water to dry leaving the herbicide on the leaf. This is the purpose of wetting agents and surfactants. If you've ever seen two drops of water pull each together with the hydrogen bond then its only reasonable you wouldn't want to add extra water to the equation. [/QUOTE]
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