TURF CHEMICALS.

As independent turf chemical suppliers we supply all the major brands of turf and plant protection chemicals for fine turf and professional turf management. We have a complete range of turfgrass fungicides, turfgrass insecticides and turfgrass herbicides. Gilba Solutions supplies golf courses, Councils, sports grounds and contractors.

Recent product introductions include the following:

Only part of our business is involved in supplying products. Selecting the right product and using it correctly are important to ensure great results, and as independent sports turf consultants that’s where Gilba Solutions come in. We pride ourselves on giving the correct advice whether it be for turf chemical selection or identifying a specific problem. Keeping with this philosophy check out our turf blog and regularly updated product sheets. We are proud supporters of the 2024 IGFH Turf Pesticides Manual.

Also, due to our low overheads, we are very competitive in price, so you get a great combination of great service and great price.

Adama chemicals
Indigo specialty plant protection chemicals for turfgrass
Syngenta turf protection chemicalsls

Turfgrass herbicides

All of the following are registered plant protection turfgrass herbicides.

Product

Group

Pre or Post

Active

Rate /Ha

Target Weeds

Label

MSDS

Technical 

3-D

6 4

Post

192g/L Bentazone 112g/L MCPA 19g/L Dicamba

6-20L

Bindii (Dwarf Jo-Jo), Chickweed, Clover, Creeping Oxalis, Cudweed, Dandelion, Dock, Flatweeds, Fleabane, Lambs Tongue, Mullumbimby Couch and Sowthistle

Barricade

3

Pre

480g/L Prodiamine

1-4L

Barnyard Grass, Crab Grass, Parramatta Grass, Rat’s Tail Fescue, Summer Grass, Crowsfoot Grass, African Lovegrass, Bahia Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, Paspalum, Winter grass

Casper

4 2

Post

500g/Kg Dicamba 50g/Kg Prosulfuron

600g-1.2Kg

Blackberry nightshade, Catsear, Chickweed, Creeping oxalis, Curled dock, Milk thistle, Bindii, Burr medic, Cotula, Dandelion, Fleabane, Lambs tongue / plantain, Subterranean clover, Wireweed, Pennywort, White clover

Dimension

Both

240g/L dithiopyr

1.7-3.5L

Crabgrass, Summer grass,
Winter grass, Barnyard grass, Chickweed, Crowsfoot grass

Freehand

3 15

Pre

10 g/kg Pendimethalin
7.5 g/kg Dimethenamid

100Kg

Amaranth, Annual ryegrass, Awnless barnyard grass,Bittercress, Bladder ketmia, Brazilian white-eye, Chickweed, Crowsfoot grass, Dandelion, Deadnettle, Fat hen, Giant or Black Pigweed, Green fat hen, Indian hedge mustard, Pigweed, Poa Trivialis, Prickly lettuce, Shepherd’s purse, Signal grass, Summer grass,Toad rush, Wild Hops / Apple of Peru, Wild mustard, Wireweed 

Gauntlet

0

Post

720g/L MSMA

3.3-6.6L

Crab Grass / Summergrass, Paspalum

Monument

2

Post

100g/L Trifloxysulfuron-sodium

115ml-300ml

Burr Medic, Mullimbimby Couch, Nutgrass, Bindii, Ryegrass, Wintergrass, Cat's ear, Chickweed, Clover, Cotula, Creeping oxalis, Curled dock, Milk Thistle, Kikuyu

ProForce Battalia

3

Pre

435g/L Pendimethalin

2.3-3.4L

Summer Grass, Crowsfoot, Winter Grass, Barnyard Grass, Silvertop Grass, (Brown Beetle Grass)

ProForce Contra M

4

Post

340g/L MCPA 80g/L Dicamba

6.5L

Bindy-eye, Capeweed, Catsear, Chickweed, Clovers, Cotula, Creeping Oxalis, Cudweeds, Dandelion, Dock, Fleabanes, Fumitory, Jo-Jo (Onehunga), Lamb’s Tongue, Medics, Mustards, Narrowleaved Plaintain, Pearlwort, Pennywort, Peppercress, Radish, Scarlet Pimpernel, Slender Thistle, Soldier Thistle, Spear Thistle, Toad Rush, Variegated Thistle, Wild Turnip, Wireweed (Hogweed), Fat-Hen, Purple-Top, Red Flowered, Mallow, Staggerweed, Swinecress

ProForce Checkpoint

3

Pre and Post

500g/L Propyzamide

600ml-1.2L

Winter Grass (Poa annua)

ProForce Destro 375

1

Post

375g/L Diclofop-methyl

1-2.5L

Crowsfoot Grass

ProForce Duke

2

Post

100g/Kg Iodosulfuron-Methyl-Sodium

25g-150g

Winter grass, Ryegrass, Bindii, Black thistle,Cat’s ear, Cotula, Cudweed, Guildford Grass (Onion Grass), Medic, Mouse ear chickweed, Oxalis, White Clover, False onion weed/onion weed, Bahia Grass

ProForce Echelon

14

Pre

10g/Ka Oxadiazon plus 15-1-17 fertiliser

300-400Kg

Winter Grass, Crowsfoot, Summer Grass, Creeping Oxalis and Crabgrass 

ProForce Echelon Duo

14 4

Pre

10g/Ka Oxadiazon

1g/Kg Thiamethoxam

300-400Kg

Pre-emergent control of
Summer Grass , Crowsfoot Grass, Winter Grass, creeping oxalis, First instar larvae of African Black Beetle, First and second instar larvae of Argentinian
Scarab, Larvae of Billbug

Pro Sedge 750 WG

2

Post

750g/Kg Halosulfuron-methyl

65g-130g

Mullumbimby couch, Nutgrass

ProForce Rapid Fire 510

9

Post

510g/L Glyphosate

Various

Various

ProForce Rapid Fire 800 SG

9

Post

800g/Kg Glyphosate

Various

Various

Proforce Recondo

2

Post

100g/Kg Trifloxysulfuron-sodium

115-300g

Burr Medic, Mullimbimby Couch, Nutgrass, Bindii, Ryegrass, Wintergrass, Cat's ear, Chickweed, Clover, Cotula, Creeping oxalis, Curled dock, Milk Thistle, Kikuyu

ProForce Warhead Trio

4 12

Post

20g/L Clopyralid 300g/L MCPA 15g/L Diflufenican

5L

White Clover, Plantain, Capeweed, Cat’s ear, Bin-dii (Jo-Jo, Onehunga), Cudweed, Creeping oxalis

Quinstar

4

Post

750g/Kg Quinclorac

1.1Kg

Summergrass, kikuyu, white clover

Specticle

29

Pre

200g/L Indaziflam

0.25

Summer grass or Crab grass, Crowsfoot grass, Winter grass

Tribute

2

Post

22.5g/L Foramsulfuron

1-5-2L

Winter grass (Poa annua), Ryegrass, Crowsfoot, Goosegrass, Paspalum, Kikuyu

Granular combination turf chemicals.

These are registered plant protection combination products. This means that one application does more than one job as well as acting as turfgrass herbicides.

Product

Group

Active

Rate /Ha

Target 

Label

MSDS

Tech Note

Echelon

14

10g/Kg Oxadiazon

300-400Kg

Echelon Duo

14 and 4A

10g/Kg Oxadiazon

1g/Kg Thiamethoxam

300-400Kg

Summer Grass, Crowsfoot Grass, winter Grass, Creeping Oxalis, African Black Beetle, Argentinian Scarab, Billbug

Proforce Onset 10GR

3

10g/kg Prodiamine

50-200Kg

Barnyard Grass,
Crab Grass,
Parramatta Grass,
Rat’s Tail Fescue,
Summer Grass, Crowsfoot Grass, African Lovegrass,
Bahia Grass,
Kentucky Blue Grass, Paspalum


Industrial and aquatic weed control products. 

These plant proetction chemicals are specifically for use in hard open spaces and are the basis for an IVM program.

Product

Use

Group

Active

Rate /Ha

Label

MSDS

Technical

Agri-Tec

Water bodies

226g/L Copper sulphate pentahydrate

0.2-1 mg/L

Cavalier

Industrial

14

500g/L Oxyfluorfen

720ml-1.9L

Cortex Duo

Knockdown and residual and moss control

14

525g/L nonanoic acid + 15g/L oxyfuorfen

7L/100L

Esplanade

Industrial

29

500g/L Indaziflam

150ml

Numchuk Quad

Industrial areas

5 9 34 14

350 g/L Terbuthylazine

100 g/L Glyphosate,

60 g/L Amitrole,

15 g/L Oxyfluorfen

20L

Slinger

Industrial areas

4

240g/L Picloram

Various

Wallop

Industrial areas

4

600g/L clopyralid

1-4.25L

Label

MSDS

Turf chemicals for disease management.

The information below shows the target diseases, rates, active ingredients, fungicide labels and MSDS. As part of a fungicide resistance strategy it should be used in conjuntion with this fungicide mode of action table. We also have specific product pages which cover new products in more detail as they come on the market. New plant protection chemistry includes:

Product

Group

Active

Rate /Ha

Target Diseases

Label

MSDS

Technical 

Azo-Force 250SC

11

250g/L Azoxystrobin

1.2-2.3L

Anthracnose, Grey leaf spot, Red thread, pyhtium sp, winter fusarium, Drechslera sp,Helminthosporium disease, 

Bayfidan Turf Fungicide

3

250g/L Triadimenol

3-6L

Dollar spot, Helminthosporium, Take all, fusarium.

Captan Fungicide

M4

800g/Kg Captan

10-15Kg

Brown patch

Clean Sweep Trio

1 29 3

119g/L Thiophanate-methyl, 37.5g/L Fluazinam, 36g/L Tebuconazole

12-20L

Dollar Spot, Fairy ring, Anthracnose,
Helminthosporium Brown Patch, ERI

Compass Fungicide

29

500g/L Fluazinam

1-1.5L

Dollar Spot, Anthracnose,
Helminthosporium, Brown Patch, Grey Leaf spot

Dedicate FORTE Stressgard

3

240 g/L Tebuconazole

3.5L

Anthracnose, Brown patch, dollar spot, Grey leaf spot, rust Helminthosporium disease, spring dead spot, Winter fusarium.

Exteris Stressgard Turf Fungicide

7 11

12.5g/L Fluopyram 12.5g/L Trifloxystrobin

10L

Fusarium or Microdochium patch, Dollar spot, rust, brown patch, Helminthosporium disease (Bipolaris spp., Drechslera spp., Exserohilum spp.); Gray leaf spot.

Headway Maxx

3 11

62 g/L Azoxystrobin 104 g/L Propiconazole

9L

Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Grey Leaf Spot, dollar spot, Helminthosporium Disease (Bipolaris spp, Drechslera spp, Exserohilum spp), Red Thread, Winter Fusarium, Pythium Leaf Blight, Pythium Root Rot, Seedling Damping Off (Pythium spp), Ectotrophic Root Infecting Fungi (ERI) Spring Dead Spot, Take-all Patch, Couchgrass Decline.

Impala Fungicide

3 11

96 g/L Azoxystrobin
194 g/L Triticonazole

6L

Anthracnose,
Brown Patch, Grey Leaf Spot,Take-All Patch,Helminthosporium Disease, ERI Fusarium, Dollar Spot Fairy Ring, Pythium Leaf Blight,Pythium Root Rot, Seedling Damping Off

Instrata

3, M5  12

362 g/L Chlorothalonil, 57 g/L Propiconazole 14.5 g/L Fludioxonil

18L

Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Dollar Spot, Helminthosporium Disease (Bipolaris spp, Drechslera spp, Exserohilum spp), Winter Fusarium or Microdochium Patch.

Interface Stressgard Turf Fungicide

2 11

256.4g/L Iprodione 16g/L Trifloxystrobin

12.5L

Fusarium or Microdochium patch, Dollar spot, Helminthosporium disease (Bipolaris spp., Drechslera spp., Exserohilum spp.); Brown patch, Gray leaf spot, Rust.

Lexicon

7 11

167 g/L Fluxapyroxad
333 g/L Pyraclostrobin

1-1.5

Brown patch, dollar spot, fairy ring, fusarium, lepista, pythium sp, ERI, spring dead spot

Maxtima

3

400 g/L Mefentriflu-conazole

1.25-2.5L

Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Dollar Spot, Spring Dead Spot, Take all

Medallion 

12

125g/L Fludioxonil

3L

Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Dollar Spot,
Helminthosporium Disease, Fusarium.

Midas

7

500g/Kg boscalid

0.78Kg

Dollar Spot

Monstar

7

464 g/L Flutolanil

15-20

Fairy Ring

Pistol Fungicide

M3

600g/L Thiram

16-20L

Brown patch,
Helminthosporium,
Fusarium,Damping off (Pythium spp.)

ProForce Grenadier 800 WDG

33

800g/kg Fosetyl-aluminium

12.5Kg

Pythium sp.

Posterity

7

200 g/L Pydiflumetofen

0.5-1L

Dollar spot, Winter Fusarium or Microdochium Patch, Spring dead spot.

ProForce Regiment 550EC

3

550g/L Propiconazole

1.4-2.8L

Dollar spot, Spring dead spot.

ProForce Shrapnel 600 SL

28

600g/L Propamocarb

4.5-6.5L

Pythium sp.

ProForce Squadron Weatherace 720SC

M5

720g/L Chlorothalonil

13-24L

Dollar spot, Brown patch, Grey leaf spot.

Proforce Solitaire 240ME

4

240g/L Metalaxyl-M

1.7-3.5L

Pythium sp.

ProForce Tombstone Duo

3 11

200g/L Tebuconazole 100g/L Trifloxystrobin

2-3L

Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Fusarium or Microdochium Patch, Helminthosporium disease, dollar spot, Leptosphaerulina, Curvularia, Ectotrophic Root Infecting Fungi (ERI), spring dead spot.

Proforce Voltar GT 250 Fungicide

2

250g/L iprodione

9-18L

Brown patch, dollar spot, fusarium, spring dead spot, Helminthosporium disease.

ProForce Voltar 500SC

2

500g/L iprodione

4.5-9L

Brown patch, fusarium, leaf spot, spring dead spot, dollar spot Helminthosporium disease.

Segway

21

400g/L cyazofamid

1L

Pythium Leaf Blight, Pythium Root Dysfunction

Shiba

14

500g/L Tolclofos-methyl

500ml-20L

Dollar Spot, Brown Patch

Terrazole

14

350g/Kg etridiazole

10-25Kg

Pythium sp

Velista

7

500 g/kg Penthiopyrad

1-1.5Kg

Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Curvularia Leaf Spot, Dollar Spot, Fairy ring, Helminthosporium disease (Bipolaris spp, Dreschlera spp, Exserohilum spp), Red Thread, Spring Dead Spot

Xzemplar

7

300 g/L Fluxapyroxad

0.65-0.8L

Brown patch, Dollar spot, Fairy Ring, Helminthsporium, Leaf and sheath spot

PGR’s, spray adjuvants, and spray indicators. 

Although not strictly plant protection chemicals these play an important role in turfgrass management

Product

Active

Rate /Ha

Label

MSDS

Technical 

Blue spray indicator

93g/L Sulphonated Aromatic Dye

25ml-1L/Ha

Bond

450g/L Synethetic latex and 100g/L alcohol ethoxylate 

0.1% dilution

Fix-it tank mix

884 g/L mixed amine salts of isethionate

1-2L/100L water

Foam Aid

Polydimethyl-siloxane

20ml-60ml/100L

Pigment Cleaner

ProForce Amigo 120

120g/L Trinexapac-ethyl.

400ml-8L

ProForce Incognito 480SL

480g/L Ethephon

7-10L

ProForce Octane

905g/L menthene-p

0.3-1.2L

ProForce Manta Ray

350g/L Soyal Phospholipids 350g/L Propionic acid

100ml-500ml/100L

Use with ethephon

ProForce Regulate

200g/L Paclobutrazol

500ml-2.8L

ProForce Scrubwet

1020g/L polysiloxane

30-60ml / 100L water

Tank Cleaner

Sodium Tripolyphosphate and Industrial Detergents

240g-480g/200L

Vertmax Pigment

Copper Phthalocyanine

700ml-1L

Vertmax Duo Pigment

Copper Phthalocyanine Salicyclic acid APG

1L

 Insect and mite turf chemicals​. 

Plant protection chemicals falling under this section, include all turf chemicals that prevent or control insect and mite turfgrass pests.

Product

Group

Active

Rate /Ha

Target Pest

Label

MSDS

Technical 

Acelepryn

28

200 g/L chlorantraniliprole

750ml-1.5L

African Black Beetle, Argentinian Scarab, Argentine Stem Weevil larvae, Billbug larvae, Caterpillars

ProForce Echelon Duo

G 4A

10g/Kg Oxadiazon 1g/Kg Thiamethoxam

300-400Kg

First instar larvae of African Black Beetle, First and second instar
larvae of Argentinian
Scarab, Larvae of Billbug

ProForce Malice 18

6

18g/L Abamectin

2L

Couch Mite

ProForce Malice Duo

10A 6

18g/L Abamectin 187.5g/L Clofentezine

1.35L

Couch Mite

ProForce Recruit 200SC

4A

200g/L Imidacloprid

2.5L

First instar larvae of: African Black Beetle, Argentinian Scarab, Pruinose Scarab; larvae of billbug.

ProForce Rumbler 100SC

3A

1.2-2.4L

Lawn armyworm, Sod webworm, Argentine stem weevil adults, African black beetle adults, Billbug adults, Black ant, coastal brown ant, funnel ant, meat ant, sugar ant, stinging ant only

Scarlet Trio

4A  10A 6

116 g/L Clothianidin, 83 g/L Clofentezine and 13 g/L Abamectin.

3L

Ground pearl, couch mite, couch fly, argentinian scarab, african black beetle, mole cricket, billbug, argentine stem weevil

Spinner

4A 28

200g/kg Cyantraniliprole, 200g/kg Thiamethoxam

500g-1Kg

African and Argentine Scarab larvae, argentine stem weevil larvae, billbug larvae, caterpillars including black cutworm and lawn armyworm.

Tempo Xtra

3A 4A

50 g/L Imidacloprid        25 g/L Beta-Cyfluthrin

2-5L

Lawn armyworm, Cutworm, Webworm, Adult Argentine stem weevil, Adult Billbug. Adult scarabs including African black beetle, Mole crickets, Couch mite, Ants, First instar larvae of African black beetle; Argentinian scarab Pruinose scarab, Larvae of billbug

TermiForce 100SC

2B

100g/L Fipronil

300ml-750ml

Argentine stem weevil, Funnel Ant, Mole cricket