After many years of providing the same uncompromising quality, reliability, and performance to tens of thousands of herbicide mixtures across the crops of Australia, Spreadwet 1000 Wetting Agent is being challenged by cheaper competitors claiming to be similar. Or are they?
Let’s look at the bigger picture first. The large-scale adoption of generic herbicides that also claim to perform the same as the products they imitate, often gives rise to a degree of uncertainty about their equivalence in performance. With that possibility in mind, is it wise to pair the cheaper herbicide with an unproven adjuvant for the sake of a few dollars per hectare? On the probability that the cheaper herbicide may perform slightly below its benchmark, shouldn’t we be applying it with a proven, premium adjuvant like Spreadwet 1000 to reduce the risk of sub-standard performance, at a fraction of the cost of the herbicide mixture.
As its name implies, Spreadwet 1000 is a non-ionic wetting agent whose main feature is its ability to spread, measured and expressed as equilibrium surface tension (EST). Its low EST provides excellent droplet spread on the target surface in a range of dilutions, which along with its penetration properties result in superior coverage and herbicidal performance.
The images below demonstrate the lateral spread of Spreadwet 1000 on different surfaces.
Spreadwet test one
Spreadwet test two
Our findings
- Spreadwet 1000 is 100 per cent wetter, with no added diluents that can affect the performance of the main constituents. Upon analysis, some close competitors contained up to seven per cent water
- Spreadwet 1000 is widely approved and recommended on herbicide labels
- It has excellent solubility and compatibility with a vast range of herbicide combinations
- Spreadwet 1000 is low-foaming and non-flammable
- It does not contain nonyl phenols and amino alcohols and as such presents as a sustainable product for modern agriculture.
So why take a risk with costly chemical sprays? Trust Spreadwet 1000 for quality, reliability and performance.
This article was written by DKSH Agrisolutions for Seasons magazine.
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