INSECTICIDES AND ACARICIDES
(Fargro Catalogue)

This is a catalogue of products for Fargro's South East UK distribution area only (see distribution).
Unless otherwise indicated these products are for professional use only; operators must have had training and be suitably qualified to use them.
For approved pesticides products details of any specific off label approvals or any use under the Long Term Arrangements for extension of use have not been listed here.
Any approved pesticide product must be stored and used in accordance with the code of practice on pesticide use. Details on pesticide training, regulations, the code of practice on pesticide use, approvals and any allowable off label use are available from the Pesticides Safety Directorate website.
Information is believed to be correct at time of compilation but pesticide approvals and products change frequently. Products and or approval numbers listed here may no longer be valid. Similar products may replace those listed.
More information on the products may be available from the manufacturer's own website or contact Fargro.
If you require a specific product not listed here please contact us as we can usually help.
Have you considered biological pest control? See also our biological control pages.
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PRODUCT NAME MANUFACTURER / APPROVAL HOLDER

Admire Bayer CropScience
Active Ingredient: 70% w/w imidacloprid Formulation Type: WG
MAFF / MAPP No: 11234 Harvest Interval: Before the bines reach 2m in lengh or before the end of the first week in June, whichever is sooner.
Control: Systemic insecticide. Damson-hop aphids on hops.
Crops: Hops.
Application Method: Directed stem base spray.
Application Rate: Maximum individual dose: 178.5 g product per hectare. Do not exceed a maximum total dose of 125 g imidacloprid/hectare/year.
Fargro Code: ADM Pack Size 200 g

Aphox Syngenta Crop Protection
Active Ingredient: 500 g/kg (50% w/w) pirimicarb Formulation Type: WG
MAFF / MAPP No: 10515 Harvest Interval: Various depending on crop.
Control: Contact, fumigant and translaminar insecticide for aphids.
Crops: Named cereals, potatoes, peas, beans (runner, broad, field and dwarf french), cauliflower, broccoi, calabrese, cabbage, Brussels sprout, kale, Chinese cabbage, collards, swede, turnip, oilseed rape, maize, sweetcorn, apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, gooseberries, protected ornamental plant production - carnations, chrysanthemums, cinerarias, cyclamen, roses; cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, outdoor and protected lettuce, outdoor ornamental plant production and forest nurseries.
Application Method: Spray.
Application Rate: 280 - 560 g / ha or 50 g / 100 litres water, depending on crop.
Fargro Code: APHO Pack Size 1 kg

Apollo 50SC Makhteshim Agan
Active Ingredient: 500 g/l (42% w/w) clofentezine Formulation Type: SC
MAFF / MAPP No: 10590 Harvest Interval: Variable depending on crop.
Control: Control of eggs and early motile stages of fruit tree red spider mite Panonychus ulmi.
Crops: Apple, pear, plum and cherry.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 0.4 litres product in 440 - 1000 litres water per hectare.
Fargro Code: To order. Pack Size 1 litre

Applaud Certis
Active Ingredient: 250 g/l (23.4% w/w) buprofezin Formulation Type: SC
MAFF / MAPP No: 11532 Harvest Interval: 3 days.
Control: Glasshouse and tobacco whitefly.
Crops: Protected: Cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, aubergines and ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 30 ml / 100 litres water.
Fargro Code: APPLA Pack Size 200 ml

BASF Dimethoate 40 BASF
Active Ingredient: 400 g/l (37.4% w/w) dimethoate Formulation Type: EC
MAFF / MAPP No: 00199 Harvest Interval: 7 to 21 days or on crop growth stage, depending on crop and situation.
Control: A systemic insecticide for aphids, red spider mite and leaf miner.
Crops: Include named cereals, red beet , Brussels sprouts, broccoli, calabrese, cauliflower, outdoor lettuce and ornamental plant production (excluding chrysanthemums or ornamental prunus species).
Application Method: Spray.
Application Rate: Variable depending on crop. For ornamental plant production, the maximum not to exceed 85 ml / 100 litres.
Fargro Code: DIM5 Pack Size 5 Litres

Calypso Bayer CropScience
Active Ingredient: 480 g/l (40.4% w/w) thiacloprid Formulation Type: SC
MAFF / MAPP No: 11257 Harvest Interval: 14 days before harvest.
Control: A chloronicotinyl systemic insecticide for rosy apple aphid.
Crops: Apples.
Application Method: Spray.
Application Rate: Maximum individual dose: 0.375 l / ha. (0.025 l /100 l water). Maximum total dose: 0.75 l / ha. No more than two sprays of Calypso or other nicotinoid product per crop.
Fargro Code: CALYPSO Pack Size 1 litre

Chess WG Syngenta Bioline
Active Ingredient: 50% w/w pymetrozine Formulation Type: WG  Chess WG
MAFF / MAPP No: 13310 Harvest Interval: Cucumbers: 3 days.
Control: Aphids.
Crops: Cucumbers. Protected and field grown ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 20 g product per 100 litres water.
Comment: Click here for more information
Fargro Code: CHESSB Pack Size 200 g

Conserve Fargro
Active Ingredient: 120 g/l (11.6% w/w) spinosad Formulation Type: SC  Conserve
MAFF / MAPP No: 12058 Harvest Interval: Cucumbers 3 days.
Control: Western flower thrips.
Crops: Protected ornamental plant production and protected cucumbers.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 75 ml per 100 litres for protected ornamental plant production, 80 ml per 100 litres for cucumbers.
Comment: Click here for more information
Fargro Code: CON Pack Size 1 litre

Crossfire 480 Dow Agrosciences
Active Ingredient: 480 g/l (44.65% w/w) chlorpyrifos Formulation Type: EC
MAFF / MAPP No: 12516
Control: Leatherjackets and frit fly.
Crops: Amenity grassland and managed amenity turf.
Application Method: Spray from early November to control leatherjackets before winter feeding damages turf but not during periods of frost.
Application Rate: 1.5 litres / ha in 200 - 1000 litres water (15 ml in 10 litres water per 100m2).
Fargro Code: To order. Pack Size 1 litre

Decis Protech Bayer CropScience
Active Ingredient: 15g / litre (1.5% w/w) deltamethrin. Formulation Type: EW
MAFF / MAPP No: 11502 Harvest Interval: Nil days or restricted by crop stage.
Control: Contact insecticide with residual activity against a wide range of pests. Caterpillar, aphids, whitefly, flea beetle, pea and bean weevil, pea midge, pollen beetle, brassica pod midge, apple sucker, capsid, scale insect, mealybugs, sawfly, thrips, raspberry beetle.
Crops: Wide range of crops including named brassicas, peas, named beans, apples, pears, plums, raspberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, ornamentals (including amenity vegetation).
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: Rate varies according to crop and situation.
Fargro Code: DEPROT Pack Size 1 litre

Dipel DF Fargro
Active Ingredient: Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki Formulation Type: WG  Dipel DF
MAFF / MAPP No: 11184
Control: Caterpillars.
Crops: Outdoor cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, outdoor and protected ornamentals, amenity vegetation, strawberry, raspberry, protected tomato, cucumber and pepper.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 0.75 - 1kg per ha or 75 - 100 g /100 litres water depending on the crop.
Comment: A biological insecticide. Click here for more information
Fargro Code: DIPELDF Pack Size 500 g

Dynamec Syngenta
Active Ingredient: 18 g/l (1.84% w/w) abamectin Formulation Type: EC  Dynamec
MAFF / MAPP No: 12539
13331
Harvest Interval: Tomatoes and cucumbers 3 days.
Control: A contact and translaminar insecticide and acaricide for control of two-spotted spider mite, leafminer (Liriomyza bryioniae) and western flower thrip.
Crops: Protected and outdoor flower crops, tomatoes and cucumbers.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 25 ml / 100 litres water for control of two-spotted spider mite. 50 ml / 100 litres for control of western flower thrips and leafminer.
Comment: Click here for more information
Fargro Code: DYMEC
DYMED
Pack Size 250 ml
1 litre

Equity Dow Agrosciences
Active Ingredient: 480 g/l (44.6% w/w) chlorpyrifos Formulation Type: EC
MAFF / MAPP No: 12465 Harvest Interval: Varies according to crop and situation.
Control: A contact and ingested broad-spectrum insecticide.
Crops: Include onion, broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, calabrese, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, apple, pear, plum, strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry, whitecurrant, redcurrant and blackcurrant.
Application Method: Spray with some drench treatments depending on crop and situation.
Application Rate: Variable depending on crop and situation.
Fargro Code: EQU Pack Size 5 litres

Exemptor Scotts
Active Ingredient: 10%w/w thiacloprid Formulation Type: GR
MAPP No: 13122
Control: A granular systemic and protectant insecticide which controls black vine weevil, whiteflies, aphids and leaf beetles.
Crops: Container grown ornamental plants.
Application Method: Compost incorporation using suitable automated equipment.
Application Rate: 300g per m3 growing medium.
Fargro Code: EXEMP5
EXEMP
Pack Size 5 kg
25kg

Forester Agriphar
Active Ingredient: 100 g/l (10% w/w) cypermethrin Formulation Type: EW
MAFF / MAPP No: 13164
Control: A contact insecticide for control of large pine weevil Hylobius abietis.
Crops: Forestry.
Application Method: Post planting spray.
Application Rate: 20 ml product per litre water, applied 10 - 20 ml diluted spray / tree.
Comment: Click here for more information
Fargro Code: FORE1
FORE5
Pack Size 1litre
5 litre.

Fumite Pirimiphos Methyl Smoke Certis
Active Ingredient: 22.5% w/w pirimiphos methyl Formulation Type: FU
MAFF / MAPP No: 00941
Control: A ready to use smoke cannister for control of whitefly, aphids, red spider mite, capsids, leafminer, sawfly, leafhopper, thrips, earwigs and ants.
Crops: Protected crops of tomatoes, cucumbers, ornamentals and peppers.
Application Rate: A cannister treats 250 cubic metres (9,000 cubic feet).
Fargro Code: PIRIM Pack Size 12 x 250 cubic metres smokes.
As available.

Fyfanon 440 Headland
Active Ingredient: 440 g/l malathion Formulation Type: EW
MAFF / MAPP No: 11134
Control: Aphids.
Crops: A wide range of protected and outdoor grown ornamentals (not antirrhinums, crassula, ferns, gerbera, petunia, pilea, sweet pea or zinnia).
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 250 ml per 100 litres water.
Fargro Code: MALAF Pack Size 5 litres

Gazelle Certis
Active Ingredient: 20% w/w acetamiprid Formulation Type: SL
MAFF / MAPP No: 12909 Harvest Interval: 14 days for apples, pears, plums and cherries. 3 days for tomatoes, peppers and aubergines.
Control: Whitefly and aphid.
Crops: Apples, pears, cherries, plums, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines and ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Spray.
Application Rate: 250 - 500 g / ha according to crop. Maximum: 1 per crop for cherry; 2 other crops. No more than 2 applications of any neonicotinoid insecticide per crop.
Fargro Code: GAZE Pack Size 0.5kg

Gyro Certis
Active Ingredient: 100 g/l (11.8% w/w) bifenthrin Formulation Type: EC
MAFF / MAPP No: 13026 Harvest Interval: Variable depending on crop and situation.
Control: Flea beetles, aphids, whitefly, caterpillars and spider mites.
Crops: Named cereals, peas, cabbage, cauliflower, calabrese, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, apples, pears, strawberries, hops, linseed and ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: Varies according to crop.
Fargro Code: GYRO Pack Size 500ml

Imidasect 5GR Fargro
Active Ingredient: 50g/kg imidacloprid Formulation Type: GR
MAFF / MAPP No: 13581
Control: A systemic and protectant insecticide for control of aphid, whitefly, sciarid flies and vine weevil.
Crops: Protected container-grown ornamental plants and container-grown hardy ornamental nursery stock.
Application Method: Incorporate into peat-based growing media.
Application Rate: 280g/m3 peat based growing media.
Comment: Click here for more information
Fargro Code: IMID3
IMID10
Pack Size 3 kg
10 kg

Intercept 70WG Scotts
Active Ingredient: 70% w/w imidacloprid Formulation Type: WG
MAFF / MAPP No: 08585
Control: Aphids, whitefly and the larvae of sciarid fly and vine weevil.
Crops: Outdoor and protected container grown ornamentals.
Application Method: Compost drench (apply to moist compost).
Application Rate: 10 - 20 g product per 100 litres water, drenched at 100 - 200 ml per litre of compost (ie 0.02 g product per litre of compost).
Comment: Not to be used on edible crops or non-containerised ornamentals.
Fargro Code: INTER Pack Size 100 g

Majestik Certis
Active Ingredient: Natural products
Control: A contact insecticide that works by physical means. Mites, aphids, thrips, whitefly and leafhoppers.
Crops: Protected crops.
Application Method: High volume to point of run off or 1000 litres per hectare.
Application Rate: 25 ml per litre water.
Fargro Code: MAJ Pack Size 5 litres.

Masai BASF
Active Ingredient: 20% w/w tebufenpyrad Formulation Type: WP
MAFF / MAPP No: 13082 Harvest Interval: Hops 21 days, strawberry 3 days, top fruit 7 days.
Control: Fruit tree red spider mite, two spotted spider mite and damson-hop aphid.
Crops: Apples, pears, strawberries, protected roses and hops.
Application Method: Spray.
Application Rate: Variable depending on crop but strawberries 750 g / ha, protected roses 50 - 100 g / 100 litres.
Comment: Controls all mite stages except winter eggs.
Fargro Code: MASAI Pack Size Box of 10 x 100g water soluble bags.

Mycotal Koppert
Comment: See biological controls - whitefly

Nemolt Fargro
Active Ingredient: 150 g/l (13.6% w/w) teflubenzuron Formulation Type: SC  Nemolt
MAFF / MAPP No: 10226
Control: Whitefly and caterpillars.
Crops: Ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Spray.
Application Rate: 0.5 litres in 1000 litres water (50 ml / 100 litres).
Comment: Compatible with most biological control insects.
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Fargro Code: NEMOL Pack Size 1 litre.

Nicotine 40% Shreds Dow Agrosciences
Active Ingredient: 40% w/w nicotine Formulation Type: FU
MAFF / MAPP No: 05725 Harvest Interval: 24 hours.
Control: A broad spectrum, short persistance insecticide with contact and fumigant action.
Crops: A wide range of protected crops - see label.
Application Method: Fumigant. Minimum temperature is 16oC..
Application Rate: 225 g / 560 m3.
Comment: Poisons rules apply.
Fargro Code: NIP2 Pack Size 2 kg

Oberon Certis
Active Ingredient: 240 g/l spiromesifen Formulation Type: SC
MAFF / MAPP No: 11819 Harvest Interval: 3 days.
Control: Whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum).
Crops: Tomatoes grown in synthetic rooting medium or in recycling hydroponic systems.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 50 ml per 100 litres. Maximum of 2 applications.
Fargro Code: OBER Pack Size 500 ml

Pyrethrum 5 EC Agropharm
Active Ingredient: 20% w/v pyrethrum extract (5% w/v pyrethrins) Formulation Type: EC
MAFF / MAPP No: 12685 Harvest Interval: 24 hours.
Control: A natural organic insecticide controls aphids, caterpillars, flea beetles and whitefly.
Crops: Cabbage, Brussels sprout, caulflower, broccoli, calabrese, lettuce, tomato, soft fruit. Ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 1.1 - 2.4 l / ha according to situation.
Fargro Code: PYRE Pack Size 1 litre.

Savona Koppert
Active Ingredient: Potassium salts of fatty acids 49% w/w Formulation Type: SL
MAFF / MAPP No: 06057
Control: Whitefly, mealybugs, scale insects, aphids, spider mites.
Crops: Tomato, cucumber, pepper, pumpkin, brussels sprout, cabbage, lettuce, peas, beans, fruit trees, ornamental shrubs and trees.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: 1 litre to 50 - 100 litres water.
Comment: If hard water area use rainwater. Test treatment first. Do not use on plants under stress.
Fargro Code: SAV
SAV4
Pack Size 1 litre
4 litres

SB Plant Invigorator Fargro
Ingredients: Foliar lattice, linear sulphanate, 0.37% w/w Iron chelate (Fe), 9.57% w/w Nitrogen (N) and natural products.  SB Plant Invigorator
Control: A wide range of pests including whitefly, aphid, spider mite, mealy bug, hard and soft scale insects, and bay sucker psyllids. Can also control powdery mildew. Controls by physical means and therefore exempt from registration as a pesticide. A plant stimulant and foliar feed.
Crops: Protected and outdoor edible and ornamental crops.
Application Method: Foliar spray weekly or as necessary according to crop and situation.
Application Rate: 2 ml per litre. (professional product).
Comment: Click here for more information
Fargro Code: INVIG1
INVIG5
INVIG25
Pack Size 1 litre
5 litres
25 litres
(Also available in ready-to-use and retail / home garden formulations).

Spraying Oil Certis
Active Ingredient: 710 g / litre white petroleum spraying oil
Control: Red spider mites, mealybugs and scale insects.
Crops: Protected crops: cucumbers, oil tolerant pot plants, tomatoes. Outdoor crops: fruit trees, hops, nursery stock, soft fruit, vines and other outdoor crops.
Application Method: Foliar spray - when crops are dormant or on known tolerant species.
Application Rate: 1 part to between 100 and 200 parts water.
Fargro Code: SPO5 Pack Size 5 litres.

Stalwart United Phosporus
Active Ingredient: 75 g/l (7.35% w/w) nicotine Formulation Type: SO
MAFF / MAPP No: 11877 Harvest Interval: 2 days.
Control: A contact and fumigant insecticide for control of aphids, leaf mining maggots, caterpillars, capsid bugs and gooseberry sawfly.
Crops: For use in a range of named vegetables, some named fruit and ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Foliar spray and as a dip to certain young plants.
Application Rate: 67 ml per 10 litres water ( gooseberry sawfly 94 ml / 10 l).
Fargro Code: NICSO Pack Size 5 litres

suSCon Green Soil Insecticide Fargro
Active Ingredient: 10% w/w chlorpyrifos Formulation Type: GR  suSCon Green Soil Insecticide
MAFF / MAPP No: 06312
Control: Vine weevil.
Crops: Container grown ornamentals and ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Incorprate granules into compost. Use at each potting stage.
Application Rate: 750 g / m3 of soil based or peat compost. 1kg / m3 if the compost contains more than 20% bark.
Comment: A controlled release granular insecticide giving control over 2 years.
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Fargro Code: SUSCN
SUSCO
Pack Size 5 kg
10 kg

Toppel 100EC United Phosporus
Active Ingredient: 100 g/l cypermethrin Formulation Type: EC
MAPP No: 13704 Harvest Interval: Varies according to crop and stage of growth.
Control: A broad spectrum pyrethroid insecticide. Includes aphids, capsids, caterpillar, codling moth, cutworms, tortrix moth, sawfly, pea and bean weevil, frit fly, whitefly, winter moth, apple and pear sucker, thrips.
Crops: Named cereals, vining peas, field beans, potatoes, sugar beet, cabbage, Brussels sprout, cauliflower, broccoli, calabrese, apples, pears, cherries, plums, hops, lettuce and ornamental plant production.
Application Method: Foliar spray.
Application Rate: Variable depending on crop and situation.
Fargro Code: TOPEC Pack Size 5 litre.

Vertalec Koppert
Comment: See biological controls - aphid

XL All Nicotine 95% Vitax
Active Ingredient: 950 g/l (95%w/w) nicotine Formulation Type: SO
MAFF / MAPP No: 07402 Harvest Interval: 2 days.
Control: A broad spectrum contact and fumigant insecticide to control aphid, capsid, leafhopper, thrips, leafminers, sawflies, whiteflies (partial control only) and woolly aphid.
Crops: A wide range of named field and protected crops.
Application Method: Spray or dip. (winter dressing on protected vines, peaches and figs). Best results when temperature is above 16o C.
Application Rate: 30 to 40 ml / 30 litres as spray depending on pest. 50ml / 30 litres as a winter dressing.
Comment: Poisons rules apply.
Fargro Code: NICOT Pack Size 1 litre

ALWAYS READ THE LABEL. USE PESTICIDES SAFELY.
The formulation types listed are:
BB: Block Baits CR: Crystals EC: Emulsifiable Concentrate EW: Oil in Water Emulsion
FU: Smoke Generator FW: Gas Generating Pellets GR: Granules LI: Liquid, Specified
PA: Paste PT: Pellets RH: Ready to use spray in hand operated sprayer
SC: Suspension Concentrate SG: Soluble Granule SL: Water Soluble Powder SO: Soluble Concentrate
TB: Tablets WG: Water Dispersible Granule WP: Wettable Powder  

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Compiled January 2007. Some updates February 2007.