FERRABAIT®… it’s all about the pellet.
Approved for use on all cereal, vegetable, grass ley and high value broad-field crops, FERRABAIT® slug pellets contain a complex proprietary formulation of 12 ingredients including 1% w/w FERALLA (10.2 g/kg elemental iron) which is effective on slugs and causes rapid cessation of feeding.
FERRABAIT® pellets also contain a blend of high-quality wheat flours which ensure optimum pellet palatability, and humic acids which stimulate rapid feeding. The pellets also boast class-leading levels of longevity thanks to ADAMA’s unique manufacturing process.
FERRABAIT® is manufactured using ADAMA’s Desidro® wet processing and two-stage drying technology which produces pellets with the ideal balance of persistence in wet weather and palatability over a longer duration. FERRABAIT® pellets therefore remain mould-free for longer than other slug baits.
Meanwhile, the inclusion of humic acids improves the taste appeal of the new pellets, encouraging slugs to feed quickly and fully, thereby increasing consumption rates. And, as soon as a Ferrabait pellet is ingested, the elemental iron is solubilized and rapidly disrupts the slug’s digestive system, making it less mobile and stopping feeding almost immediately.
Proven spreading accuracy
FERRABAIT® is manufactured to tight processing specifications to ensure each pellet is of a uniform size, shape, weight, consistency and colour. At a size of 2.5mm by 2.1mm, FERRABAIT® pellets spread accurately to wide operating widths and provide the optimal number of baiting points (40-50 pellets per m2). FERRABAIT® pellets are also certified for use with a wide range of the most popular applicators.
In contrast, smaller ‘mini’ pellets, which have a larger comparative surface area and therefore tend to degrade more rapidly in wet conditions, don’t spread as accurately at wider spreading widths, while larger pellets provide too few baiting points.
Similarly, smaller pellets can be less effective due to the requirement for slugs to ingest more than one pellet to receive a lethal dose. Conversely, trials have shown that slugs need to eat less than one pellet of FERRABAIT® to receive a lethal dose, leaving the remainder of the pellet available for the next slug to feed on and giving greater longevity of control from one application.
FERRABAIT®… it’s all about the pellet
FERRABAIT® pellets contain 1% w/w FERALLA (10.2 g/kg elemental iron) to provide rapid protection against all species of slug and snail. This novel molluscicide is engineered with a proprietary formulation and drying technology which provides prolonged efficacy thanks to its superior mould resistance and pellet integrity when compared with the market leading ferric phosphate products.
- Rapid stop feeding
- Superior efficacy
- Sustainable product formulation
- Prolonged retention of pellet efficacy
- Even distribution of pellets in the field
- Elevated mould resistance and rainfastness
