Our neighbors’ weed control company misapplied his pre-emergent (Specticle, 7.4% Indaziflam) to areas of our backyard, including an area where my wife grows cut flowers and herbs/greens/etc.
Does anyone have first hand knowledge about this herbicide, and what impacts we may expect to see, and for how long?
“Pre-emergent Herbicide for the Control of Annual Grasses, Annual Sedges, and Annual Broadleaf Weeds in Warm Season Turfgrass, Landscape Ornamentals, and Hardscapes”
“Specticle Flo does not control plants emerging from tubers, rhizomes, bulbs, corms, existing rootstocks, and
woody vegetation.”
Specticle Flo Herbicide.pdf (1.0 MB)
Is anyone familiar with the drying time and when it is safe for animals to walk in the sprayed area? I have seen articles discussing 24 to 48 hours. The label has no information on this.
Also should the product be used in an area that is 100% rock based landscaping.
Final question is where the community has drainage by use of concrete swales, should spraying be allowed over the concrete swales. In many places the rock is over the swales so it is hard for an applicator to know. That would mean the product would find its way into the storm water at the first irrigation or rain.