STONE FRUIT GUIDE

Stone Fruit Protection Solutions

Stone Fruit Products Available

Bud burst Bloom Petal fall & Fruit drop Fruit sizing Ripening

Stone FruitApogee® Plant Growth Regulator

Cabrio® Fungicide

Cantus® Fungicide

Kumulus® DF Fungicide

Poast® Ultra Herbicide

Pristine® Fungicide

Prowl® H2O Herbicide

BC only

Cherry only

Disease Solutions for Stone Fruit

CropDisease Name

ProductActive

IngredientFungicide

GroupPHI(days)

REI Rainfast Rate(kg or L/ha)Common Scientific

Stone Fruit (Cherry,

Peach, Plum etc.)

Anthracnose Colletotrichum spp.

Cabrio pyraclostrobin 11 1012 hrs - 9 days

1 hr 0.670

Pristineboscalid,

pyraclostrobin7 & 11 0

Once dry - 10 days

1 hr 0.735 - 1.0

Brown rot Monilinia spp.

Cantus boscalid 7 0 12 hrs 1 hr 0.370

Kumulus DF(cherries, peaches

& plums only)sulphur M 1 24 hrs n/a 22.5

Pristineboscalid,

pyraclostrobin7 & 11 0

Once dry - 10 days

1 hr 0.735 - 1.0

Leaf spot Blumeriella jaapii

Kumulus DF(peaches & plums

only)sulphur M 1 24 hrs n/a 22.5

Pristineboscalid,

pyraclostrobin7 & 11 0

Once dry - 10 days

1 hr 0.735 - 1.0

Monilina blossom blight

Monilinia spp.

Cantus boscalid 7 0 12 hrs 1 hr 0.370

Pristineboscalid,

pyraclostrobin7 & 11 0

Once dry - 10 days

1 hr 0.735 - 1.0

Monilina blossom and twig blight

Monilinia spp. Cabrio(suppression)

pyraclostrobin 11 1012 hrs - 9 days

1 hr 0.670

Peach scabCladosporium carpophilum

Kumulus DF(peaches only)

sulphur M 1 24 hrs n/a 22.5

Powdery mildew

Podosphaera clandestina

Cabrio(cherries only)

pyraclostrobin 11 1012 hrs - 9 days

1 hr 0.670

Sphaerotheca spp., Podosphaera spp.

Kumulus DF(peaches & sour

cherries only)sulphur M 1 24 hrs n/a 12.00

Pristine(suppression)

boscalid, pyraclostrobin

7 & 11 0Once dry - 10 days

1 hr 0.735 -1.0

Rhizopus rotRhizopus stolonifer,

Rhizopus spp.Pristine

boscalid, pyraclostrobin

7 & 11 0Once dry - 10 days

1 hr 0.790 - 1.0

CropInsect Name

ProductActive

IngredientFungicide

GroupPHI(days)

REI Rainfast Rate(kg or L/ha)Common Scientific

Stone Fruit (Cherry,

Peach, Plum etc.)

Rust mites Aculus fockeui Kumulus DF(sour cherries only)

sulphur M 1 24 hrs n/a 6.00

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Weed Solutions for Stone Fruit

CropWeed

ProductActive

IngredientHerbicide

GroupPHI(days)

REI Rainfast Rate(kg or L/ha)Type Common Name

Stone Fruit (Cherry,

Peach, Plum, etc.)

Annual broadleaf

Common chickweed

Prowl H20*(BC only)

pendimthalin 3 30 24 hrs n/a 3.7Lamb’s-quarter

Redroot pigweed

Annual grass

Barnyard grass

Poast Ultra sethoxydim 1 30 12 hrs 1 hr 0.32 - 0.47

Prowl H20*(BC only)

pendimthalin 3 30 24 hrs n/a 3.7

Crabgrass (large) Poast Ultra sethoxydim 1 30 12 hrs 1 hr 0.32 - 0.47

Crabgrass (smooth, large)

Prowl H20*(BC only)

pendimthalin 3 30 24 hrs n/a 3.7

Fall panicum Poast Ultra sethoxydim 1 30 12 hrs 1 hr 0.32 - 0.47

Foxtail (green, yellow)

Poast Ultra sethoxydim 1 30 12 hrs 1 hr 0.32 - 0.47

Prowl H20*(BC only)

pendimthalin 3 30 24 hrs n/a 3.7

Old witchgrass

Poast Ultra sethoxydim 1 30 12 hrs 1 hr 0.32 - 0.47

Persian darnel

Proso millet

Volunteer corn

Wild millet

Perennial grass Quackgrass Poast Ultra sethoxydim 1 30 12 hrs 1 hr 0.32 - 0.47

*Prowl H20 may be applied to apricot, cherry, nectarine & peach in BC only.

Stone Fruit

Disease Solution Products for Stone Fruit

Performance• AgCelence, which may improve stress tolerance• Systemic• Rapidly rainfast

Rate: 0.67 kg/ha (0.27 kg/ac)

Timing: Apply preventative applications on a 7-day schedule beginning at pink bud stage for control of anthracnose, powdery mildew (cherry only) and reduction of monilinia twig and blossom blight. Do not apply more than 2 sequential applications before alternating with a non-Group 11 mode of action.

Formulation: Emulsifiable granule

Packaging: 1 case consists of 4 x 2.27 kg jugs

Coverage: 1 jug treats 3.39 ha (8.37 ac)

By interfering with cell respiration and the production of energy, Cabrio fungicide also causes fungi to stop growing and die. Cabrio is bound tightly to the waxy layer of the leaf and is extremely rainfast shortly after application.

Plant Growth Regulator Solutions for Stone Fruit

CropConcern Name

ProductActive

IngredientGroup PHI

(days)REI Rainfast Rate

(kg or L/ha)Common Scientific

Stone Fruit (Cherry)

Vegetative growth

n/a Apogee(cherries only)

prohexadione calcium

n/a 20 12 hrs 8 hrs 1.35

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Performance• Proven, effective control of powdery mildew• Patented low-dust sulphur formulation rapidly

disperses and stays in suspension• Distinct particle sizes

Rate: 200 - 750 g/100 L water (6 -22.5 kg/ha)

Timing: Apply preventatively on a 10-day schedule for control of brown rot, leaf spot, powdery mildew and rust mites. See label for specific timings. DO NOT apply if air temperature is above 27oC for 3 days before or after application. Do NOT use on apricots.

Formulation: Water dispersible granule

Packaging: 25 kg bag

Coverage: 1 bag treats 1.1 - 4.2 ha (2.75 - 10.29 ac)

Kumulus DF rapidly disperses in water and stays in suspension, ensuring that all the Kumulus DF put in the spray tank reaches your crop.

• Effective, proven brown rot control• Systemic and rapidly rainfast

Rate: 0.37 kg/ha (0.15 kg/ac)

Timing: Begin preventative applications at pink bud stage and apply preventatively on a 7-day schedule. For control of brown rot and monilinia blossom blight. Do not apply more than 2 sequential applications before alternating with a non-Group 7 mode of action.

Formulation: Wettable granule

Packaging: 1 case consists of 4 x 2.83 kg jugs

Coverage: 1 jug treats 7.6 ha (18.9 ac)

Performance

Area treated with Boscalid (white)

Area translocated with Boscalid (red)

Sweet & sour cherry, peach & plum only.

Stone Fruit

Performance• Broad-spectrum control of many key diseases• Locally systemic and rainfast• AgCelence, which may improve stress tolerance

and increase yield

Rate: 0.735 - 1.0 kg/ha (0.297 - 0.405 kg/ac)

Timing: Begin application at pink bud or prior to disease development and continue on a 7 to 14-day schedule. Use high rate and/or shorter intervals when disease pressure is high.

Formulation: Wettable granule

Packaging: 1 case consists of 4 x 2.83 kg jugs

Coverage: 1 jug treats 2.8 - 3.8 ha (7 - 9.5 ac)

Weed Solution Products for Stone Fruit

• Post-emergent control of annual and perennial grasses• Excellent crop safety

Source: BASF and 3rd Party 1999-2003Locations: British Columbia, Ontario, North Carolina, Washington, California

Rate: 0.32 - 1.1 L/ha (0.13 - 0.45 L/ac)

Timing: Apply at the 2 to 5 leaf stage of annual grasses, 1 to 4 leaf stage of wild oats and volunteer cereals (before tillering), and up to the 3 leaf stage of quackgrass. Apply when weeds are small and actively growing. For quackgrass, thoroughly till ground to chop up roots. Always add Merge® surfactant at 1% v:v.

Formulation: Emulsifiable concentrate

Packaging: 1 case consists of 2 x 7.7 L jugs

Coverage: 1 jug treats 7 - 24 ha (17.3 - 60 ac)

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Plant Growth Regulator Products for Stone Fruit

• Controls early-season shoot growth• Reduces time and cost of either summer or

winter pruning

Rate: 45 g/100L (1350 g/ha)

Timing: The first application should be made when shoot growth is 5 - 20 cm (2-8”) in length. Make a second application 14 days later. Monitor shoot growth after the second application and re-apply if re-growth is observed.

Formulation: Prohexadione calcium

Packaging: 1 case consists of 4 x 2.27 kg jugs

Coverage: 1 jug treats 1.68 ha (4.15 ac)

• Control of annual grass and broadleaf weeds• Cleaner, easier handling• Excellent crop safety

Rate: 3.7 L/ha (1500 mL/ac)

Timing: B.C. onlyFor use in newly-planted and established peaches, nectarines, cherries and apricots make one application prior to weed emergence. Prowl H2O will not control emerged weeds. Adequate rainfall 7 days after application will maximize performance.

Formulation: Microcapsule suspension

Packaging: 1 case contains 2 x 8.9 L jugs

Coverage: 1 jug treats 2.4 ha (5.9 ac)

Source: BASF

Apricot, cherry, nectarine & peach only.

Sweet & sour cherry only.

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Always read and follow label directions.

AgSolutions is a registered trade-mark of BASF Corporation; AgCelence, APOGEE, CABRIO, CANTUS, KUMULUS, POAST and PRISTINE are registered trade-marks of BASF SE; all used with permission by BASF Canada Inc.; PROWL is a registered trade-mark of BASF Corporation; used with permission by BASF Canada Inc.; MERGE is a registered trade-mark of BASF Canada Inc.; All other trade-marks, registered or otherwise, used herein are the trade-marks and trade names of other companies, products and services and are the property of their respective owners. © 2015 BASF Canada Inc.