Best fertilizing method

[Hopperbin]

Everyone selling million billions of products does good marketting. Separate bull from fact.

[farmaholic]

So, as some may know I do have a 3320 paralink with midrow banders. First of all, I will be the first to admit any independant shank drill will end up worn out junk sooner than the old style c-shanks (especially if maintenance is a foreign concept to you) add in MRBs and it gets even uglier. I bought with my eyes wide open....

Tweety, so a ten inch spaced drill with MRBs can't feed a crop? N is very mobile and lateral roots can't grow 4-5 inches from the seedrow to reach N that has moved closer as well? Put some starter with the seed and away you go.

We've seen our best canola catches since we got this thing. Our wheat protien has been pretty darn high (but use a fair bit of fert as well). Happy weeds? Spray for **** sakes, who doesn't anyway? If the high rate of fert is too toxic for the crop in the seed row how the hell can the weeds benefit when twice as much fert is put in a band between every second seed row and none in between every other second?

Let's see what happens when things get drier, my experience with this unit is only two seasons of
more than adequate moisture. Too early to say it's the best thing since sliced bread for me.....on my farm. We grew crops with discers, hoe and air drills and by far what mattered MOST was moisture.

Good luck and take care this spring, please be safe, its not worth your life!

[farmaholic]

Another concern of mine with the Bourgault MRB configuration was the possibility of a nutrient starved crop before it reached the fert band. So far it doesnt "look" to be the case. We use some fert in the seedrow and absolutely no P in the midrow. Still would like to see the effects of a dry season with this rig, better watch what I wish for.

I've never dribble banded or foliar fed in the growing season, but think I has merit.... if things go south don't apply more. Makes sense.

[tweety]

Just think what you could do farmaholic if you put the fert in the right place!

[TOM4CWB]

Broadleaf crops and pulses don't like the P with the seed... research is showing much better results with N/P together a couple of inches down/offset to the side... for best utilization and seed bed. I agree with tweety... why feed the weeds!

[farmaholic]

Like using subsoiler openers like the old Gens or the old Stealth. lol. In dry years those things were dynamite.

We used to use some Dutch low draft and paid attention to ground speed and air velocity as to not create too much mixing at the opener. It was too hot for the canola.

Floaters are re-appearing, but I wouldn't want to do it if I didn't have to.

As I said the jury is still out, only two years in, just like the open market... time will tell. But I expect to realize extra millions because of both changes...

[Klause]

The reason why P with seed is becoming such an issue is the trend to these narrow knives...


If you live in a good moisture area worst thing you can do is put all your seed on 12" spacing and in a 3/4" strip that far apart...


Look at peas... spread them a tad bit and you get way better pod set... less interplant competition.

[farmaholic]

...10 inch spacing with a Dutch two inch spread(I wouldn't say it spreads it two inches though but better than everything in a concentrated 3/4 inch row...)

[Hopperbin]

Best fertilizing method advise from me would be doggy style. Grag her pull push and go deep fast. Can extend by slowing.