Nitram spread pattern

[Clever Dic]

We spread at 36m with a KV Geospread we tray test MOP,TSP and ASulphate every time my Nitram is not on site but tray test is coming up ,is Nitram even enough year on year not to need a tray test or would you wait and get it done.
Cheers

 

[Worsall]

Nitram most consistent product we use at 36m. Amazone TS.

 

[Luke Cropwalker]

Why not invest in your own set of trays? Tray testing fert spreaders really isn't that difficult and you can pick a nice calm day.

 

[quattro]

Why not invest in your own set of trays? Tray testing fert spreaders really isn't that difficult and you can pick a nice calm day.

Do you know who sells them

 

[Luke Cropwalker]

Do you know who sells them

The trays are available from most of the spreader manufacturers or I seem to remember SCS having a DIY kit on their stand at cereals?

 

[Matt77]

There was a thing on trays a while back, Twitter I think, some chap reckoned he’d found almost the same as the test guys in a garden centre, with the square divides too.

 

[kc6475]

We have used nitram for years now and although some years I have to slightly tweak the spread width, it's usually same settings, as said above get your own trays for peace of mind, we made our own and I usually test every product every year, but I am ocd about spreading fert, nothing worse than putting stripes in crops

 

[super4]

Just make sure you know which plant the nitram has been produced in. Immingham and Ince both produce a slightly different product, which requires different disc settings. if your really unlucky you may even have a mixed batch

 

[Phil P]

Some trays and clips from B&Q and some test tubes from eBay, just test whenever you want then ?

 

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I use those . A bit light so throw in a big m30 nut to keep it down . I do a Kuhn "fast" test with 5 trays so place them in pairs and use 10 to get a larger sample

As others have said , a lot handier to test when you want on a calm day.

 

[Brisel]

Just make sure you know which plant the nitram has been produced in. Immingham and Ince both produce a slightly different product, which requires different disc settings. if your really unlucky you may even have a mixed batch

Does that still happen? I thought they had changed the gear at one of the plants so they both sent out the same product quality?

 

[super4]

Does that still happen? I thought they had changed the gear at one of the plants so they both sent out the same product quality?
Maybe this year, certainly not the case last season.

 

[DrWazzock]

I use hessian seed potato sacks instead of trays. Easier to transport and the prills don’t bounce out. Good enough for a quick check, fold sack to centre to see number of prills gathered more clearly. Only need to lay out 8 bags across the 24 m between tramlines then drive down one tramline and up adjacent tramline to get the effect of the overlap. Set other side disc the same.

 

[Will 1594]

We spread at 36m with a KV Geospread we tray test MOP,TSP and ASulphate every time my Nitram is not on site but tray test is coming up ,is Nitram even enough year on year not to need a tray test or would you wait and get it done.
Cheers

With section controL on these spreaders ,may seem a dumb question ,but with them moving the drop point all the time how do you tray test them

 

[quattro]

They would only move coming into short lengths
so just do it as you would normally

With section controL on these spreaders ,may seem a dumb question ,but with them moving the drop point all the time how do you tray test them

,so just do

 

[yellow belly]

I use hessian seed potato sacks instead of trays. Easier to transport and the prills don’t bounce out. Good enough for a quick check, fold sack to centre to see number of prills gathered more clearly. Only need to lay out 8 bags across the 24 m between tramlines then drive down one tramline and up adjacent tramline to get the effect of the overlap. Set other side disc the same.

Brilliant

 

[KB6930]

With section controL on these spreaders ,may seem a dumb question ,but with them moving the drop point all the time how do you tray test them

As long as your tramlines are a consistent width it's fine just check as normal