Total Herbicides

Total Herbicides

Freeway

FREEWAY is a persistent non-selective substituted area herbicide for control of a wide range of annual and perennial broad-leaved weeds and grasses on railways, industrial sites, around farm buildings and other non-crop uses. At lower doses, applied before weed emergence, it can be used selectively around trees and shrubs, in tree and shrub nurseries, and in apple and pear orchards. The new formulation of Freeway is a non-irritant formulation.
Contains 500 g/l (42.4% w/w) diuron

High quality market leading formulation
Hard and soft surfaces
The only liquid diuron formulation approved for Forestry use

Non-irritant formulation
Compatible with other total herbicides
Prevents moss

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Main Usage Period

FREEWAY can be applied at any time of year (except on hard surfaces - see below). Best results are achieved when FREEWAY is applied from late winter to early spring although application to frozen ground should be avoided. Effects are usually slow to appear and may not become evident until the chemical has been carried to the rooting zone of the weed by adequate moisture.

FREEWAY can be applied with hydraulic sprayers, knapsack sprayers or Controlled Droplet Application (CDA) equipment.

Use of Freeway on Hard Surfaces

When applying FREEWAY to paved or similar surfaces the 7.2 litre per hectare rate should be used and spray should be directed at the joints and cracks using hand-held equipment. Where this is not possible, spray should be applied overall by accurately calibrated equipment and avoiding run-off using the 5.4 litres per hectare rate.

When treating hard surfaces, apply FREEWAY between the start of February and the end of May. The optimum timing for weed control is before the end of April in England and Wales. Diuron containing products may also be used in combination with a contact herbicide during this application period, as long as it is within the recommended timing of the contact herbicide, and that the product used is compatible.

DO NOT APPLY FREEWAY OVER DRAINS OR IN DRAINAGE CHANNELS, GULLIES OR SIMILAR STRUCTURES FOR MOVING WATER.

Weeds Controlled

FREEWAY controls susceptible annual weeds if applied pre-germination, as directed in Rates of Use. Established perennial weeds are not controlled at these lower rates of use.

Established annual broad-leaved weeds at 5.0 l/ha

Susceptible:	Moderately susceptible:	Moderately resistant:	Resistant:
Annual Meadow Grass	Black bindweed	Groundsel	Common Fumitory
Field Penny-cress	Prickly Sow-thistle	Red Deadnettle	Hogweed
Black Medick	Knotgrass	Cleavers	Common Couch
Fools parsley	Smooth Sow-thistle	Broad-leaved Dock*	Plantain spp
Black Nightshade		Creeping Buttercup	Bent Grass
Pineapple weed		Henbit Deadnettle	Dandelion
Charlock			Creeping Thistle
Scarlet Pimpernel			Ivy-leaved Speedwell
Common Chickweed			Field Bindweed
Shepherds Purse			Common Field-Speedwell
Common Orache			Field Horsetail
Scentless Mayweed
Common Mouse-ear
Small Nettle
Common Poppy
Stinking Chamomile
Corn Chamomile
Wild Radish
Corn Spurrey
Willowherb spp
Fat-hen
White Mustard

Willowherb

Annual Meadowgrass

Nettle

* Seedlings susceptible, more established plants moderately resistant or resistant.

Compatibility

FREEWAY is compatible with label approved formulations of glyphosate and also with SUPERTOX 30. Always comply with the recommendations for both products.

Application With Hydraulic Sprayer

Half fill the spray tank with water, start agitation and add the required amount of FREEWAY. Whilst maintaining agitation add the remaining water. Vigorous mechanical or hydraulic agitation must be maintained to ensure a uniform suspension during spraying. Apply by conventional hydraulic sprayer through medium to coarse nozzles at 2-3 bars (30-44 psi).

Application with Controlled Droplet Application (CDA) Equipment

FREEWAY can be applied undiluted via CDA equipment. Refer to the CDA lance manufacturer’s instructions before use.

Soil

Weed control may be reduced on heavy soils or soils with high organic matter or ash substrates. Around trees and shrubs: Do not treat sands, very light soils, gravelly soils and soils with an organic content less than 1%. In apple and pear orchards: do not use on soils containing 10% or more organic matter or on very light soils or sands.

Timing

Non-crop situations: Apply in early spring to weed free soil or apply in a tank-mix with a contact herbicide (see compatibility section) if vegetation is present. Spray when rain is expected soon after treatment. Do not spray in dry conditions. DO NOT replant area within 2 years of treatment. DO NOT spray near desirable trees or plants or their rooting areas at rates exceeding 5.5 l/ha.
Crop situations: Around trees and shrubs. Spray in late winter or early spring onto a weed free soil. Do not treat plants less than 50 mm (2 inches) tall or plants established less than 12 months.

Direct application to small trees and shrubs should be avoided. Band spraying is the recommended method of application.

Cautions: Do not apply FREEWAY to the following species: Acer palmatum, Betula, Deutzia, Eunonymus, Forsythia, Fraxinus, Ligustrum (privet), Lonicera, Philadelphus,
Prunus (ornamental and fruiting species), Senecio, Spiraea, Syringa, Viburnum.

Apple and pear orchards. DO NOT APPLY FREEWAY to apple or pear orchards established less than 12 months. Do not plant following crops for at least 12 months following application of FREEWAY. If susceptible crops such as vegetables are to be grown, this interval should be extended to 24 months.

Rates of use

Conventional Hydraulic Sprayer
litres/450 litres water per hectare

Knapsack Sprayer
ml/20 litres water applied over 500 m2

A) LAND NOT INTENDED TO BEAR VEGETATION
MAINTENANCE OR PRE-EMERGENCE TREATMENT
To kill or prevent seedling growth

7.2 - 10.8

360 - 540

Grasses and shallow rooted broad-leaved weeds

10.8 - 14.4

540 - 720

WEED CONTROL ON FOOTPATHS
Overall spray

5.4

270

Joints only

7.2

360

B) FORESTRY USES AND AROUND TREES AND SHRUBS Do not use in areas of container grown trees or shrubs Treatment Before Weed Emergence Control of annual weeds (see Weeds Controlled table)

Farm nursery (around)	7.2	360
Forestry (around)	7.2	360
Farm forestry (around)	7.2	360
Two applications per year may be made

Around established trees and shrubs (railway embankments, roadside verges)

5.4 - 7.2

270 - 360

Around established trees and shrubs (desirable specimens)

5.5

275

In tree and shrub nurseries
(Do not use in areas of container grown trees or shrubs)
Two applications per year may be made

3.6

180

C) APPLE AND PEAR ORCHARDS
Control of annual weeds (see Weeds Controlled table)
Light soils

4.8

240

Medium and heavy soils

6.4

320

SHAKE WELL BEFORE USE
PROTECT FROM FROST
READ ALL PRECAUTIONS BEFORE USE. (MAPP 13247)
PACK COVERAGE: 5 LITRES COVERS 3,472 - 13,889 m2

Freeway is a trademark of Bayer CropScience Limited.

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