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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 3772-28
  • U.S. EPA Status: CANCELLED

Description

'Earl May Garden Weed Preventer Dacthal 2-1/2% Granules' is an herbicide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 3772-28. It was originally approved by EPA on 12 Sep 1968. Its registration got cancelled on 19 Jul 1995. It has a 'Caution' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: DCPA (or chlorthal-dimethyl?). It's approved for 19 sites including beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupes, cauliflower, cucumbers, honeydew melons, ornamental flower garden plants, and ornamental lawns. It is also approved for 13 pests and pest groups including but not limited to annual grasses, broadleaf weeds, carpetweed, common chickweed, florida pusley, green foxtail, lambsquarters, large crabgrass, lovegrass, and purslane.

Original registration date:

  • 12 Sep 1968

Cancellation date:

  • 19 Jul 1995

Alternative names:

  • EARL MAY GARDEN WEED PREVENTER DACTHAL 2-1/2% GRANULESActive
  • MAY WAY GARDEN WEED PREVENTER DACTHAL 21/2% GRANULESInactive

Registrant:

  • EARL MAY SEED & NURSERY L.P.
  • Address:
    208 N. Elm St
    Shenandoah, IA 51603

Active ingredients:

  • Dcpa (or chlorthal-dimethyl?) 2.5%
  • Other ingredients 97.5%

Signal word:

  • Caution

Product type:

  • Herbicide

Formulation:

  • Granular

Registered target pests:

  • Annual grasses (preemergence)
  • Broadleaf weeds (preemergence)
  • Carpetweed (preemergence)
  • Common chickweed (preemergence)
  • Florida pusley (preemergence)
  • Green foxtail (preemergence)
  • Lambsquarters (preemergence)
  • Large crabgrass (preemergence)
  • Lovegrass (preemergence)
  • Purslane (preemergence)
  • Smooth crabgrass (preemergence)
  • Witchgrass (preemergence)
  • Yellow foxtail (preemergence)

Registered target sites:

  • Beans (dry) (soil treatment)
  • Beans (snap) (soil treatment)
  • Broccoli (soil treatment)
  • Brussels sprouts (soil treatment)
  • Cabbage (soil treatment)
  • Cantaloupes (soil treatment)
  • Cauliflower (soil treatment)
  • Cucumbers (soil treatment)
  • Honeydew melons (soil treatment)
  • Ornamental flower garden plants (soil treatment)
  • Ornamental lawns (soil treatment)
  • Potatoes (soil treatment)
  • Squash (soil treatment)
  • Squash (summer) (soil treatment)
  • Squash (winter) (soil treatment)
  • Strawberries (soil treatment)
  • Tomatoes (soil treatment)
  • Vegetable gardens (soil treatment)
  • Watermelon (soil treatment)