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    Merit

    You can not use Merit for mites. Merit, if used at a rate higher than listed on the label (which by the way is illegal), will cause mite outbreaks. That is when you sell your client a Avid treatment.
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    Hourly Rates

    Rates: GTW Residential: $85/hour per man. Commercial: $100/hour per man Bucket Truck: $200/day (65'), $250/day (75') Crane: (we have a 100') $350/day PHC Fert: $200/hour IPM/PHC $250/hour Merit injection $400/hour NOTE: The Company I work for is doing close to 3...
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    Crabapple Fungicide programs

    3 treatments of Banner Maxx (6oz/100gl) mixed with Dithane 75DF (1.5lb/100gl) at 21 day intervals starting at bud break, will provide excellent results for control of Cedar-Apple rust on Crabapples.
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    Merit

    That rate seems pretty high. Did you see any spider mite problems with that rate?
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    Merit

    80oz/100 gl is the correct rate for Merit 2f. We inject at the base and go out from there at 3 foot intervals in a grid pattern. Inject at 1Q per inch DBH (a 15" tree recieves 15Q of the mixed product. I have been using this rate for many years as per the product label. Mreit 2f can also be...
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    burnt evergreens with oil

    90 seems to be a little warm to be spraying with oil. We generally will not treat with oil if it is above 85 and if we have to treat we will substitute oil with M-Pede (soap) which will not cause as many phytotoxic problems. A 2% solution is also a rather highrate. We only use a 1% in the summer...
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    Merit

    I have used merit 2f on locust leaf miner with great success. The application needs to be done in the fall for next years insect. The treatment can be done either as a soil drench or injection at the 80 oz./100 gl rate. Mauget's Imicide also works very well in control of the leafminer. I work...
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