Mag seed dressing price?

[Villagefarmer]

Hi All,
I’ve just been quotes by a national seed firm £80/t for mag on spring barley seed . What other people been quoted?

Plus what’s your thoughts on applying mag to seed I always have but the cost seems to be creeping up ?

 

[Gong Farmer]

You have a severe and regular Mg deficiency that kills your crops every year? Possibly worthwhile then. Otherwise I wouldn't pay £8/tonne

 

[robbie]

Do you mean mg or mn?????

 

[Chae1]

Are you sure you need it? My father used to dress for manganese. Ran out in one field and put in untreated. Couldn't see any different.

Haven't dressed any seed for manganese since.

 

[jon9000]

Are you sure you need it? My father used to dress for manganese. Ran out in one field and put in untreated. Couldn't see any different.

Haven't dressed any seed for manganese since.

Have to agree ... tempted to do abit with mn however never see a difference and its bout 30 quid a ton more I think

 

[robbie]

We tried mn on some spring barley for a couple of years, just an odd bag in the middle of an untreated field and it would always look greener at early post emergence but it still needed spraying at the same time as the untreated. The £12 or so a ha it cost would buy an awful lot of mnso4 powder or liquid.

 

[Brisel]

Don't bother. Apply magnesium on the seedbed as kieserite as it's far cheaper & you can get a decent amount on if that's what's required. I'd only put manganese on seed if the site was highly prone to deficiency and I couldn't travel on it to apply a foliar spray.

 

[Clive]

You probably don't need it

Mn deficiency is best treated using Cambridge rolls and cheap Mn sulphate

 

[Chae1]

Don't bother. Apply magnesium on the seedbed as kieserite as it's far cheaper & you can get a decent amount on if that's what's required. I'd only put manganese on seed if the site was highly prone to deficiency and I couldn't travel on it to apply a foliar spray.

you won't know before you sow it that its going to be to wet to travel to apply foliar.

 

[Brisel]

you won't know before you sow it that its going to be to wet to travel to apply foliar.

The farmer whose ground I shoot occasionally does this. It’s extremely wet clay and sand and is prone to Mn defiency. A low lying sand or peat that seasonally waterlogs would be a good candidate.

Still worth sticking to foliar sprays as they are far cheaper. The kind of soil that gets Mn problems usually travels ok...