product - Mint

We had been seeing 80% control at best, using alternate products, but incorporating TOUGH 5EC brings that up to 95 - 100%. It's a truly valuable solution to a 'tough' problem.

Scott Setniker

Setniker Farms • Independence • Oregon

Adding TOUGH 5EC to our weed control program will help us to more easily ensure the top quality of our mint oil.

Scott Setniker

Setniker Farms • Independence • Oregon

You must have clean fields to maixmize yield in mint - incorporating TOUGH 5EC gets you as close as possible to 100% control when applied according to the label.

Randy Matthys

Shady Lane Farms General Partnership • South Bend • Indiana

I personally saw the significant benefits of a pyridate product in the late 90's and early 2000's, and couldn't be more pleased that Belchim USA is bringing it back with TOUGH 5EC.

Randy Matthys

Shady Lane Farms General Partnership • South Bend • Indiana

It's always nice to have another tool in the shed, when you're talking about weed control, especially for resistant strains of Palmer and Waterhemp.

Randy Matthys

Shady Lane Farms General Partnership • South Bend • Indiana

Pyridate, the active ingredient in TOUGH 5EC, will significantly increase the sustainability of the mint industry in the United States.

Steve Salisbury

Mint Industry Research Council (MIRC)

TOUGH 5EC is the only post-emergent broadleaf weed control option that is both effective and safe in mint.

Steve Salisbury

Mint Industry Research Council (MIRC)

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TOUGH® 5EC Features

POST-EMERGENCE solution

CONTACT herbicide

FAST-ACTING (7-10 days)

SAFE (will not cause injury to crops)

NO Plant Back Restrictions

EXCELLENT EFFICACY on difficult-to-control, actively growing broadleaf weeds

Click here to access AGRIAN® product information including crop usage, registration and safety data

Controls Tough-To-Kill Broadleaf Weeds as part of an Integrated Weed Management Program

A selective herbicide with an underutilized mode of action, TOUGH^® 5EC provides post-emergence control of actively growing broadleaf weeds.

In 2017, Dr. Rick Boydston, USDA ARS, coordinated research trials at five locations, representing the major U.S. mint production regions. These trials compared the effectiveness of pyridate, the active ingredient in TOUGH 5EC, to other broadleaf herbicides currently registered in peppermint, native spearmint or Scotch spearmint.

As you can see in the photos on the left from these Washington field trials, it was observed that TOUGH 5EC was the most effective herbicide treatment at all locations and never lowered mint oil yields.¹

TOUGH 5EC is especially effective on Kochia, Pigweeds, Palmer Amaranth, Waterhemp, Common Lambsquarters, and Black Nightshades. It is even effective on strains resistant to other more-commonly used herbicides.

For more information, including how to purchase, please contact your Belchim USA representative.

¹This is not intended to be an endorsement by Dr. Rick Boydston or the USDA ARS.

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