ENdurance slow release N.

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
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I would dismiss it as snake oil but it clearly has a nutritional content and the best grower of sugar beet I know uses it religiously. Not cheap at £1300ish I think for an ibc and used at 20lit/ha. Anybody any views or experience.
 

robbie

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Can it be bought in small quantities???
I'd try a few random tramlines and see if you get and visual difference.

If you get on with your fieldsman then they are usually pretty keen to do test digs and put them throught the tare house.

I think there could be something in it, often beet go yellow later in the season when they run out of N and that's where muck helps as it's a slow release, the best beet are always on old muck pads so that tells you something.
 
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HarryB97

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Bought 4 hectares worth and used it on several tramlines in several fields of wheat on our gravely land this year. To early to comment yet though.
 
I'm interested to hear also,

I enquired about efficient n last Yr for maize and I don't think it's a Hutchinson exclusive, as I recall £1300 wouldn't buy a cube either, so if there's a £30/ha option I'd be interested to know
 

Bogweevil

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Sounds like the methylene urea/urea used by groundsmen for quality turf, E2Pro for example. Widely offered in small packs if you wanted to experiment.
 

robbie

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Methylene urea is urea and formaldehyde mixed/formulated together if I'm correct so my question is, does the methylene act like a normal inhibitor would an granular urea by slowing the ureas enzyme and thus making the urea become available more slowly????? Or is there more to it than that.🤷
 

Bogweevil

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Methylene urea is urea and formaldehyde mixed/formulated together if I'm correct so my question is, does the methylene act like a normal inhibitor would an granular urea by slowing the ureas enzyme and thus making the urea become available more slowly????? Or is there more to it than that.🤷

My understanding is that the methylated urea molecule is more slowly broken into ammonia by soil microbes than other inorganic N sources.
 
So how does the methylated urea help for foliar application vs straight urea?

I can't really remember but I thought urea was scorchy? Does the methylated bit help that?

I just looked it up and was quoted £1575 for an ibc of efficient n and 1765 for yara safe n last June, idoubt they are cheaper this Yr.
 

robbie

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Rather than use Yara safe N at 1765 quid for a ibc couldn't you just add 10-20 Lt of adblu at 260 quid an ibc🤷 it's not slow release but it is only 32% urea at the end of the day
 
I have pallets of food grade urea prills here, we add it to milking cow rations, I guess the best option is a few hand trials to determine max safe concentration?
 

ajd132

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Arable Farmer
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Suffolk
Methylene urea is urea and formaldehyde mixed/formulated together if I'm correct so my question is, does the methylene act like a normal inhibitor would an granular urea by slowing the ureas enzyme and thus making the urea become available more slowly????? Or is there more to it than that.🤷
I wonder if putting formaldehyde onto our soil is a good idea?
 

Chalky

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I dont think it is urea & formaldehyde. Think it is using methylene/formaldehyde wording to describe the chemical compound type which is a polymer in applied form. The applied fertiliser is the reaction product created under specific circumstances. Bit like a strong acid metal mix could be table salt.
 

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