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All things Sharpen.............

12 September 2013

With Sharpen being used commercially in New Zealand coming up 18 months.

Feel it worth while in putting up a thread on the topic of all things Sharpen.

If you have any thoughts etc on Sharpen, please share with us, along with putting forward any questions you may have...
 
The below shots have been sent from Weston Hazelwood in Hawkes Bay, where he has been doing some work on Oxalis.

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  • Fenton Hazelwood (Moderator) 18 Sep 2013

    During my time using Sharpen for many different tasks, I found that using it as a burndown tool with glyphosate that it was HUGELY noticeable the far faster breakdown, degradation of plant matter, which translated into more economical ground work.

    I also noticed this when spraying some large ToiToi's at home, the kill was great, but even better was again, the rapid breakdown / degradation of the Toy Toy etc, it has rotted out far quicker…

    Am I on my own with this, share if you have seen this with your results with Sharpen
     
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    • John Haliday 20 Sep 2013

      Sharpen and glyphosate with a silicon adjuvant works on a lot more weeds than on the label. Like you Fenton I have also sprayed ToiToi with this mix as well as oxalis, creeping buttercup convolvulus and found it excellent - its not too bad on wandering jew as well but needs afew applications for that weed.
      The consumer product out now named Weed Weapon which is available in hardware stores and contains Sharpen and glyphosate is very handy for these weeds around the home garden.

      • Weston Hazelwood 24 Sep 2013

        I used Hasten, an esterified seed oil spray adjuvant with the Sharpen and Glyphosate in the photo's above, BASF got the best results in independent trials using Hasten with Sharpen. It says in the tech data that Hasten will retard crystallization of herbicides as water evaporates from the spray droplets and increase penetration through waxy surfaces.
         I'm getting  comments all the time  from users, "I think that Hasten really does work"  

  • Fenton Hazelwood (Moderator) 24 Sep 2013

    Got a fine break on Sunday afternoon, did some Sharpen + Glyphosate around the garden.

    For the purposes of a trial, I have not included any Hasten or silicon, so no adjuvant at all. I wish to see how things progress.

    This far, so 2 days post application, am seeing very little effect. Will keep you posted, I can already see a longer period to show signs of efficacy... To be fair, this is on onion weed, wild ginger, wondering dew, along with some easy to knock out broadleaves...

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