An adjuvant with wetting, sticking and rainproofing properties

SPRAYFAST is a unique formulation of di-1-p-menthene, a non-ionic wetting agent and a safener for use in tank-mixture with agricultural and horticultural chemicals to improve their performance.

Use SPRAYFAST as a rainfast sticker in periods of unsettled weather, use it as a safener in situations of marginal selectivity, use it, particularly in horticulture, as an anti-transpirant, in fact, use SPRAYFAST season-long as an almost universal adjuvant.

SPRAYFAST is based on a unique polymeric terpene coating agent which holds tank-mixed chemicals onto plants in a rainfast form, protected against degradation by sunlight and against volatilization at high temperatures. The coating agent then slowly releases the active chemicals so that they are available to the plant. This reduces phytotoxicity but greatly extends the action of the spray chemicals. Phytotoxicity is normally the result of a very rapid uptake of a chemical, during the first few hours after spraying, by plants which are only relatively resistant to that chemical. In the case of weed killing, a delay of a day or two may be introduced by the use of SPRAYFAST, although a more certain kill is obtained. SPRAYFAST is thus quite unlike other additives, in that it is designed to slow down rather than speed uptake of spray chemicals by treated plants.

The SPRAYFAST coating is fully formed approximately 30 minutes after the spray has dried on the leaves of treated plants, although a high degree of rainfastness will be obtained as soon as the spray is dry.

When using SPRAYFAST with spray chemicals for which a range of application rates are suggested, the SPRAYFAST will enable the chemicals to be used effectively at the lowest rate recommended for the intended purpose or at the longest recommended intervals between sprayings.