Other pesticides used for Grounds Management

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A product name for a liquid adjuvant with active ingredients of trisiloxane oranosilicone copolymers (169.3 g/l) and ethylene oxide-propylene oxide copolymers (832 g/l) which can be used (2022) with products containing the fungicide azoxystrobin. It is supplied by Agrovista.

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A biocide for use on hard surfaces, as well as artificial sports surfaces, for the control of algae, slime and lichen. It contains a range of active ingredients, including urea hydrochloride; alkyl (C12 - C14), dimethyl, benzylammonium chloride; and alcohol ethoxylate 6. It has an application concentrate rate of 5 litre of concentrate, diluted in 50 litres of water, per 500m² or 1,000m² depending on strength required. It is manufactured by Amega Sciences and marketed by numerous suppliers.

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A former product which contained carbaryl.

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A very poisonous and toxic pesticide that was formerly used to control moles and rabbits, being no longer approved for use in the UK (from 2005). A product name for this was Cymag.

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A product name for an insecticide that contained the active ingredient chlorpyrifos for the control of frit fly and leatherjackets but is no longer approved for use.

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A product name for two different entomopathogenic nematodes for the biological control of Chafer grubs and Bibionid fly grubs (Sportnem H) and for leatherjacket grubs (Sportnem T). These are supplied by Agrovista Amenity.

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A product name for a detergent and neutraliser for use in sprayer tanks, booms, lances, hoses and nozzles, including those used with pesticides. It is supplied by Vitax Amenity.

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A product name for a water conditioning adjuvant, with can adjust the pH of a solution, reducing water hardness down to a pH range of 4.0-5.0. It is supplied by Agrovista Amenity.

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A poison used in the 20th Century to control moles. Contaminated worms were often left in mole runs where they would be digested by the moles who would then suffer a painful death. Strychnine was banned for the use of controlling moles in 2006, although it was primarily used on golf courses and racecourses, with typically less than 10% of cases using this as a control method, in contrast to the use of a kill-trap. (Source: Baker, S. E., Ellwood, S. A., Johnson, P. J., & Macdonald, D. W. (2016). Moles and Mole Control on British Farms, Amenities and Gardens after Strychnine Withdrawal. Animals:

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A product name for a pesticide used for the control of moss and also red thread disease, which contained the active ingredient dichlorophen. It is no longer approved for use in the UK.