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Discus 500 WG

Discus 500 WG is a high-quality fungicide in granule form for preparing a water suspension. Designed for preventive protection of fruit tree crops and ornamental plants against a wide range of fungal diseases.

Pack
600 g
€117.60€147.00Halloween −20%
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Description

ACTION OF DISCUS PRODUCT:

Discus 500 WG is a fungicide in granule form for preparing a water suspension. The product is used preventively to protect fruit tree crops and ornamental plants against fungal diseases. The product exhibits locally systemic action, meaning the active substance spreads by diffusion in the gas phase on the leaves. 

DISCUS ACTIVE SUBSTANCE CONTENT:

kresoxim-methyl (a compound from the strobilurin group) – 500 g/kg of product (50%). 

DISCUS SCOPE OF USE, TIMING AND DOSES:

The product is intended for use with self-propelled or tractor-mounted orchard sprayers, self-propelled or tractor-mounted field sprayers, and handheld sprayers.

How to use Discus:

APPLE TREE

Apple scab

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.2 kg/ha.

Do not exceed a total dose of 0.8 kg/ha per season.

Application timing: spray from bud break phase, when green leaf tips protecting flowers are visible, until typical colouring for mature fruit is achieved (BBCH 53 - 81).

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 4.

Interval between treatments: at least 7 days.

Recommended water volume: 150 - 1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

NOTES:

− Product is rainfast (40 mm), characterised by good adhesion to both dry and wet leaves (covered with dew, fog, light drizzle droplets). When leaves are wet, use less water.

− The effectiveness of the product does not depend on temperature.

USE OF PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCT IN SMALL-AREA CROPS AND APPLICATIONS

The user alone is responsible for the effectiveness and phytotoxicity of the plant protection product used in small-area crops.

PEAR TREE

Pear scab

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.2 kg/ha.

Application timing: use from bud break phase, when green leaf tips protecting flowers are visible, until typical colouring for mature fruit is achieved (BBCH 53 - 81).

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 4.

Interval between treatments: at least 7 days.

Recommended water volume: 150 - 1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

STRAWBERRY grown in the field and under covers

Powdery mildew

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.3 kg/ha.

Application timing: use after first disease symptoms appear, from the development of the first leaf until the end of fruit harvest (BBCH 11 – 89).

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 2.

Interval between treatments: at least 7 – 14 days.

Recommended water volume: 500-700 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

BLACK CURRANT, RED CURRANT, WHITE CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY

American gooseberry mildew

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.2 kg/ha (0.02%: 20 g per 100 l of water).

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear, from when flower buds are enclosed in light brown scales until advanced ripening phase, i.e. when the first berries at the base of the cluster reach the characteristic colour for the variety (BBCH 51 – 85).

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least 7 – 14 days.

Recommended water volume: 500-700 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY, LARGE-FRUITED CRANBERRY

Powdery mildew

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.2 kg/ha (0.02%: 20 g per 100 l of water).

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear, from flowering stage to full fruit maturity (BBCH 51-85).

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least 10 – 14 days.

Recommended water volume: 200-1000 l/ha

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

SWEET PEPPER, TOMATO, EGGPLANT grown in the field and under covers

Powdery mildew

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.5 kg/ha.

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear, from the development of the second true leaf on the main shoot until full maturity when fruits have typical colour (BBCH 12-89).

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least 10 days.

Recommended water volume: 200-1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

ROSES grown in the field and under covers

Powdery mildew, black spot of roses

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.3 kg/ha

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear.

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least 7 - 14 days.

Recommended water volume: 300-1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

CHRYSANTHEMUMS grown in the field and under covers

Rust

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.3 kg/ha

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear.

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least: 7 - 12 days.

Recommended water volume: 200-1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

ORNAMENTAL TREES

Oak powdery mildew, rust, Cylindrocladium spp. rot

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.6 kg/ha.

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear.

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least: 7 - 12 days.

Recommended water volume: 200-1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

TREE AND SHRUB NURSERIES (OAK, JAPANESE QUINCE, SCARLET FIRETHORN, WILLOW, ROWAN, BOXWOOD)

Oak powdery mildew, rust, Cylindrocladium spp. rot

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.6 kg/ha.

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear.

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least 7 - 12 days.

Recommended water volume: 200-1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet.

ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (WOOD ANEMONE ANEMONE, GERBERA, WATER RANUNCULUS BUTTERCUP, LATE GOLDENROD, CYCLAMEN, BEGONIA, DAHLIA, IMPATIENS, GLANDULAR IMPATIENS, OX-EYE DAISY, GARDEN VIOLET, PETUNIA F1 HYBRID, GARDEN PETUNIA, GARDEN VERBENA) in greenhouse and protected cultivation

Powdery mildew

Maximum/recommended dose for single application: 0.3 kg/ha

Application timing: spray after first disease symptoms appear.

Maximum number of treatments per growing season: 3.

Interval between treatments: at least 10 - 12 days.

Recommended water volume: 200-1000 l/ha.

Recommended spraying: fine droplet. 

DISCUS PRE-HARVEST INTERVAL:

Apple tree, pear tree – 28 days

Black currant, red currant, white currant, gooseberry, highbush blueberry, large-fruited cranberry – 21 days

Strawberry – 7 days

Sweet pepper, tomato, eggplant – 3 days

Ornamental plants – not applicable

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