20 miles west of Indianapolis Indiana | Have been to 2 meetings and the speaker has recommended y drops rather than knife/coulter on liquid sidedress bar. Says today’s modern hybrids has tighter roots rather than wider. Sidedressing puts it as far away as possible vs Y drops putting it a few inches away from the plant (but on top).
Is there any data out there to show that this is better or at least confidently the same yield? It would be nice to not have to maintain knives and coulters.
I currently run a split shot program. Maybe 140# of anhydrous pre plant and then 15 gallons of 32 and 5 of ATS and maybe micros at sidedress time. Something along those lines let’s say.
Any experiences? Anybody went to y drops and then went back?
To clarify, I mean a Y drop added to a side dress bar or maybe pull type sprayer with drops, rather than the coulter/knife on bar. Not a high clearance self propelled sprayer with Y drops.
Edited by GrainTrader 3/3/2026 19:00
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Y drops on sidedress bar vs knife. Any data on this ? Corn roots
