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PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR SOLUTION • Shoes plus socks for use on ornamentals Follow manufacturer’s instructions for cleaning/ Active Ingredient: maintaining PPE. If no such instructions for washables Chlormequat Chloride* . 11 8%. exist, use detergent and hot water. Keep and wash PPE Other Ingredients: . 88 .2% separately from other laundry . Total: . 100 0. % Discard clothing and other absorbent materials that * 1 gallon contains 1 pound (2-chloroethyl) have been drenched or heavily contaminated with this trimethylammonium chloride product’s concentrate. Do not reuse them. Net contents: 1 Gallon (3 7. 8 L) USER SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS EPA Reg . No . 62097-21-82917 Users should: EPA Est . No . 39578-TX-001 • Wash hands before eating, drinking, chewing gum, using tobacco or using the toilet . KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN • Remove clothing/PPE immediately if pesticide gets CAUTION inside. Then wash thoroughly and put on clean clothing . FIRST AID • Remove PPE immediately after handling this IF • Call a poison control center or product. Wash the outside of gloves before SWALLOWED doctor immediately for treatment removing. As soon as possible, wash thoroughly and advice . change into clean clothing . • Have person sip a glass of water if able to swallow. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS • Do not induce vomiting unless told • This product is toxic to wildlife. to do so by a poison control center • DO NOT apply directly to water, or to areas where or doctor . surface water is present or to intertidal areas below • Do not give anything by mouth to the mean high water mark. an unconscious person . • DO NOT contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwater or rinsate. NOTE TO PHYSICIAN • Keep out of lakes, streams and ponds. Drift and runoff The use of Atropine is contraindicated. Have the may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in water product container or label with you when calling a adjacent to treated areas spray . poison control center or doctor, or going for treatment . You may also contact 1-800-858-7378 (National DIRECTIONS FOR USE Pesticide Information Center) for emergency medical It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in a treatment information . manner inconsistent with its labelling. DO NOT apply this product in a way that will contact PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS workers or other persons, either directly or through HAZARDS TO HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS drift . Only protected handlers may be in the area during CAUTION application . For any requirement specific to your State Harmful if swallowed. Wash thoroughly with soap or Tribe, consult the agency responsible for pesticide and water after handling and before eating, drinking, regulation . chewing gum, using tobacco or using the toilet. Observe all Precautionary Statements, Limitations, and ® PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) Application instructions on the CITADEL plant growth Some materials that are chemical-resistant to this regulator package label. product are listed below. DO NOT apply this product through any type of If you want more options, follow the instructions for irrigation system . Category C on an EPA chemical-resistance category Application with motorized groundboom equipment in selection chart . outdoor sites is prohibited . Apply using handheld nozzles or handheld equipment, All mixers, loaders, applicators and other handlers such as low pressure handwand equipment. must wear: • Long-sleeved shirt and long pants when applied at the beginning of rapid stem elongation. AGRICULTURAL USE REQUIREMENTS CITADEL will have less effect if applied when shoots Use this product only in accordance with its labeling are not elongating or at the end of an elongation phase . and with the Worker Protection Standard, 40 CFR Prior to treating a large number of plants, conduct trials Part 170 . This Standard contains requirements to determine optimum rates, application timing and for the protection of agricultural workers on farms, frequency for individual situations . forests, nurseries, and greenhouses, and handlers of agricultural pesticides . It contains requirements for SPRAY APPLICATIONS: training, decontamination, notification, and emergency As a foliar applied spray, CITADEL is absorbed into the assistance . It also contains specific instructions and plant through young expanding leaves, mature leaves exceptions pertaining to the statements on this label and stems. CITADEL is most effective when applied at about personal protective equipment (PPE), and a spray volume that thoroughly covers the plant foliage restricted entry interval . The requirements in this box and stems. Optimum spray volume will vary with the plant only apply to uses of this product that are covered by size, but generally is between 2 and 3 quarts of spray the Worker Protection Standard. solution per 100 square feet of bench space . Excessive runoff of solution as a result of heavy spray volumes is Do not enter or allow worker entry into treated areas disadvantageous. CITADEL applied at a volume of about during the restricted entry interval (REI) of 12 hours 1 quart per 100 square feet is considered a light spray . unless wearing appropriate PPE. The use of a light spray is advantageous since it will PPE required for early entry to treated areas that is retard the growth of the accessible shoots (upper lateral permitted under the Worker Protection Standard and shoots) and will have little effect on the lower shoots that involves contact with anything that has been since they receive less spray . treated, such as plants, soil, or water, is: Maximum effect is achieved with CITADEL when spray • Coveralls applications are applied under conditions that support • Shoes plus socks slow drying, thus allowing better penetration into the • Chemical-resistant gloves made of any waterproof plant . To maximize the absorption of the spray solution, material time CITADEL applications such that overhead irrigation PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL HAZARDS or rain will not occur for at least six hours. FOR CHEMICAL EMERGENCY: spill, leak, fire, Depending on the crop and individual user’s desired exposure, or accident call CHEMTREC 1-800-424-9300. results, CITADEL application rates range from 600 to PRODUCT INFORMATION 2,000 ppm . Use this range of rates unless specifically stated within the section for that particular crop. The Read all sections of this label before using CITADEL® recommended initial CITADEL rate for small-scale trials plant growth regulator. is 1,250 ppm . All references to ppm are based on total CITADEL is an effective growth retardant for use on a CITADEL product. broad variety of ornamental crops grown in containers CITADEL PHYTOTOXICITY: in commercial or research greenhouses. CITADEL Foliar spray applications of CITADEL may result in reduces plant height by limiting internode elongation yellowing around leaf margins or at the tip of leaves. through inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis . Application Discoloration is small and rapidly enlarging at time of produces more desirable compact and marketable application and appears about 3 to 5 days after the plants. These desirable qualities include darker foliage, spray treatment . Leaves that are either mature at the higher chlorophyll content, greater leaf thickness and time of spray or formed after application are not affected stronger stems . by foliar spray applications of CITADEL. Discolored Do not use CITADEL as a replacement for good cultural areas usually regain most or all green color by the practices. Only use CITADEL on healthy plants that end of the crop cycle . The severity of discoloration is are grown under proper conditions. Wetting agents are related to the application rate of CITADEL. Lower rates not required with CITADEL. If any adjuvant or other do not generally cause any phytotoxicity or temporary chemicals are applied with CITADEL, treat a small discoloration . Before application rates of 1,500 ppm number of plants first to insure that no crop injury will or greater are used, conduct trials to insure that the occur. Plants treated with CITADEL may require less amount of leaf spotting is acceptable to the user . water and irrigation schedules may therefore need to be CITADEL application rates that are too high may cause adjusted to prevent over-irrigation . brown areas on leaf margins. These necrotic areas may GROWTH REGULATION WITH CITADEL: not recover if the degree of injury is too severe . If trial Depending on crop culture, environmental conditions rates demonstrate unacceptable injury, lower CITADEL and plant growth habits, CITADEL will normally retard rates to reduce phytotoxicity and use more frequent growth for a period of 1 to 3 weeks following spray applications at lower application rates to achieve the treatment . Repeat applications may be necessary . desired level of height control . CITADEL has the greatest effect on final plant height Page 2 Do not apply CITADEL near the end of a crop cycle, CULTURAL FACTORS: except when the user has conducted adequate trials Crops grown with high levels of irrigation and/or high to insure the CITADEL rate is low enough to avoid an fertilization rates and primarily using ammonia for a undesirable appearance during the sales period . source of nitrogen, will be taller and more vigorous than DRENCH APPLICATIONS: crops grown with less irrigation, lower fertilizer rates, When applied as a drench treatment to growth medium and predominately nitrate-nitrogen . The more lush crops CITADEL is absorbed by the roots and transported to normally require higher amounts and/or more frequent