Greetings from Campbell River my subject is the use of Eco-Clear mainly in a municipal setting in and around all public areas. What difficulties are encountered i.e. labour,frequency. Is anyone using customised application methods. Cheers
Principal active ingredient? What's it being used for? Maybe others are using same stuff under different brands.
the active ingredient in eco clear is acetic acid (approx12% I think) and so it is a top kill herbicide and is not systemic in its action. it is also broad spectrum and so kills all the green growth it touches depending on who tough the weeds and plant are it may otr may not be effective
The cranberry industry has done research in this area at the research station in Washington State but in other cranberry producing states as well. From what I've read, the results have been mixed.
Curious. can I ask for a bit of a better explanation? does 'this area" mean that they are using a vinegar product as a weed suppressant in cranberry fields?
jimmyq. Cranberry researchers have done trials for several years using vinegar as a weed suppresant. From what I remember, 20% at 100gpa worked the best. It needed to be washed off after the application but there was no visible damage to the cranberry plants. It worked best on broadleaf weeds particularly false lily-of-the-valley. The problem in BC was getting 20% vinegar as a weed control product.
Could it be that Ecoclear has been introduced to circumvent the new regulations regarding home herbicide use?
vinegar solutions are exempted under the new local bylaws, as are the soap based products, BtK and moss killer. if the vinegar works, thats great, if it doesnt, it will likely lose its registration and the sale of it as such will be stopped.
