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SEON | There is a certain old relative of mine that is adamant about saying you never get your money back from buying fertilizer. I put $24,000 worth of MAP on 88 acres this spring and I could almost see the veins in his forehead when he got the bill. He says all you need is rain and all will be well. No rain = no crop so he has never applied fertilizer to some 1200 acres of hay since he sold the cows over 20 years ago. He says he doesn't believe me and he doesn't believe those universities either. He is a cheap, ornery, cantankreous SOB but I want to give him the benefit f the doubt.
1. Will anyone else on NAT admit to agreeing with him?
2. Has he been mining the manure that he and Great Grandfather applied 20 - 60+ years ago?
3. Are there nutrients in the rain that the fertilizer people don't tell us?
4. Does the rain feed through the leaf in a more efficient manner than broadcasting granular fertilizer.
5. Does the rain make existing nutrients available that would otherwise go unused?
Edited by rank 6/30/2012 15:13
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rain a substitute for fertility
