Sulphur shortage

[hally]

Had some soil tests done on upland grassland and some fields showing short of sulphur, what is the most cost effective way of building these up? TIA.

 

[Still Farming]

Had some soil tests done on upland grassland and some fields showing short of sulphur, what is the most cost effective way of building these up? TIA.

Open the coal power stations back up possibly???

 

[hally]

Open the coal power stations back up possibly???

I’m all for that

 

[Kevtherev]

Had some soil tests done on upland grassland and some fields showing short of sulphur, what is the most cost effective way of building these up? TIA.

Fibrophos
@Cab-over Pete

 

[hally]

Fibrophos
@Cab-over Pete

Tbh we have been spreading fibrophos on this land for 3 years now and p and k levels are good but it’s done nothing for the sulphur levels, so need to go down another route.

 

[Still Farming]

I’m all for that

Plenty of Coal in this Country still !

 

[warksfarmer]

Had some soil tests done on upland grassland and some fields showing short of sulphur, what is the most cost effective way of building these up? TIA.

Tried gypsum years ago and it made no difference so moved to an N & S liquid fert mix to feed the crop and not the soil. Also tried the straight sulphur granules (can’t remember the name) but they are a phaff to apply.

 

[Aftermaths]

Tbh we have been spreading fibrophos on this land for 3 years now and p and k levels are good but it’s done nothing for the sulphur levels, so need to go down another route.

Sulphur will leach like Nitrogen does, can't really build levels so most apply an N + S compound like doubletop

 

[vantage]

Polysulphate, from Origin.

 

[Renaultman]

Tbh we have been spreading fibrophos on this land for 3 years now and p and k levels are good but it’s done nothing for the sulphur levels, so need to go down another route.

Gypsum or Polysulphate?

 

[Renaultman]

Tried gypsum years ago and it made no difference so moved to an N & S liquid fert mix to feed the crop and not the soil. Also tried the straight sulphur granules (can’t remember the name) but they are a phaff to apply.

I definitely think I get results from liquid, I do use gypsum and muck but daren't stop using it as part of my liquid fertilizer

 

[robs1]

We have used the granules but need applying in early/mid winter so it converts by spring and on our ground that tends to need a frost, using polysulphate this time, its mined in the UK so that's a bonus and is easy to spread and enables me to use straight urea, wont know if it works till harvest

 

[Cab-over Pete]

You could try Juniper. It’s 13% potash and 40+% sulphur

 

[hally]

You could try Juniper. It’s 13% potash and 40+% sulphur

Where do you get that from?

 

[Cab-over Pete]

John Hatcher and Company. Your Fibrophos supplier will know about it.

 

[ollie989898]

Buy combined N + S fertiliser. Apply that instead of straight N.

 

[neilo]

Had some soil tests done on upland grassland and some fields showing short of sulphur, what is the most cost effective way of building these up? TIA.

Any Sulphate fertiliser, be that Fibrophos or AS, will leach readily so only supply S for a short time.
Another option, if you’re just looking for S, is elemental Sulphur (like Tiger 90 etc). Apply at 15 kg/ha or so annually and it will break down slowly and supply S through the season. Relatively cheap too the last time I got some.

 

[czechmate]

Any Sulphate fertiliser, be that Fibrophos or AS, will leach readily so only supply S for a short time.
Another option, if you’re just looking for S, is elemental Sulphur (like Tiger 90 etc). Apply at 15 kg/ha or so annually and it will break down slowly and supply S through the season. Relatively cheap too the last time I got some.

I used to mix it with slug pellets and apply on the sown osr

 

[hally]

Buy combined N + S fertiliser. Apply that instead of straight N.

Nitrogen already here though

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Just to be clear, Fibrophos has never claimed or been sold as a particularly high or rich source of sulphur. Yes, it has a bit which is useful soon after application, but it’s not enough to build any kind of level in your soil.