Starter fert applications

[rickane]

Looking to put some sort of nutrients down with seed. Any thoughts/advice on liquid or microgranular or granular? And what system used? Cheers

 

[Brisel]

Which crop & when?

 

[jammygit]

Welcome forum topic

Autumn crops or spring?

I had a techneat system fitted and I'm scratching my head...

The hopper isn't big enough to fill effciently at the same time as the seed hopper

the micro granules gummed up the tram liner (silver packeted ones, physiostart couldn't get heavy enough)

So nothing that can't be managed

establishment noticeably better (esp where it went in later)

Don't yet have any convincing evidence as to weed effect

yield...wait to see

I have some phosphorous de-coder to try next season, now for your thoughts please!

 

[tw15]

Gone back to placing a bit of dap at drilling osr . A eurofertill product marketed by mole vally called decoder 3.46. 0 23 . for ww and most likely straight n next year under sw and sb .
Personally i think the micro products are just that, micro in nutrients and big in cost.
All fert placed at drilling is about an inch deeper than the seed and a inch and a half to the side of the row.

 

[Brisel]

Perfect placement for starter fert, where it won't damage the seedling yet is soon available to the roots.

 

[rickane]

pulling a 4m versaplus with a xerion so have space on platform behind cab for larger type hopper, is MAP/DAP cheaper than the specialised microgranulars? Agree with jammygit would like each fill of fert to do 25 acres approx.

 

[jammygit]

the left hand side is without, the muddy bit up the hill is the track and the right side is with Physiostart, but could only manage about 8kg/ha. The "tram lines" are where the tractor with the rolls went, other real tram lines are wear. Super stale seed bed and the field is clean save for a patch of blackgrass near the bottom of the hill (how do you persuade your sprayer to choose the right pressure and stick with it?)

 

[Brisel]

That's quite a difference. What were the drilling dates on both? I have trouble with believing that the Physiostart is the sole reason for the difference. Tell us more please?

 

[Desangosse Ltd]

http://www.desangosse.co.uk/products/nutrition/starter-fertilisers

Shout if you want any more details....

 

[Chae1]

http://www.desangosse.co.uk/products/nutrition/starter-fertilisers

Shout if you want any more details....

I ve trialled one of your products for our agronomist drummer. It's to encourage rooting etc. will take pictures if a visual difference. Was purple stuff.

 

[jammygit]

the picture was 30-3-14.

JB Diego drilled 31/8/13

1st wheat post OSR which yielded well but lost lots of plants to Charlock and the pigeons especially the left hand side (the South side!)

Stale seed bed 3 weeks old, field almost a meadow weeell maybe not

 

[Desangosse Ltd]

I ve trialled one of your products for our agronomist drummer. It's to encourage rooting etc. will take pictures if a visual difference. Was purple stuff.

Excellent news

 

[jammygit]

the first one is as is now, the second one is the left hand side and the third is the right, and if you look really carefully ahem...