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With the beginning of the warm season, gardeners and gardeners have a lot of trouble. If planting and sowing cultivated plants, caring for them is a pleasure, then cleaning weeds is a real hell. Moreover, they grow not only on the ridges and lawns, but also throughout the site.
Novice gardeners are wondering how to reduce the time and effort spent on the destruction of weeds. Today you can buy a variety of chemicals that destroy weeds. This both simplifies and complicates the selection process. Among the effective remedies, gardeners single out Lintur, a remedy designed to control weeds on lawns. About the rules for the use of herbicide, instructions for use will be discussed.
Description of the preparation
With the help of the herbicide Lintur, a high-tech drug, you can deal with the destruction of any weeds, including perennials. It is especially convenient to use it for lawns and garden paths in spring and autumn. Lintura has a program for the protection of grain crops and cereal lawn grasses from weeds.
The form of the preparation is water-dispersible granules containing dicamba (sodium salt). They dissolve well in water. Packing Lintura herbicide kilogram for farm plots. To give the weight of the bag – 5 grams. It is convenient to use the product when diluting the solution: there is a measuring cup. Instructions for use are attached to each package of Lintur, so you do not have to look for additional information.
How does the herbicide work
The drug Lintur, created in Switzerland, has a contact effect. The herbicide acts both on the green mass of weeds and on the root system. Lintur weed remedy, according to gardeners, acts on plants quickly, they immediately stop growing and developing. The fact is that getting through the leaves into the weed, the agent invades the metabolic processes. Protein ceases to be synthesized, which leads to the death of weeds.
A week later, under the influence of Lintur, the leaves turn pale on them from the weeds, the stems wither. The final retreat of weeds on the site can be seen after 18-21 days, if there was no precipitation at that time. Only then can weeds be removed from the treated area.
Herbicide Lintur helps to easily cope with:
- dandelion and buttercup;
- gentian and plantain;
- quinoa and chamomile;
- amaranth and biting biting;
- wild radish and other weeds that settled on the lawn.
Advantages
- Cultivated monocot plants and lawns after treatment do not overgrow with weeds for a long time.
- When harvesting cereal crops with Lintur, there is no need to clean the seeds.
- Efficiency is achieved even with a single treatment.
- Herbicide Lintur is economical, one sachet is enough for large areas.
Compatibility with other herbicides
Some novice gardeners are wondering if this weed killer can be mixed with others. Lintur has no contraindications for compatibility. As gardeners note in the reviews, for a double blow to weeds, you can use any herbicides that protect crops:
- Alto Super;
- Karate;
- Aktara and others.
But as a rule, first carefully read the instructions and test for compatibility.
Instructions
The use of any chemicals begins with a study of the instructions for use. It is included with every package. Let’s deal with this issue in more detail.
- Herbicide Lintur selective action can be applied in the morning or in the evening in calm sunny weather. If the daily air temperature fluctuates, it is better not to spray the plants, but to wait for favorable weather. The effectiveness of Lintur against weeds is higher at a temperature of +15 – +25 degrees. Herbicide use in cold weather or after weeds have faded is ineffective.
- Manufacturers of the drug Lintur from weeds advise a two-time treatment of weeds. The first time they are sprayed in May-June, when the active growing season begins. At this time, the plants should have 2 to 6 leaves. Then after the harvest.
- When using Lintura for lawns, first mow tall grass a few days before treatment. Choose a dry day with no wind. If it is going to rain, it is better to postpone spraying the weeds. Continuous treatment with Lintur herbicide is not suitable for active lawns, weeds are destroyed pointwise, while cultivated plants must be covered so that the solution does not get on them.
- If the lawn is re-formed, then it is treated all over. Dry grass is removed after complete drying. The lawn is dug up and sown with grasses.
Features of the preparation of the working solution
For the destruction of weeds by Lintur in personal and summer cottages, as a rule, sprayers are used. For herbicidal preparations, equipment with a short spray is not suitable.
Many beginners are interested in how to properly breed Lintur. Firstly, it is necessary to use clean water without chlorine, since it is harmful to the soil and inhibits the effect of the drug. Secondly, the sprayer capacity cannot be filled to the top, but only a quarter.
Lintur herbicide is poured into an incomplete sprayer, measuring the rate with a measuring cup. The solution is mixed well and only then the sprayer tank is topped up with water with constant stirring. For stirring use a wooden stick.
It is necessary to use the prepared solution of Lintur from weeds within a day. You can not store longer, it loses its properties.
How to use Lintur to kill weeds on lawns:
Safety Precautions
Herbicide Lintur against weeds of selective action belongs to the means of the third class of danger, that is, it is almost not dangerous for humans and insects, in particular, bees.
But when using the tool, you must observe safety measures:
- Treatment with Lintur is carried out in protective clothing with long sleeves, rubber gloves. Protect your mouth and nose with a respirator or mask.
- Smoking, eating or drinking is prohibited.
- It is recommended to use the product only in calm weather.
- Upon completion of work, wash your hands with detergent.
- The mouth is rinsed with clean water.
- If splashes of Lintur get on exposed skin, they are washed with warm water and detergent. In case of contact with eyes, rinse with plenty of water, being careful not to close them.
- If the herbicide got inside, you can protect yourself by drinking several tablets of activated charcoal at once, try to induce vomiting.
- In any case, it is imperative to consult a doctor, he will prescribe the appropriate treatment.
- The remains of the drug are poured onto the cultivated soil, the empty packaging is to be burned.
- Lintur is stored in a protected place where neither children nor animals can reach. Storage temperature -10-+35 degrees.
