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Pilot Grove, Missouri | I've used it for starter in-furrow off and on for a while. It's 25% N, 50% P and 25% K per gallon but their marketing calls it 10-20-10. So for every 11.36 lbs per gallon they say it weighs you get 2.8 lbs N - 5.6 lbs P - 2.8 lbs K. They will tell you that you can apply 5 gallons per acre on corn and 2.5 gallons per acre on beans and not need any other fertilizer except the extra N on the corn (I do spring applied NH3). When applying at a lower rate on beans, it works best to mix 50/50 with water as per acre and apply 5 gallons like corn.
Now I call total BS on their claims you don't need any other fertilizer. If you go that route in my opinion you are just mining your ground. I've asked them straight out if their system really worked and you didn't need other fertilizer why wasn't the whole farming world buying their products? I didn't get a straight answer. That said, I think it's a good product for in-furrow starter and has been said it's quality and safe. I do think it helps with early growth and establishing a good stand. I had only been using 2 gallons per acre (again mixed 50/50 with water so 4 gallons applied) on both corn and beans looking at it as just starter. It used to run about $10-$11 a gallon but last year the price was over $16 (inflation!).
My farming buddy that plants for me as he has a Kinze 3500 set up for liquid (I am a super small and can't justify an expensive planter) is a GMS dealer. He messed up and forgot to submit my order for 2025 which I didn't find out until right before planting since he stores it for me in a tote when he gets his other customers delivered. So I had only applied NH3 plus my normal dry P-K (and S) at rates assuming the GMS in furrow. Oh and I had applied a little less NH3 for corn this year just because of having bad drought the last 2 years before so I figured I'd manage my COP to realistic yields vs. trying for the maximum. What was the result? Record yields for me on corn and my first at least 50 bu beans in more than several years (I don't have great dirt). So at least for me seed choices, planting dates (corn got planted 17 days earlier this year) and weather (i.e. regular summer droughts here in central MO) play a MUCH MUCH bigger factor in yields vs. whether I apply an in-furrow starter or not. | |
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