I was taught to not put the fertilizer down until the plant sprouts and can actually use the fertilizer, unless it is difficult to wait because of logistics or equipment availability.
FERT and plant at the same time. That will give the new plants the food the jump start. What are you planting? ill do beans and corn this year. I don't have a drill so I will broadcast my FERT and seed. I'll then till in seed lightly and pack with a cultipacker.
I always seed and fertilize at the same time. It really depends on your soil analysis. If your soil is lacking nutrients, then go ahead and put out the recommended fertilizer at the same time you seed.
I would still not suggest fertilizing before planting. You can't spread FERT after planting before a rain. You see it done with urea a lot for corn.
Possible if you are referring to farming operations. Also remember they are going to be use rr products as well. They might spread some right before planting but they also have luxury of spraying rr and not hurting crops.
Food plotting is only small scale farming. If one wants to use chemicals and not tillage practices only, there are chemicals out there to spray on just about everything that is safe for the intended crop.
I spray to kill existing grasses, then after waiting ten days or so, till, seed and fertilize. Don't know why a food plot would be any different than a 100 acre field.
True! Most of the time when a farmer spreads liquid FERT he is planting very very soon after. Why because of you go ahead, spread FERT and wait your ferilizer is going to start being utilized by the growing plants using the soil. Also when you are talking about spraying herbicides it can be very pricy very quickly. Clethidom only works with crop oil and that is another added cost. That only kills grasses so then you'd need to spray buturac for broadleafs, again very expensive in comparison to gly. You also have to worry about crop oil burning your given crops because it can have a negative effect wnd even stunt growth of the crop you are trying to grow. This is why most farming practices are using no till drilling, and rr ready crops. It doesn't always compare to foodplots because we are doing things at a much smaller scale. Go go read on Qdma.com. You will not have one person recommend fertilizing before you plant unless you are talking a matter of days. I am not trying to be a jerk just highlighting key points. Hope it isn't taken on wrong light.
Oh don't worry I get there's a million ways to skin a cat. I farm and do ag research for my 9-5 job. You certainly aren't being a jerk either. General farming practices are much different in MN than they are in your area let alone areas where a lot of members on here are from. Liquid fertilizer is put on at planting through the planter. Granulars like urea and potash and so on is usually at plant to 3 or so days before and anhydrous is done well in advance to planting. Without reading back through all the posts I don't think I said anything about fertilizing weeks ahead of planting or anything but what I have said may have been interpreted that way.
i get ya 100%! Yes when talking about days we are good. I just want to make sure the OP understands to not just be tossing FERT down then coming back weeks later to plant. I I have seen this question a lot. Guys want to amend soil due to a soil test. So they want to add the lime n,p,k all at the same time. Then plant later and in my experiences I work not suggest that. i can tell you know your stuff I am going to enjoy learning form you!
For our corn we use dry starter fertlizer and then top dress when it's about a foot tall.It's acually best if after you top dress, there is a little rain to wash it in.
