Ed, I'll probably give it a try on some 60 - 90 acres of wheat but will not have a side-by-side comparison - but I'll try to remember to report back. I priced it today and they are talking 5 lbs or 5 gal/acre since I'm not putting on a lot of fertilizer. They recommend up to 10 gal/acre with higher fertilizer rates. Apparently the cost is $1/gal so we must be talking a diluted mixure. I do not have a dry spreader, this coop does not have one in the area, their big applicator is about 80 miles away and cannot schedule me for 2-3 weeks so I'll probably go with the liquid w/hydra hume on some ground. The liquid is priced higher but they claim an "efficiency" gain of 7.5% with liquid so they recommend less, "making the price about the same for liquid and dry." I may go with some dry fertilizer from brand x on some other ground. It's been so long since we had enough moisture on dryland crops I've avoided fertilizer for many years, except a little NH3 on irrigated land. I need to see if I can match my fertilizer to the amount of water available between now and harvest next summer. Thanks again all! |