Agricultural salt
- Thread starter Flat 10
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- Location
- Darlington
We used to deliver Agri salt for Cleveland potash, it was basically road salt without the anti cake, also sylvinite. CPL was a Potasium Chloride sometimes they used Winsford stuff which was Calcium Chloride. Used to deliver to Bunns and Paynes for direct spreading, among others. Many years ago now mind.
- Location
- Darlington
Out of Boulby the road salt had very little K in it compared to the pink MOP. The rocket fuel was the white damp cake, or dried soluble potash. As found in miracle grow and posh doesn't kill you table salt that I can't remember the name of now.
Foxcover
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Saxo salt maybe?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
We always apply agricultural salt on beet land up to 375 kg per ha I think as it replaces a lot of that expensive MOP.
It can bridge in the spreader. Fold the screens up out of the way as it won't go through them on our ZAM. It usually damp stuff with a big variation in particle size. OM18-24 vanes were set to 11/44 as best as I could do. Take a fence stake with you to bash the side of the bags once you've ripped the bottom.
It can bridge in the spreader. Fold the screens up out of the way as it won't go through them on our ZAM. It usually damp stuff with a big variation in particle size. OM18-24 vanes were set to 11/44 as best as I could do. Take a fence stake with you to bash the side of the bags once you've ripped the bottom.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Whether the solid form will become available in time is debatable, but with the amount of rain we are getting it probably will. Normally it's ploughed down in late winter here.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I’ve always just bought it as ‘Ag salt’ in 600kg bags from usual feet suppliers, and usually as part of a larger order. It’s a bit over £100/t that way, for what i’m Sure would be much cheaper in bulk.
I’ve just had 6t delivered to raise sodium levels on grass. In a Kuhn 1131 I tried it on the settings for 0:24:24 as it looked similar, and found it spreads about right at that.
I used to spread it on beet ground, but use Sylvinite instead now, providing Sodium and potash together and probably better value.
I’ve just had 6t delivered to raise sodium levels on grass. In a Kuhn 1131 I tried it on the settings for 0:24:24 as it looked similar, and found it spreads about right at that.
I used to spread it on beet ground, but use Sylvinite instead now, providing Sodium and potash together and probably better value.
- Location
- northampton
Think I paid £85/ton on 600lg bags and spread 2 bags to 5 ha ahead of the cultivator in front of the beet drill
Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
Only ever known it as Kaynit ,,we used to put 6wt per acre onto the stubles for the following years sugar beet or straight onto ploughed land on a hard frost
Who supplied you with such a small amount please?
- Location
- Darlington
Have you tried these not sure if they bag salt or sylvinite which may be worth a look at if you require potash too. Actually would polsyulphate work?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No sodium in polysulphate, but certainly a cost effective source of potash and Sulphur.
- Location
- Darlington
Just wondered, I know it's from the same source as K salt and sylvinite.
- Location
- northampton
I had it on the back of a load of urea from @Nowthenblue
You could always go raiding the council salt bins