Interested to see what guys are using. Hoping for a response from jmbuckhunter, TGraf, and others that are semi serious part time farmers.
millorganite.....it is only 4% nitrogen so you don't have to worry about burning out turnups or clover when it is dry. If you mix 4 parts to Millorganite to 1 part turnup/rape seed you get a perfect spread of turnups so they will all grow evenly. Another words the turnups will not grow to thick. Millorganite is about the same size as seed that is why it works so well.
Milerganite. Never heard of it. 5-2-0. Did some looking on it. I can see the benefit for the non burning value, but seems like you aren't getting much out of it. I've been using Urea. 46-0-0. Last year for my turnips, I planted with 15-15-15, and then after it came up I top dressed it with Urea just before a rain. Could see the sense in it for a lawn too, but I want the most growth possible right?
I used urea 46-0-0 for my corn. I disced it in before I planted this spring. If you don't disc it in and it doesn't rain within a few hours it will just disolve into the air. Soybeans I disced in some low nitrogen fert I got at Lowes. Something like 6-24-24 or something close. Spread some lime and some of the 6-24-24 on my clover plots too. Clover likes lime. The urea would also be good for turnips like you said.
Soybeans produce their own nitrogen like clover. But if they have never been planted in the field before you need to innoculate them before planting.
I was doing basically what John was doing, 46-0-0 (urea) on my brassicas including the turnips, and I found a 0-20-20 that I was spreading on my Clover and Chickory. I never planted soybeans, so I can't make a suggestion there.
I sold $300 worth of squash last year. Does that make me a part time farmer? I use chicken poop and dead fish for fertilizer. The farmer also side dressed the corn in the field with anhydrous ammonia. :D yeah... I'm bored.
