Products in pH Control: Water Conditioner

Quest is an effective blend of water conditioning agents and spray adjuvants designed to make pesticide sprays more efficient. Quest removes carbonates and bicarbonates that can deactivate pesticides. It also sequesters metal cations and modifies the pH of the spray solution. Quest can be used as a liquid replacement and/or a supplement to ammonium sulfate.

Quest is an effective blend of water conditioning agents and spray adjuvants designed to make pesticide sprays more efficient. Quest removes carbonates and bicarbonates that can deactivate pesticides. It also sequesters metal cations and modifies the pH of the spray solution. Quest can be used as a liquid replacement and/or a supplement to ammonium sulfate.

Kalo Cruzado is a water conditioner and pH modifying adjuvant specifically used as a tank mix additive for glyphosate and other pesticides that are susceptible to antagonism from hard water minerals such as calcium, iron, manganese and other impurities. Cruzado prevents hard water mineral antagonism and improves absorption into plants to enhance efficacy on difficult to control weeds. Cruzado should be used with spray mixes that are registered for agricultural, horticultural, turf, ornamental, industrial and non-crop use.

Quest is an effective blend of water conditioning agents and spray adjuvants designed to make pesticide sprays more efficient. Quest removes carbonates and bicarbonates that can deactivate pesticides. It also sequesters metal cations and modifies the pH of the spray solution. Quest can be used as a liquid replacement and/or a supplement to ammonium sulfate.

Quest is an effective blend of water conditioning agents and spray adjuvants designed to make pesticide sprays more efficient. Quest removes carbonates and bicarbonates that can deactivate pesticides. It also sequesters metal cations and modifies the pH of the spray solution. Quest can be used as a liquid replacement and/or a supplement to ammonium sulfate.

Kalo Capstar is a unique tank mix adjuvant formulation containing water conditioners, surfactants, activators, deposition, acidifying agents and antifoam. Capstar reduces the antagonistic effects of hard spray water. Spray water containing dissolved minerals can have a negative impact on herbicide efficacy. Capstar’s specialized formulation will lower the pH of the spray solution which helps increase the effectiveness of weak acid herbicides such as glyphosate. Capstar suppresses off-target drift and enhances canopy penetration by providing a more uniform spray pattern, thereby increasing spray deposition and coverage of targeted surfaces. Capstar contains a nonionic surfactant system to optimize wetting and spreading of the spray droplet. Capstar slows spray droplet drying time to minimize droplet evaporation and improve absorption during low humidity conditions. Capstar contains antifoam to reduce troublesome foam. Capstar is not for aquatic use.

GlyLoad™ is a product that was specifically developed to help growers achieve quick burndown. A characteristic important in many fallow, non crop, pre and post burndown situations. Glyphosate's mode of action is notoriously slow. This can be an issue with many growers who need to burndown weeds and get to the next thing in the production system. GlyLoad was specifically developed for these situations (Faster Burndown).

Reactor™ is a blend of multiple components, created specifi cally to be added to water solutions to aid nutrient availability and maximize the performance of foliar applied nutrients and agrochemicals. The performance of foliar and root applied fertilizers and some agrochemicals is impeded when mixed in water which is either Alkaline, Hard, Brackish, or contaminated with insoluble deposits.

Kalo Restore is intended for use with products registered for agricultural, horticultural, turf and ornamental, industrial and non-crop use as a tank mix adjuvant where water conditioning and spray deposition is important. Restore is formulated to enhance spray coverage and retention of pesticide products that recommend the use of ammonium sulfate or a nitrogen source. Restore improves the efficiency of various post-emergent herbicide sprays by minimizing antagonism of hard metal ions that are frequently present in most spray water sources. Restore contains a humectant ingredient that works to improve spray deposition and retention thereby improving the ability of agrichemical sprays to deposit and penetrate targeted surfaces. Water content of spray deposits can be increased which slows drying time and minimizes crystal formation of active ingredients which can impede plant uptake of certain active ingredients.

Full Load™ Complete gives you superior efficacy of glyphosate herbicides as well as most post applied salt formulated herbicides such as 2,4-D, Glufosinate and Dicamba. It has the best drift reduction technology plus a great deposition profile. Full Load Complete also reduces volatile of phenoxy herbicides by up to 40%. It replaces AMS, counteracts hard water, and is designed to perform with all tank mixtures.

Hel-Fire is a combination of deposition agents, activators and water conditioners. It is designed to enhance the degree and speed of herbicide performance by improving spray deposition and uptake, while preventing antagonisms caused by poor water quality.

Kalo Water FX lowers the spray water pH level to optimize the efficacy of insecticide, herbicide and fungicide products that perform better with a lower pH. Water FX is a blend of dry water-soluble granules that contain a nitrogen based water conditioner and acidifying agent. Water FX contains ammonium sulfate which neutralizes hard water minerals that can reduce the effectiveness of many plant control products.

Buffer Xtra Strength is a blend of concentrated buffering and conditioning agents designed to adjust the pH of alkaline waters, condition spray water and minimize hydrolysis of pesticides, which tend to decompose in alkaline spray solutions. Buffer Xtra Strength is especially effective in buffering spray solutions used in high-volume spray applications, with extremely hard water or with spray mixes containing alkaline components.

Interactive is a combination of translocating surfactants, wetting agents and ammonium salts designed to enhance the efficacy of herbicides. Interactive also contains sequestrants and de-foaming agents to improve spray application.

Hel-Fire is a combination of deposition agents, activators and water conditioners. It is designed to enhance the degree and speed of herbicide performance by improving spray deposition and uptake, while preventing antagonisms caused by poor water quality.

Quest is an effective blend of water conditioning agents and spray adjuvants designed to make pesticide sprays more efficient. Quest removes carbonates and bicarbonates that can deactivate pesticides. It also sequesters metal cations and modifies the pH of the spray solution. Quest can be used as a liquid replacement and/or a supplement to ammonium sulfate.

Buffer Xtra Strength is a blend of concentrated buffering and conditioning agents designed to adjust the pH of alkaline waters, condition spray water and minimize hydrolysis of pesticides, which tend to decompose in alkaline spray solutions. Buffer Xtra Strength is especially effective in buffering spray solutions used in high-volume spray applications, with extremely hard water or with spray mixes containing alkaline components.

Hel-Fire is a combination of deposition agents, activators and water conditioners. It is designed to enhance the degree and speed of herbicide performance by improving spray deposition and uptake, while preventing antagonisms caused by poor water quality.

Inferno improves the deposition and retention of spray droplets, and is an effective pH buffer, water conditioner and anti-foam. Inferno significantly reduces the number of spray droplets under 100 microns, reducing spray drift by up to 75%. Additional studies demonstrated less glyphosate drift at 70cm with Inferno compared with glyphosate alone at 50cm (Source: Silsoe trials 2019), improving product performance and environmental profile. Inferno softens hard water by effective and rapid sequestration of Ca2+ and Mg2+. These hard water cations are bound and rendered unavailable in a soluble form.