Spitfire^®

Benefits of Spitfire® 

Based on a unique combination of tried and trusted florasulam and fluroxypyr, Spitfire keeps on working whether it’s cool, warm or when diurnal temperatures are fluctuating. Spitfire also helps fight the threat of herbicide resistance thanks to its two proven ingredients – florasulam and fluroxypyr - with different mode of actions.

Can be used in spring sown barley and wheat from GS13-39, in winter wheat and barley from GS13-45 and in winter and spring sown oats from GS13-31

Can be used in cereals under sown with grass

Rainfast 1 hour

Following crops:
Sown in the year of treatment: Cereals, oilseed rape, field beans, vegetable brassicas as transplants, grass
Sown the calendar year following treatment: Cereals, oilseed rape, field beans, carrots, vegetable brassicas as transplants, grass, linseed, peas, sugar beet, potatoes, maize, clover (for use in grass/clover mixtures)

Use as part of a programme and follow WRAG guidelines


Autumn volunteer bean control

• Proven autumn volunteer bean control

• 0.5 L/ha + adjuvant - 4 true leaves (2 pairs)
• 0.75 L/ha + adjuvant - 6 true leaves (3 pairs)
• Fast speed of kill
• Works in fluctuating temperatures

Tank Mixes

• Can be mixed with CMPP or Dicamba product – broader spectrum of weed control, particularly in spring barley, spring wheat and spring oats
• Only one other product with an ALS-inhibitor mode of action should be applied to a cereal crop treated with Spitfire
• Spitfire can be sequenced with one other florasulam containing product provided users don’t exceed 7.5g ai/ha florasulam (3.75 g ai/ha before 1st Feb) and this will count as ONE ALS treatment
• Compatible with most commonly used fungicides, insecticides and plant growth regulators