50 kg granules in 6000 litres, added BEFORE anything else is added to the water. Reason I use it is because we have water high in calcium and magnesium, which will tend to tie up Glypho otherwise. Also I use a lot of Glypho plus Amine 2,4-D, which is technically incorrect, but works very well nonetheless, and suits my vapour drift concerns better than pretty much anything else. The AMS supposedly helps with the antagonism between those two products, but I don't really think it's very significant anyway.

In my world the amount of AMS used is relevant to the quantity of water. But many guys here quote their use as a per-acre rate. So if you are using 8 pounds   ( or whatever )    per acre, ....how much water are you using per acre..???

I say BULL to That

evedince ? of damage NO way,  This is Mythical information from those selling and Promoting Alternative Products.  Nothing wrong with these alternative practices. BUT do NOT use scare tactics and Spread Crap to sell sonething else

and I sell neither

Merry Christmas to you and Yours also

You are the one pushing snake oil. 

There are places to send your water samples that can check them and make recommendations for AMS if its that big of a deal. I never did it myself though. I quit using AMS and switched to a couple other products to replace it and havent missed handling the bags at all and getting the same results from the spray. One of our local custom sprayers told me he quit using AMS too and went to a replacement product with a drift guard and has equal results. He was having pump problems before and does not now after switching.

 For many years we've been using Setre Chemicals "Quest" as a buffering agent with many of our pesticides with good results.
 http://www.helenachemical.com/specialty/MSDS/QUEST%20(NON-CORROSIVE)%20SETRE.PDF 

 I used to add the dry ams to the tank and agitate untill disolved, but found that because of it's time consumption and our winter water temps slowing the proccess, it was not used when time windows were tight. So we started using Quest, and Request, and have not looked back. In the summer our spray water is a lake water and often has a lot of soil sediment in it. I would like to not use that water for many pesticides, but have no options at this time. We had some of the water tested for various aspects that pertained to pesticide use, and found that approx. 1 quart per 100 gallons solution was the concentration that gave us, on average, the buffering we needed.

 We've also used synthetic penetrators for certain chems that require synthetic penetrating agents instead of ams or Quest.

 The quality and characteristics of the water you use to carry the chemical to the plant is just as important as the chemical choice IMO.

go back and read all of the lead up post's

otherwise I agree with you

But this is a different point for a different reason.

The idea that you can buffer hard water without using the quantity that it takes to do it just does not stand up scientifically... It's impossible to put 17 lbs of AMS in a quart...just won't fit!

Been using liquid 28-32%(depending on when/where delivery)  for quite a few years now, I just have a tote on the trailer and go quart for quart with RUP.....

My WI limestone water is good for drinking but very hard.  I use about 20lb of AMS per 100 gal tank of RU mix. Just have to make sure the AMS is agitated and completely dissolved before adding the RU. Never done it any other way and generally get very good weed kill. We are also usually needing S on soil tests so maybe the AMS helps a bit there also in addition to softening the water.

Jim at Dawn