Commercial Herbicide Spray Enhancer
Weed Spray Enhance – Maximise Herbicide Performance for NZ Growers & Contractors
Effective weed control isn’t just about the herbicide you use, it’s about how efficiently it reaches and acts within the target plants.
Weed Spray Enhance is a New Zealand-made spray adjuvant designed to improve herbicide performance, helping farmers, contractors, vineyards, orchards, and councils achieve more consistent weed control while reducing chemical waste.
The Problem: Herbicide Inefficiency
Even with the correct herbicide, weed control can fail due to:
Poor leaf coverage and droplet retention
Limited uptake into the plant
Off-target drift or runoff
Variable environmental conditions
Rising chemical costs and regulatory pressure
Simply applying more herbicide isn’t the solution — better chemical efficiency is key.
How Weed Spray Enhance Improves Herbicide Use
Weed Spray Enhance improves herbicide uptake, translocation, and retention, including glyphosate and selective or non-selective herbicides.
1. Enhanced Uptake
Weed Spray Enhance helps herbicides penetrate leaf surfaces more effectively, ensuring more active ingredient reaches the target weed.
2. Improved Translocation
Once absorbed, Weed Spray Enhance enhances movement throughout the plant, delivering the herbicide to the tissues where it is most effective.
3. Reduced Chemical Loss
By improving droplet adhesion and spray stability, Weed Spray Enhance reduces runoff, drift, and leaching, allowing effective weed control at lower herbicide rates.
4. Consistent Performance
Enhances herbicide efficacy under varying environmental conditions — wet, dry, hot, or windy — delivering more predictable outcomes.
Practical Use
Application: Add Weed Spray Enhance directly to your herbicide tank
Compatibility: Works with glyphosate, selective, and non-selective herbicides
Integration: Fits seamlessly into existing farm or contractor spray programmes
Mixing: Add Weed Spray Enhance first, then herbicide; spray as normal
Weed Spray Enhance is not a herbicide — it’s a performance booster that helps your chemical do more with less.
Benefits for Growers & Contractors
Maximise herbicide effectiveness – more active ingredient reaches the target weed
Reduce chemical usage – maintain or improve control while using less herbicide
Lower environmental impact – minimise drift, runoff, and soil residues
Consistent weed control – better results across conditions and crop types
Supports soil biology – Weed Spray Enhance helps buffer and energise beneficial soil microbes after spraying
Where It’s Used
Vineyards and orchards – precise weed control without harming crops
Pasture and cropping farms – improve spray efficiency and chemical economics
Contract spraying – consistent results across large areas
Roadsides, parks, and public land – safer, more responsible herbicide application
Science Behind Weed Spray Enhance
Weed Spray Enhance Improves Herbicide Efficiency
Research demonstrates that adjuvants like Weed Spray Enhance:
Increase herbicide uptake into plant tissues
Enhance translocation to target sites within the plant
Reduce off-target loss through drift, runoff, or leaching
Improve consistency and reliability of weed control
Disclaimer: Results depend on herbicide type, application rate, target species, and environmental conditions. Local NZ field conditions may affect performance.
Contact us.
For growers, contractors, and councils seeking more efficient and reliable herbicide programmes, Weed Spray Enhance is a proven solution.
Contact DCT today to integrate Weed Spray Enhance into your weed control strategy and maximise herbicide performance while reducing chemical use and environmental impact.
Product Application
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Availability
20 litre Jerry Can
200 Litre Drum
1000 litre IBC
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Dilution rate:
Mix 1 part Weed Spray Enhance to 5 parts Herbicide
FAQs
Will this reduce our total herbicide use?
It improves efficiency, which can allow effective control at lower rates depending on program and conditions.
Is it suitable for roadside spraying?
Yes — particularly where drift reduction and off-target protection are critical.
Does it affect spray timing or equipment?
No changes required.
Is this compliant with standard spray programs?
Yes. It integrates into existing herbicide programs as a spray adjuvant.
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reduce Herbicide application rates by up to 30% without loss of effectiveness
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Reduce environmental impact of chemical herbicides.
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support and protect soil and insect life.
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reduce and remove herbicide residues in the soil & ecosystem by promoting Biodegration.
200 litre = $921.50 - Excluding GST and Freight.
1000 litre = $4370.00 - Excluding GST and Freight.
By binding the herbicide to the small molecule and with the chelating process these actions increase permeability and efficiently transport the herbicide into the plant, this can result in an improvement in uptake from about 30%, effectively meaning that you can reduce the input of herbicide by the same amount while still achieving the same results.
Ma, Y., Cheng, X., & Zhang, Y. (2024). The Impact of Humic Acid Fertilizers on Crop Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency: A Meta‑Analysis. Agronomy, 14(12), 2763 — quantifies humic acids’ impact on nutrient uptake and efficiency.
Palma‑Bautista, C., et al. (2020). Effect of adjuvant on glyphosate effectiveness, retention, absorption and translocation in Lolium rigidum and Conyza canadensis. PMC — shows adjuvant addition increases herbicide uptake and translocation, improving efficacy.
Idziak, R., et al. (2023). Effect of multifunctional adjuvants on physical and chemical features of spray liquid and herbicide efficacy. MDPI Applied Sciences — confirms adjuvants reduce spray surface tension, improve retention, and support weed control.
Studies on surfactants and herbicide uptake confirm that adjuvants improve droplet retention, penetration, and uptake, which supports Weed Spray Enhance mode of action.
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