Bracken Control Herbicide 5L/20L

This is a professional herbicide for bracken control, available in 5L and 20L, and is a long-established bracken treatment in the UK. Its active substance, asulam, targets bracken infestations and is moved throughout the plant to give effective control.

Key Features

• Contains asulam 400g/L as a soluble concentrate
• Translocated throughout the bracken plant for effective control
• Herbicidal symptoms are almost absent in the year of spraying, but there is little or no bracken re-growth the following season
• A programme of follow-up sprays can considerably extend the bracken-free period on treated land
• Ground-based applications can be enhanced with a non-ionic wetter/spreader
• Treated areas can be monitored and application accuracy improved with a spray pattern indicator

How to Use

Where to use

• Amenity grassland - semi-natural or planted grassland under minimal or non-intensive management, including airfields and mainly grassed railway embankments and roadside verges
• Forest - groups of trees grown in their final positions (pre-planting and in the first five years after planting only)
• Grassland - including short and long-term leys that may be grazed and/or cut for later animal consumption
• Moorland - land used for grass production for grazing

Aerial application is allowed on the crops above. A buffer zone of 90 m from water bodies must be kept, unless a Local Environmental Risk Assessment for Pesticides (LERAP) allows a narrower one.

Ground-based application is permitted only on areas with:

• A statutory conservation designation, e.g. Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
• An Agri-Environment Scheme, e.g. Countryside Stewardship or Environmental Stewardship

A specific agreement with Natural England for bracken control that includes the use of this product must be in place.

When to use

Applications are permitted from the 1st July 2023 – 11th September 2023 only (application window: July, August and September).

• Primary treatment: spray bracken at full frond, when all fronds are fully expanded.
• Follow-up treatment: spray at the same timing as the primary treatment to prevent later re-growth.

Mixing

1. Fill the spray tank half full with water.
2. Add the required quantity of herbicide.
3. Top up with water.
4. Mix thoroughly before starting to spray.

Applications

• Bracken control on amenity grassland, forest, grassland and moorland

Specifications

Notes

• Fronds must not be damaged before treatment.
• Do not apply during or after drought, high temperatures or low humidity.
• Do not cut bracken for at least 4 weeks after spraying.
• Allow at least 6 weeks between applying this herbicide and sowing or planting any following crop.
• Keep livestock out for at least 1 month after treatment, or until any ragwort present is no longer visible.
• Some grasses and herbs may be damaged by this herbicide; check the label for the sensitivity of specific species.
• End users are asked to provide information on their use of this herbicide to support future registration of the active substance, asulam.
• Always read the label before purchase and use.