Liquid fertilizer

[Catchad81]

Look up grasshopper fertizler. I've used some and a cattle farmer I know uses it.

 

[EddieWalker]

Try Craigslist and searching on Facebook. Around here, there are several people that make it and they are all over the place trying to sell it.

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Let me begin by admitting that I know nothing about farming in South Carolina and I don't want you to get the impression that I'm telling you what to do on your own farm. With that said here's my train of thought. A typical pasture fertilizer(25% legume/75% grass) for KY is a N-P-K of 60-40-40. In rounded numbers that would be 100lbs of Urea, 90lbs of DAP, and 70lbs of Potash. How many gallons of liquid fertilizer do need to apply to reach those levels of units of N-P-K? There are a great many liquid starter fertilizers available for corn/tobacco and other crops but they are used to start the crop by being placed in the row(or near it). They are used in conjunction with a broadcast preplant application of dry fertilizer. There are foliar fertilizers on the market that mix well with herbicides and we have used them extensively. They work very well as a micronutrient "fix" to a already existing crop. Usually when zinc, boron, sulfur, magnesium, iron, copper etc deficiences exit. We have used foliar to provide P-K to a stressed crop, from weather, insects, herbicide burn, etc where P-K is deficient but only as a "patch" to get to harvest were the problem can be corrected with a dry application. Liquid nitrogen either 28% or 32% is very workable in crops that need extra or multipe applications of N after planting. But few herbicides mix liquid N and it is not foliar applied but dropped between rows. Consider how many gallons of liquid fertilizer will need to be applied to provide the levels of NPK needed for the crop and consider that most herbicides, insecticides, fungicides are applied using 10-15 gallons of water per acre. Can you get the two to match up?

 

[Deezl Smoke]

Let me begin by admitting that I know nothing about farming in South Carolina and I don't want you to get the impression that I'm telling you what to do on your own farm. With that said here's my train of thought. A typical pasture fertilizer(25% legume/75% grass) for KY is a N-P-K of 60-40-40. In rounded numbers that would be 100lbs of Urea, 90lbs of DAP, and 70lbs of Potash. How many gallons of liquid fertilizer do need to apply to reach those levels of units of N-P-K? There are a great many liquid starter fertilizers available for corn/tobacco and other crops but they are used to start the crop by being placed in the row(or near it). They are used in conjunction with a broadcast preplant application of dry fertilizer. There are foliar fertilizers on the market that mix well with herbicides and we have used them extensively. They work very well as a micronutrient "fix" to a already existing crop. Usually when zinc, boron, sulfur, magnesium, iron, copper etc deficiences exit. We have used foliar to provide P-K to a stressed crop, from weather, insects, herbicide burn, etc where P-K is deficient but only as a "patch" to get to harvest were the problem can be corrected with a dry application. Liquid nitrogen either 28% or 32% is very workable in crops that need extra or multipe applications of N after planting. But few herbicides mix liquid N and it is not foliar applied but dropped between rows. Consider how many gallons of liquid fertilizer will need to be applied to provide the levels of NPK needed for the crop and consider that most herbicides, insecticides, fungicides are applied using 10-15 gallons of water per acre. Can you get the two to match up?

And potassium (potash) is near impossible to get in high enough concentrations in affordable liquid form. Melted muriate of potash will only yield about an 0-0-14. The other liquid form of K are not cost effective for simple pasture or small grain farming. One needs a special high intensity crop to make them pay.

To the OP, many pesticides do not allow mixing with certain liquid fertilizers. You must read the label of each pesticide to know if it mix. And then, most will require some water added to the fertilizer mix for the pesticides.

In any case, that hour drive to a co-op is worth its money. They can blend you what you want for a fraction of the cost of the 5 gallon pails of home owner stuff.

 

[joeu235]

Around here urea is the only thing the corn farmers use. They inject it direct into the ground

 

[Kodiak45]

Where are you located in SC?

Steve

simpsonville

 

[Kodiak45]

Let me begin by admitting that I know nothing about farming in South Carolina and I don't want you to get the impression that I'm telling you what to do on your own farm. With that said here's my train of thought. A typical pasture fertilizer(25% legume/75% grass) for KY is a N-P-K of 60-40-40. In rounded numbers that would be 100lbs of Urea, 90lbs of DAP, and 70lbs of Potash. How many gallons of liquid fertilizer do need to apply to reach those levels of units of N-P-K? There are a great many liquid starter fertilizers available for corn/tobacco and other crops but they are used to start the crop by being placed in the row(or near it). They are used in conjunction with a broadcast preplant application of dry fertilizer. There are foliar fertilizers on the market that mix well with herbicides and we have used them extensively. They work very well as a micronutrient "fix" to a already existing crop. Usually when zinc, boron, sulfur, magnesium, iron, copper etc deficiences exit. We have used foliar to provide P-K to a stressed crop, from weather, insects, herbicide burn, etc where P-K is deficient but only as a "patch" to get to harvest were the problem can be corrected with a dry application. Liquid nitrogen either 28% or 32% is very workable in crops that need extra or multipe applications of N after planting. But few herbicides mix liquid N and it is not foliar applied but dropped between rows. Consider how many gallons of liquid fertilizer will need to be applied to provide the levels of NPK needed for the crop and consider that most herbicides, insecticides, fungicides are applied using 10-15 gallons of water per acre. Can you get the two to match up?

I absolutely appreciate your input and you definitely make a lot of sense from that perspective. I was hoping to get further away from dry broadcasting, but it doesn't sound realistic overall. The liquid idea would be for my pasture along with the 6 acres that I plant in corn and sunflower. I wasn't aware that most herbicides didn't mix with liquid N, I assumed there were some and I know I've seen that section on a few labels, but I normally skip that section for obvious reasons. I always have to spray herbicides both pre and post, so I hoped that fertilizing could be incorporated within this function, and maybe it can, but purely from a supplemental standpoint.

 

[TractorGuy]

This may be too expensive to use on a large scale but I am planning to try it in my yard for starters.

Pasture Pro Plus

My daughter and a close neighbor used the plain Pasture Pro herbicide this year and both pastures look amazing.

My yard on the other hand has a bunch of brown spots so something is killing it.

 

[Fossil Farm]

Around here urea is the only thing the corn farmers use. They inject it direct into the ground

You probably mean anhydrous ammonia. It is about 82 percent nitrogen, I believe. It has to be injected so as not to lose the nitrogen
to the air. 28 percent is a liquid nitrogen fertilizer that is fairly common around here for corn. It is also injected into the ground after
the corn has emerged. Urea is a dry pellet, 46 percent nitrogen. It needs to be spread before a rain so as not to lose the nitrogen
to the air because it will volatilize otherwise.

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

I don't mind at all trying to help but I don't want to sound like a know it all or being intrusive on what you do on your farm. Liquid fertilizer does have a place and I've used it a great deal but it is somewhat limited. I had success with it in gardens, fruit trees, flowers, tobacco, and some row crops that have been "stressed" by some factor. Most success has come from using it to supply "micro" nutrients. When a crop needs "pounds" or 100's of pounds of a nutrient it hasn't worked out for me. South Carlina may be different. In many cases we will make an application of herbicide, insecticide,fungicide and a foliar fertilize as the "last pass" over soybeans before harvest. We're getting geared to do that now. All of pasture/hay field get an application of dry in the spring. We mix red clover/alfalfa in the fertilizer. In some cases we will make a late summer/early fall light application of N to try and stockpile some grass for winter grazing. We also try and apply dry Potash in the fall/winter if we get time. Have a blessed day.