Tall White top/Control Measures- LCCD has compiled a Chemical Handbook to assist producers with noxious weed treatments

Control Measures for Tall White top
Alias:  Lepidium latifolium
 
Mechanical Control:
  • Small infestations can be controlled by repetitive pulling over several years.
 
Cultural Control:
  • Maintain healthy stands of desirable plants.
  • Sheep or Goat grazing may provide some control.
 
Chemical Control:
    • Escort
          Rate:         1 ounce per acre

        Time:        Apply to actively growing plants in the spring and to regrowth in the fall.
        Remarks:      Use of Surfactant will increase effectiveness.
        Caution:       Do not allow drift onto sensitive plants.  Follow label recommendations and precautions.  Do not contaminate water.

     
  • Telar
        Rate:         1 ounce per acre  
        Time:        Apply to actively growing plants in spring or to rosettes in the fall.
        Remarks:  Use of Surfactant will improve control.  Addition of 2,4-D will improve control.
        Caution:    Apply only to non-cropland.  Follow label recommendations and precautions.  Do not contaminate the water.
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    Rates for 3-4 Gallon Back Pack Sprayer/Escort or Telar:
    • Add ½ ounce of Escort or Telar to 64 ounces of water plus an ounce or two of Surfactant, plus 1 teaspoon household ammonia (the ammonia will provide complete mixing (solubilization) of Escort or Telar).  Stir mixture, add 8 ounces of this mixture and 3-4 gallons of water in the sprayer.  (Rate is approximately 1 ounce per acre when spraying roughly 2,000 square feet.)  Note:  Mixture is effective for 70 hours.  Do not mix more than you can use in 70 hours.

    Cooperatively prepared by the Lander County Conservation District and the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

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