Potash

[Plain steer]

Hello just bought some land I’m planning on taking 2 cuts of silage off it this year just soil sampled it ph and p fine but potash just 1;s how much bagged potash do I need to bring it up to a 2 , planning on giving it 12 tons to the acre of finishing cattle muck as soon as ground drys up

 

[FarmerWasty]

Spread some sh!t on it.

 

[Surface Tension]

Would think you'll need about 160 units/acre of potash and your muck should add about 190 units by itself

 

[upnortheast]

Bringing index up is a long term job.
Short term concentrate on putting enough on to get a decent crop.
Muck & 1 bag / acre MOP + some N ( Sorry, i`m still in old money ) would be a start

 

[ollie989898]

If you are applying a lot of manure you might not want to go buying any bagged MOP. You need to do the sums on this carefully.

Your soil test result should tell you what is needed for the crop in question at the indicated indices.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

If you are applying a lot of manure you might not want to go buying any bagged MOP. You need to do the sums on this carefully.

Your soil test result should tell you what is needed for the crop in question at the indicated indices.

It is very low though abd is isue is the 2 cuts , he will be removing it as fast as it goes on also his muck wont be as concetrated as slurry
Personaly i woukd be hitting it hard with both

 

[Plain steer]

It is very low though abd is isue is the 2 cuts , he will be removing it as fast as it goes on also his muck wont be as concetrated as slurry
Personaly i woukd be hitting it hard with both

I was thinking 1cwt mop which is 60 units will that be enough?

 

[Plain steer]

Had muck analysed it has 5kg of n and 3kg of k per ton fresh weight

 

[O'Reilly]

Had muck analysed it has 5kg of n and 3kg of k per ton fresh weight

So 50t/ha muck (individual application limit) gives 250kg N and 150kg k. Why would you want it out of a bag?

 

[upnortheast]

So 50t/ha muck (individual application limit) gives 250kg N and 150kg k. Why would you want it out of a bag?

Will depend how many tonnes of muck / how many hectares you have

 

[Purli R]

Muck will give enough K for 1st cut (without going OTT) 2 bags acre MOP for 2nd cut (plus N)

 

[Boohoo]

Isn't it getting a bit late for muck before 1st cut?

 

[Bruce Almighty]

I looked up FYM values and came up with the figures 8/2/10

so by my reckoning 10 t/ac FYM gives you
(Per acre)
80 units N
20 units P
100 units K