The Cleancrop™ Brassica System is a crop and weed management solution all in one. Cleancrop™ combines the power of a broad spectrum herbicide (Telar™), and 4 new brassica seed cultivars bred to be resistant to the sulfonyurea herbicide Telar™.
How does it work?
Just plant the herbicide resistant Cleancrop™ seeds and then spray Telar® herbicide within 48 hours to control 23 problem weeds taking root, leaving all the goodness in the soil for your crop to thrive on. With reduced competition from weeds, crop yield and your return on investment goes up.
Why use it?
A simple weed management system.
Cleancrop benefits
- CONTROL WEEDS within 48 hours of sowing*
- NO MOISTURE REQUIRED# to activate Telar® herbicide
- NO SOIL INCORPORATION REQUIRED
- ADAPTABLE TO METHOD OF SOWING
What brassicas are available?
- Bulb Turnip
- Tankard Turnip
- Leafy Turnip
- Kale
Cleancrop Bulb Turnip
Cleancrop Bulb Turnip is a high-yielding, globe bulb turnip with medium maturity suitable for sowing from late spring through to early summer to supply feed in summer, autumn and early winter months.
Grazing: 80-110 days
Sowing rate: 1kg/ha
Number of grazings: 1
Cleancrop Toto Turnip
Cleancrop Toto Turnip is a high-yielding, summer and autumn bulb turnip with early maturity, allowing it to be grazed from 55 days after sowing. A tankard bulb shape alongside great bulb softness promotes excellent crop utilisation by stock.
Grazing: 56-90 days
Sowing rate: 1-2kg/ha
Number of grazing: 1
Cleancrop Leafy Turnip
Cleancrop Leafy Turnip is a fast-establishing, multi-graze variety with reduced flower bolting and 25% more total yield from multiple grazings than Pasja II leafy turnip.
Grazing: 42-70 days
Sowing rate: 4kg/ha
Grazings: Multiple
Cleancrop Firefly Kale
Cleancrop Firefly Kale is a high-yielding, intermediate-height kale with a high leaf-to-stem ratio. Excellent crop utilisation by stock due to single plant selection for soft stems during the plant breeding process.
Grazing: 150 days
Sowing rate: 4kg/ha
Number of grazings: 1
23 weeds controlled by Telar Herbicide
Telar® herbicide deals with 23 weeds during sowing and frees up nutrients for your crops to thrive
Telar® herbicide controls the following weeds:
Apply Telar® at the pre-emerge stage within 48 hours of sowing.
| Calandrinia | Fathen | Scentless Chamomile | Vetch |
| Californian Thistle* | Hawksbeard | Scotch Thistle | White Clover |
| Chickweed | Nodding Thistle | Shepherd's Purse | Wild Turnip* |
| Cornbind | Rayless Chamomile | Spurrey (Yarr) | Willow Weed |
| Dandelions | Redroot | Stinking Mayweed | Yellow Gromwell |
| Docks | Scarlet Pimpernel | Twin Cress |
*Apply Telar® post emerge when Cleancrop™ brassicas are at the fourth-true leaf stage. Do not apply after the 6-8 leaf stage. Consult your accredited Notman Pasture Seeds representative to order your second Telar® spray.
*For weeds listed in table below that require Telar® applied as a foliar spray at post emergence, an application can be made when the crop is at the fourth-true leaf stage or later. **When applied pre-emerge Telar® is taken up through the roots of weeds when conditions promote their growth.
LEFT Telar™ not applied: Example of Toto turnip with a high weed burden of Fathen
RIGHT Telar™ applied: Example of Toto turnip with Telar™ herbicide applied
Cleancrop packages
All Cleancrop™ Brassica System cultivars are ordered on a per hectare basis and include 20 g/ha Telar®.
| Leafy Turnip | 4 kg/ha |
| Toto Turnip (Dryland) | 1 kg/ha |
| Toto Turnip (Summer safe/irrigated) | 2 kg/ha |
| Bulb Turnip | 1 kg/ha |
| Firefly Kale | 4 kg/ha |
Note: The Cleancrop™ Brassica System is unique. DLF Seeds sell it as a package, i.e. Seed + Chemical. One item cannot be purchased without the other. Agents/retailers have to be accredited to sell the Cleancrop™ Brassica System to ensure stewardship is maintained.
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