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US 2014/0213457 A1Published application
Prodiamine-coated fertilizer and method of manufacture
OwnerLawrence A Millerinventor
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Abstract
An herbicidal concentrate composition that contains Prodiamine herbicide for application to a granular carrier such as a fertilizer granule, or a granule to be mixed with granular fertilizer.
Claims12
A method of manufacture of a granular product coated with prodiamine, comprising
- a) providing a granular carrier,
- b) coating said carrier with a prodiamine concentrate solution comprising 25% to 45% by weight prodiamine in an aprotic solvent, and
- c) drying said coated carrier to provide a prodiamine coated carrier, wherein said granular prodiamine-coated carrier product is used for weed control in turf and other non-agricultural sites.
A method of manufacture of a granular product coated with prodiamine herbicide, comprising
- a) providing a granular carrier which is a fertilizer granule adapted for use in turf;
- b) wetting the granular carrier with a solvent-based prodiamine concentrate;
- c) removing the solvent to form a herbicide layer comprising prodiamine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.