Spring barley advice

Case290

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Worcestershire
I’ve got a drill which will drill seed & fert. Should I drill all the fert In one go it’s what I want to do. They are metered separately but do go in the same place slot. Disc drill any thoughts. Probably going 120kg/n/ha solid fert either 34.5 or 24/8/8/8
 
Pre drill application here because we are relatively late drilling

if I was drilling early would wait till latter half of March
120 kg of n is a lot in the row could lead to seed damage
when combined drilling in the distant past 20 10 10 and 60 kg of n or dap
 

ajd132

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
Last season I tried a 36m tramline of 80kg/ha down the spout and left it at that, standard is 40 down spout the 60-80 on asap (liquid).
my theory was that I could use less because it’s placed better and get low nitrogen’s. The yield and nitrogen’s we’re all the same but I don’t think last year is a good example because it didn’t rain.
I did not see any detrimental affect though
 

CAF

Member
Usually place DAP with the seed .... both go down the same tube to the coulter and have never had a problem. I understood that it was potash that could burn the seed in high amounts ( but could most likely be wrong on that). Usually spread the K on top as it’s needed a bit later. Also think that is is less of a problem in wetter climates of Western Europe mixing seed and fert.
 

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