Weed Control Guide for Ohio Field Crops

Soybeans: Soil-Applied Herbicides - Preplant or Preemergence

Herbicide	Formulation	Product Rate Range
Command	3ME	1 1/3 - 2 2/3 pt

Tank-mix with: Sencor, Scepter, Lasso, Dual Magnum, Prowl, Squadron, Outlook, Turbo, MicroTech, Partner, Lorox, Canopy XL.

• Command (clomazone) controls annual grasses, velvetleaf, lambsquarters, and smartweed, and controls or suppresses jimsonweed and common ragweed. The lower rates control velvetleaf and suppress grasses and some broadleaf weeds.
• Mode of action: pigment inhibitor.
• Command 3ME is an encapsulated formulation of clomazone that can be applied preplant or preemergence without incorporation.
• Do not plant small grains or small-seeded legumes in the fall or spring of the year following application. Other crop rotation restrictions: pumpkins, peppers - anytime after application; field corn, cucurbits, dry beans, sugar beets, potatoes, tobacco, tomatoes - 9 months; popcorn, sweet corn - 9 to 12 months, depending upon rate; most other crops - 16 months. Command carryover is more likely where soil pH is 5.9 or less, or soil is extremely dry for the four months following application.
• Many ornamental, vegetable, and agronomic crops are sensitive to Command spray drift and vapors moving outside the target area. Chlorosis or bleaching of sensitive plants may occur. Do not apply within 1200 feet of the following areas: towns and housing developments, commercial fruit or vegetable production, commercial greenhouses or nurseries. Do not apply within 300 feet of other desirable plants. Do not apply in winds above 10 mph, do not exceed a spray pressure of 30 psi, and do not rinse spray equipment near desirable plants. Do not apply to fence rows, waterways, ditches and roadsides.

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