glyphosate prices

[dave4441]

What is "an rel"?

[ry0972]

" roundup equiv litre" maybe ??

[Hopperbin]

I made one application of one liter glypho with express pro on my summerfallow and it totally smoked the large weeds. Still will be a little while till I need to spray again possibly before harvest in a 2 or more weeks, then one more application in fall, just need to do something about all this dam water.

[Hopperbin]

Somehow I think the more you guys pre buy the more the price is pressured lower now.
Someone wants to sell product next year.

[sjc]

Sorry an rel is a term our retailer use. Don't know what it stands for but it converts all the formulations back to the old 360g formulation so you can compare prices. Vantage only has 480g of acid whereas Transorb has 540g. Looking at the per litre price is useless. So ask per rel then you know what the price per acre is (because the 360g formulation sprayed 1acre at full rate)

I talked to my retailer and he went to 52.50 per jug or $3.50 an rel. I don't trust calling some number with a credit card in hand. Maybe I'd save a few bucks but screw it its not worth the risk.

Still I wonder who it was. I might call the number just to satisfy my curiousity

[DogPatch]

I was told that the upper end products like Transorb, Vantage Plus and Touchdown all have a guarantee rainfastness, and thistle control in it. With all the freaky weather we have had, that something to think about another time.

The Generics are still cheaper, but I am reluctant too about the old formulation varieties. They are only as good as the OLD Roundups for the most part. Why would anyone want a 360g/L when a more concentrated one is available?

One of you mentioned 1.5L equivalent on your lentils. Shouldn't we be worried about possible seed contamination? Thats far more than whats registered anywhere. Wouldn't want a boat-load condemned like has happened with Malation, lindane or stuff like it.

Plus I don't think we can save seed if we use the glyphos?

[Hopperbin]

Dogpatch I still remember when I did my first pre harvest with the regular roundup and planted peas the next year. I think I cleaned the field of thistles for something like 8 years with that one application. Then the new formulations came out and never again got such a good kill. Clearout also kicks ass in my opinion.

[dave4441]

There are generics with 450 grams. I would not be too worried, if you apply 1 L of glyphosate it shows up, 1.5 L will also show up and i do not think should be a concern, but you do raise a point i never thought about.

Concentration of glyphosate does not affect control. How could using less of a more concentrated product increase control?

I will spray one quarter with Reglone for seed.

If a guy can buy generic at $2.55/L who cares if you have a guarantee. The reason the give a better guarantee on rainfast or frost in the spring is offset by the higher cost and numerical guess of the acres that are claimed against. We really need someone to do some inpendent testing of all these glyphosates, similar to co-op trials to seperate the facts from the fiction.

[sawfly]

clearout is smokeing hot esp. this spring . using 3/4 to .9 liter burnoff.
i feel sorry for the rock piles.
if i had better water supply , (use well water) they would all work fine.
have used some cheap ones and several 540 gram versions . i think a lot of the 540 gram and the super cheap do not have enough surfactant to tame my water.

[SASKFARMER3]

We have been putting glyphos on for years and the clearout 41 and generics work just as good as the expensive ones. Tell your self the expensive ones work because they cost more is purely ridiculous. But what makes sense is spraying at proper time 9 to 5. Dew, if its raining 10 miles away quit. etc etc. Reglone pulses for seed spray the rest wont hurt germ. but for some reason pulses it does hurt.