5-Hydroxypyrazol-4-ylcarbonyl-substituted saccharin derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: L and M are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylthio, chlorine, cyano, methylsulfonyl, nitro or trifluoromethyl; Z is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 -alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -acyl, benzyl or phenyl, the phenyl rings in each case being unsubstituted or substituted by halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl; Q is a radical CO--J, J is a 4-linked 5-hydroxypyrazole ring of the formula II ##STR2## where R .sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and R .sup.2 is hydrogen or methyl, and agriculturally customary salts of the compounds I are described.