Mercer County, Ohio on the Indiana line | I own my own applicator that is an 11 shank applying 12 rows. It's a typical coulter knife style that is centered in the row.
A local individual has a sprayer with y drops on it. He's charging $10/ ac to apply.
The ground I'll be going into is rolling with a lot of wet spots that were wet and sliced while I planted. The corn is very variable from 1'tall v6 up to 4 foot tall v7. The roots are very poorly developed after the wet planting and 12+ inches of rain. I put down 30lbs of N at planting in a 2x2.
Would putting the N right down by the stalk benefit me enough to pay for the $10 application cost? I thought about cutting back my rates to cover the cost but I may just cut back $5 on the N and hope it gives me a return on added yield.
Does anyone have experience in this situation? According to Dad I can count on the moisture in the soil to disperse my N from the center of the row, out to the corn's poorly developed roots. I'm unsure about this. I thought N went straight down for the most part.
Thanks for any and all help in this attempt to rescue some corn yield.
Edited by Forty2366 7/3/2015 10:31
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Y drop or split the row? Wet planted corn
