Herbicide label
Sterling Blue Herbicide Label
Sterling Blue (EPA 42750-209-1381) is a Group 4 dicamba herbicide labeled for 18 crops. The label lists 215 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
“STERLING® BLUE HERBICIDE is readily absorbed by plants through shoot and root uptake, translocates throughout the plant's system, and accumulates in areas of active growth.”
Sterling Blue label facts
- Product Sterling Blue
- EPA Reg. No. 42750-209-1381
- Distributor WinField Solutions, LLC
- Active ingredient dicamba
- MOA group 4
Crops on the Sterling Blue label
Sterling Blue is labeled for these 18 crops and uses, per the EPA label.
Weeds on the Sterling Blue label
The Sterling Blue label names 230 weeds and rates each by how the product handles it: full control, partial control, suppression, or control with a tank-mix partner. A weed can fall at more than one level, because control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
Controls
full control215- alfalfa
- jerusalem artichoke
- aster, spiny
- aster, whiteheath
- bedstraw, smooth
- bindweed, hedge
- blueweed, texas
- burdock
- bursage, woolly-leaf
- buttercup, tall
- campion, bladder
- carrot, wild
- chickweed, field
- chickweed, mouseear
- chicory
- clover, hop
- dandelion
- dock, broadleaf
- dock, curly
- dogbane, hemp
- dogfennel
- eveningprimrose, common
- fern, bracken
- garlic, wild
- carolina geranium
- goldenrod
- goldenrod, missouri
- goldenweed, common
- hawkweed
- henbane, black
- horsenettle
- ironweed
- knapweed, black
- knapweed, diffuse
- knapweed, russian
- knapweed, spotted
- lespedeza, sericea
- mallow, dwarf
- milkweed, common
- milkweed, honeyvine
- milkweed, western
- milkweed, whorled
- stinging nettle
- nightshade, silverleaf
- onion, wild
- plantain, bracted
- plantain, broadleaf
- plantain, narrow-leaved
- pokeweed, common
- ragweed, western
- ragwort, tansy
- redvine
- smartweed, swamp
- snakeweed, broom
- soda apple, tropical
- sorrel, red
- sowthistle, perennial
- spurge, leafy
- starthistle, yellow
- sundrop
- sweetclover
- teasel
- thistle, bull
- thistle, canada
- thistle, milk
- thistle, musk
- thistle, plumeless
- thistle, scotch
- toadflax, dalmatian
- trumpetcreeper
- vetch
- waterhemlock, spotted
- waterprimrose, creeping
- woodsorrel, creeping
- woodsorrel, yellow
- wormwood, louisiana
- yankeeweed
- yarrow, common
- alkanet
- amaranth, palmer
- amaranth, powell
- amaranth, spiny
- aster, slender
- bedstraw, catchweed
- beggarweed, florida
- broomweed, common
- buckwheat, tartar
- buckwheat, wild
- buffalobur
- burclover, california
- burcucumber
- buttercup, corn
- buttercup, creeping
- buttercup, roughseed
- buttercup, western field
- carpetweed
- catchfly, nightflowering
- chamomile, corn
- chervil, bur
- chickweed, common
- clover species
- cockle, corn
- cockle, cow
- cockle, white
- cocklebur, common
- copperleaf, hophornbeam
- cornflower
- croton, tropic
- croton, woolly
- daisy, english
- dragonhead, american
- eveningprimrose, cutleaf
- falseflax, smallseed
- fleabane, annual
- flixweed
- fumitory
- goosefoot, nettleleaf
- hempnettle
- henbit
- jacobs-ladder
- jimsonweed
- knawel
- knotweed, prostrate
- kochia
- ladysthumb
- lambsquarters, common
- miner's lettuce
- prickly lettuce
- mallow, common
- mallow, venice
- horseweed
- mayweed
- morningglory, ivyleaf
- morningglory, tall
- mustard, black
- mustard, blue
- mustard, tansy
- mustard, treacle
- mustard, tumble
- mustard, wild
- needles, spanish
- nightshade, black
- nightshade, cutleaf
- pennycress, field
- pepperweed, virginia
- pigweed, prostrate
- pigweed, redroot
- pigweed, rough
- pigweed, smooth
- pigweed, tumble
- pineapple-weed
- poorjoe
- poppy, red-horned
- puncturevine
- purslane, common
- pusley, florida
- radish, wild
- ragweed, common
- ragweed, giant
- ragweed, lance-leaf
- rocket, london
- rocket, yellow
- rubberweed, bitter
- salsify
- senna, coffee
- sesbania, hemp
- shepherd's-purse
- sicklepod
- sida, prickly
- smartweed, green
- smartweed, pennsylvania
- sneezeweed, bitter
- sowthistle, annual
- sowthistle, spiny
- spikeweed, common
- spurge, prostrate
- spurry, corn
- starbur, bristly
- starwort, little
- sumpweed, rough
- sunflower, annual
- sunflower
- thistle, russian
- velvetleaf
- waterhemp, common
- waterprimrose, winged
- wormwood
- yellowtops
- aspen
- basswood
- cherry
- chinquapin
- cottonwood
- cucumbertree
- grape
- hemlock
- honeylocust
- honeysuckle
- hornbeam
- huckleberry
- huisache
- poison ivy
- maple
- mesquite
- oak
- poplar
- rabbitbrush
- serviceberry
- spicebush
- spruce
- sycamore
- tarbush
- witchhazel
- bindweed, field
- gromwell
Suppression
suppression15- blackberry
- blackgum
- brome, downy
- brome, ripgut
- cedar, eastern red
- creosotebush
- dewberry
- rattail fescue
- plum, sand
- redcedar, eastern
- rose, mccartney
- sweetgum
- windgrass, common
- yaupon
- yucca
Sterling Blue rates and plant-back
The label answers both with a table, not a single number. Here is what drives each answer.
Application rate
Your rate depends on your crop.
Get the rate for your field: build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact per-acre rate for your crop from the label line.
Plant-back and rotation
Your interval depends on your application rate and the rotational crop.
Get the interval for your rotation: build a program and FieldMarshal gives you the exact plant-back for your rotational crop from the label line.
Sterling Blue FAQ
What weeds does Sterling Blue control?
The Sterling Blue label names 230 weeds, including alfalfa, jerusalem artichoke, spiny aster, whiteheath aster, smooth bedstraw, and hedge bindweed. Control varies by crop, rate, and timing.
What crops is Sterling Blue labeled for?
Sterling Blue is labeled for 18 crops and uses, including field corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and barley.
What is the active ingredient in Sterling Blue? Is it a generic?
Sterling Blue's active ingredient is dicamba (MOA Group 4). Other products list the same active ingredient; rates, formulations, and labeled crops differ — verify each on its own label.
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Last updated 2026-09-30.