Talk:Triclopyr

Ortho triclopyr products
Ortho manufactures two virtually identical triclopyr products that are marketed for different applications. One product is named 'Weed B Gon for Chickweed, Clover & Oxalis'. It has a purple label, and is not to be confusd with regular 'Weed B Gon for Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns', which contains totally different herbicidal ingredients. Ortho's other triclopyr product is named 'Brush B Gon' and is marketed for use against woody plants. Both products use the amine salt form of triclopyr. The half-life of triclopyr *amine* in soil is from 30 to 90 days, depending on soil type and environmental conditions, with an average of about 46 days. Longer half-lives occur in cold or arid conditions. Triclopyr should not be a leaching problem under normal conditions since it binds to clay and organic matter in soil. Triclopyr may leach from light soils if rainfall is very heavy. Sunlight rapidly breaks down triclopyr in water. Its half-life in water is less than 24 hours.

contamination of well water and compost
There are serious concerns regarding the use of clopyralid type herbicides as they have been found to contaminate well water and compost because of their much longer term peristence (slower breakdown) than other herbicides such as 2,4-D. There are documented cases of clopyralid contamination of wells in Spokane County (Washington state, USA). There are also reports of such contamination found in the states of Virginia and Texas. However, it may be that those cases involve the ester, not the amine form of clopyralid.

SBK another triclopyr product?
This is apparently also the active ingredient in SBK.

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Health effects information needed
Need info. on health effects on humans, especially.

Triclopyr is not regulated as a (human) toxic substance in California, which probably means that it has negligible human toxicity. However, the so-called "inert ingredients" of the various formulations may be toxic.67.170.238.175 (talk) 17:21, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Degree of similarity to 2,4,5-T?
The current article text states that triclopyr "...is chemically very similar to the herbicide which it generally replaces, 2,4,5-T..." I wonder if the level of emphasis in this statement (especially the "very") may be misleading, since 2,4,5-T is grouped as a phenoxy herbicide (like 2,4-D, MCPP, and mecoprop) while triclopyr is grouped as a pyridine. Belgrano (talk) 20:21, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Garlon
Garlon is not only cyclopyr, redirect is step away. --I.Sáček, senior (talk) 12:26, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

I have improved the quality of the space filling pictureMcardlep (talk) 14:29, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Mode of Action
The Mode of Action, MOA, of Triclopyr needs to be determined and Triclopyr incorporated into the article Herbicides, where it is absent unless hiding under a pseudonym. Those in the know, please help. Ex nihil (talk) 20:50, 6 January 2024 (UTC)