How to Mix Atrazine
- 1). Follow the instructions on the package. Atrazine is mixed with water. Mix only what is needed for your setting. Do not add more than the package calls for in order to avoid contamination of the groundwater. Avoid application in heavy rains to keep runoff to a minimum. Also, tillage will assist in curbing the amount of atrazine lost to runoff.
- 2). Maintain buffer zones of 100 feet or greater when mixing atrazine. Calibrate your pressuring equipment to ensure accurate mixes of atrazine and water in your tank. Make sure you use the 100-foot buffer rule for any farm ponds, wells, sinkholes, standing water, reservoir, stream, marsh or wetland, river or lake.
- 3). Dispose of empty herbicide bags by reading instructions on the package. Triple rinse any contaminated equipment and spray equipment backwash into the tank. Avoid any spillage on the ground or other surfaces. Mix only what is needed for your immediate application. Do not let rinse water run onto the ground because it is a hazardous waste. Prevent back-siphoning by keeping the end of the water fill hose above the water level in the spray tank at all times.