Herbicide label
Sterling Blue
Sterling Blue (EPA 7969-137-1381) is a Group 4 dicamba herbicide labeled for 18 crops. The label lists 215 controlled weeds, plus partial-control, suppression, and partner-control categories.
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Sterling Blue label facts
- Product Sterling Blue
- EPA Reg. No. 7969-137-1381
- 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.
- field corn
- soybean
- wheat
- cotton
- barley
- sorghum
- popcorn
- seed corn
- corn silage
- grass seed
- proso millet
- oats
- triticale
- durum wheat
- sugarcane
- fallow
- cereal rye
- sudangrass
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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- alkanet
- amaranth, palmer
- amaranth, powell
- amaranth, spiny
- aster, slender
- bedstraw, catchweed
- beggarweed, florida
- broomweed, common
- buckwheat, tartary
- 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
- jacob's-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
- yellowtops
- 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, lanceleaf
- 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
- needles, spanish
- spikeweed, common
- spurge, prostrate
- spurry, corn
- starbur, bristly
- starwort, little
- sumpweed, rough
- sunflower, annual
- sunflower, volunteer
- thistle, russian
- velvetleaf
- waterhemp, common
- waterprimrose, winged
- wormwood
- burdock
- carrot, wild
- eveningprimrose, common
- carolina geranium
- gromwell
- knapweed, diffuse
- knapweed, spotted
- mallow, dwarf
- plantain, bracted
- ragwort, tansy
- starthistle, yellow
- sweetclover
- teasel
- thistle, bull
- thistle, milk
- thistle, musk
- thistle, plumeless
- alfalfa
- jerusalem artichoke
- aster, spiny
- aster, whiteheath
- bedstraw, smooth
- bindweed, field
- bindweed, hedge
- blueweed, texas
- bursage, woolly-leaf
- buttercup, tall
- campion, bladder
- chickweed, field
- chickweed, mouseear
- chicory
- clover, hop
- dandelion
- dock, broadleaf
- dock, curly
- dogbane, hemp
- dogfennel
- fern, bracken
- garlic, wild
- goldenrod
- goldenrod, missouri
- goldenweed, common
- hawkweed
- henbane, black
- horsenettle
- ironweed
- knapweed, black
- knapweed, russian
- milkweed, common
- milkweed, honeyvine
- milkweed, western whorled
- stinging nettle
- nightshade, silverleaf
- onion, wild
- plantain, broadleaf
- plantain, narrow-leaved
- pokeweed, common
- ragweed, western
- redvine
- lespedeza, sericea
- smartweed, swamp
- snakeweed, broom
- sorrel, red
- sowthistle, perennial
- spurge, leafy
- sundrops
- thistle, canada
- thistle, scotch
- toadflax, dalmatian
- tropical soda apple
- trumpetcreeper
- vetch
- waterhemlock, spotted
- waterprimrose, creeping
- woodsorrel, creeping
- woodsorrel, yellow
- wormwood, absinth
- wormwood, louisiana
- yankeeweed
- yarrow, common
- 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
Partial control
partial6- buckwheat, wild
- cockle, cow
- kochia
- knotweed, prostrate
- prickly lettuce
- thistle, russian
Suppression
suppression15- blackberry
- blackgum
- cedar, eastern red
- creosotebush
- dewberry
- plum, sand
- redcedar, eastern
- rose, mccartney
- sweetgum
- yaupon
- yucca
- brome, downy
- brome, ripgut
- rattail fescue
- windgrass, common
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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
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Plant-back and rotation
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Sterling Blue FAQ
What weeds does Sterling Blue control?
The Sterling Blue label names 230 weeds, including alkanet, palmer amaranth, powell amaranth, spiny amaranth, slender aster, and catchweed bedstraw. 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.
What's the plant-back interval after Sterling Blue?
It depends on your rotational crop, application rate, and region, so the label gives a table, not one number. Build a program and FieldMarshal cites the exact interval for your rotation to the label line, so you can verify it.
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Last updated 2026-07-10.