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IMA-jet 10: rate per inch, label facts, and uses

IMA-jet 10 is Arborjet's Imidacloprid 10% insecticide for trunk injection. The dose is set by DBH band on the label, not by a flat rate per inch, and the table below is the app's copy of that label table. What it is labeled for, when it goes in, and how the label check reads it.

Label check

1 warning
Target pest listed on labelPass
Host species listed on labelPass
Delivery method permittedPass
Timing inside application windowPass
Reapplication interval — 21 days requiredWarning

Last application was 14 days ago. Proceed with a documented override, or reschedule.

Label facts

IMA-jet 10

Manufacturer
Arborjet
Active ingredient
Imidacloprid 10%
EPA registration no.
Not an EPA-registered pesticide
Category
insecticide
Application
trunk injection
Frequency
Per label
Retreatment interval
365 days minimum
Protection
About 12 months
Time to effect
About 21 days

Read the IMA-jet 10 label (manufacturer PDF). The label is the legal document; this page is the app's copy of it.

Application months

per label

The app does not carry a month window for this product; the pest’s treatment page sets the timing.

Rate table

Dose per tree by DBH band

Milliliters of product per tree, from the label table the app's calculator uses. Low, medium, and high are the label's pressure tiers; the treatment page for the pest says which one applies.

4 to 6

Low
4 to 12 mL
Medium
10 to 24 mL
High
16 to 24 mL

7 to 9

Low
7 to 18 mL
Medium
16 to 36 mL
High
28 to 36 mL

10 to 12

Low
10 to 24 mL
Medium
22 to 48 mL
High
40 to 48 mL

13 to 15

Low
26 to 60 mL
Medium
42 to 90 mL
High
56 to 90 mL

16 to 18

Low
32 to 72 mL
Medium
51 to 108 mL
High
68 to 108 mL

19 to 21

Low
38 to 84 mL
Medium
60 to 126 mL
High
80 to 126 mL

22 to 23

Low
44 to 92 mL
Medium
69 to 138 mL
High
92 to 138 mL

24 to 27

Low
n/a
Medium
72 to 162 mL
High
144 to 162 mL

28 to 30

Low
n/a
Medium
84 to 180 mL
High
168 to 180 mL

31 to 36

Low
n/a
Medium
93 to 216 mL
High
186 to 216 mL

37 to 42

Low
n/a
Medium
111 to 252 mL
High
222 to 252 mL

Worked examples

Dose per tree

IMA-jet 10

8″ DBH

7 to 18 mL low, 16 to 36 mL medium, 28 to 36 mL high (label band 7 to 9 in)

IMA-jet 10

14″ DBH

26 to 60 mL low, 42 to 90 mL medium, 56 to 90 mL high (label band 13 to 15 in)

IMA-jet 10

24″ DBH

72 to 162 mL medium, 144 to 162 mL high (label band 24 to 27 in)

For the tree in front of you, with injection sites and the pest tier applied, use the tree injection rate calculator.

Labeled uses

What the label covers

Target pests and diseases on the label (91)

Adelgids · Anthracnose · Aphids · Apple Borers · Asian Longhorned Beetle · Balsam Woolly Adelgid · Birch Leafminer · Black Vine Weevil · Borers · Botryosphaeria Canker · Boxwood Leafminer · Boxwood Psyllid · Bronze Birch Borer · Butternut Canker · Canker Diseases · Carpenter Worm · Citrus Leafminer · Clearwing Borers · Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid · Cottony Cushion Scale · Crape Myrtle Bark Scale · Cycad Aulacaspis Scale · Cytospora Canker · Diplodia Tip Blight · Dogwood Borer · Douglas-Fir Beetle · Dutch Elm Disease · Eastern Spruce Gall Adelgid · Elm Leaf Beetle · Elongate Hemlock Scale · Emerald Ash Borer · Eucalyptus Longhorned Borer · Fir Engraver · Flatheaded Appletree Borer · Flatheaded Borers · Fusarium · Fusarium Wilt · Gall Makers · Goldspotted Oak Borer · Hackberry Nipple Gall · Hemlock Woolly Adelgid · Hypoxylon Canker · Ips Engraver Beetles · Japanese Beetle · Jeffrey Pine Beetle · Kabatina Tip Blight · Lace Bugs · Leaf Beetles · Leaf Miners · Leafhoppers · Leafminer · Lilac/Ash Borer · Magnolia Scale · Mealybugs · Mole Crickets · Mountain Pine Beetle · Nectria Canker · Oak Wilt · Pear Psylla · Phomopsis Blight · Pine Bark Adelgid · Pine Bark Beetles · Pine Needle Scale · Pine Pitch Canker · Pine Shoot Beetle · Pine Tip Moth · Pitch Mass Borer · Plantbugs · Psyllids · Red Turpentine Beetle · Root Weevils · Roundheaded Borers · Royal Palm Bug · San Jose Scale · Sawflies · Scale Insects · Seiridium Canker · Sooty Mold · Southern Pine Beetle · Spotted Lanternfly · Spruce Bark Beetle · Spruce Needle Miner · Sycamore Anthracnose · Taxus Mealybug · Thrips · Two-Lined Chestnut Borer · Verticillium Wilt · Western Pine Beetle · Whiteflies · Whitefly · Wood Borers

The label check runs this list against the host, the pest, the month, the dose, and the last application on the tree before a prescription goes out.

FAQ

Questions arborists ask

What is IMA-jet 10?

IMA-jet 10 is a insecticide from Arborjet with Imidacloprid 10% as the active ingredient. It is applied by trunk injection.

What is the IMA-jet 10 rate per inch of DBH?

The label sets the dose by DBH band, not a flat rate per inch. A 8 inch tree takes 7 to 18 mL low, 16 to 36 mL medium, 28 to 36 mL high (label band 7 to 9 in). The PHC Rx calculator reads the band for the tree in front of you and sets the number of injection sites.

How often can IMA-jet 10 be applied?

Minimum retreatment interval 365 days. Expected protection about 12 months. Time to effect about 21 days.

What does IMA-jet 10 treat?

The label lists 91 target pests or diseases. The treatment guides on this site that use it: sycamore anthracnose, bronze birch borer, crape myrtle bark scale, diplodia tip blight, dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, hemlock woolly adelgid, japanese beetle, oak wilt, scale insects, spotted lanternfly, two lined chestnut borer. Each guide has the rate, the timing window, and the alternatives.

Where do these numbers come from?

The PHC Rx product catalog, built from the IMA-jet 10 label linked above, and synced to this page from the app. The label is the legal document; if the two disagree, the label wins and the catalog gets fixed.