Fert rates -whats kg/hectare in old money?

oldsmokey

Can someone explain how to convert kg/hectare to bag/acre when applying fertiliser?...for example when the smart guys are telling to spread say 250kg CAN /hectare, how do i calculate the rate to spread in old-fashioned 50kg bags/ acre...is it as simple as dividing 250 by 2.5 to convert hectare to acre? ..nope, that give answer of 100...Jeez, just when you've got it sussed....

Dampintheattic

oldsmokey wrote: »

Can someone explain how to convert kg/hectare to bag/acre when applying fertiliser?...Jeez, just when you've got it sussed....

1 hectare = 2.47 acres. Say 2.5 acres for simplicity.

Divide the amount in kgs per hectare by 2.50, to bring it to kgs per acre.

Divide the kg per acre by 50, to bring it to bags per acre.

Then, if you were near me, you would get a helicopter to spread it, caus not even a quad, could travel the land this evening:o

bob charles

125kgs/ha is a bag per acre
250kgs/ha is 2 bags per acre

oldsmokey

So...divide by 125...faaaantastic, thanks lads
Tis rough here in Cork too, Damp, but chin up, forecast for weekend is promising...we just need a month of it...

Dampintheattic

oldsmokey wrote: »

So...divide by 125...faaaantastic, thanks lads
Tis rough here in Cork too, Damp, but chin up, forecast for weekend is promising...we just need a month of it...

Have you seen MT Cranium. Cold Nor'easter coming down the line. Words "heavy drenching", in there as well!
I stopped reading at that point.

dzer2

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Have you seen MT Cranium. Cold Nor'easter coming down the line. Words "heavy drenching", in there as well!
I stopped reading at that point.

Ah theres a better thread over there with a more promising outlook and you can fast forward the weather for 8 days to see for yourself. It was a beautiful day here up until 7pm then we had a shower but wasnt that bad,

Dampintheattic

dzer2 wrote: »

Ah theres a better thread over there with a more promising outlook and you can fast forward the weather for 8 days to see for yourself. It was a beautiful day here up until 7pm then we had a shower but wasnt that bad,

Where are you?
It's a savage day here today?
Wind howling in the chimney, would make a perfect sound track for a horror movie!
Had to shift creep feeder for calves this evening on good dry land.
Needed the four wheel drive on, and left a dirty rut ten inches deep after me!

Herd test shortly. Here's hoping for clear test. No other option but to cut back stock.

freedominacup

Are you trying to convert kgs CAN/hectare to kgs CAN/acre or
are you trying to convert kgs of nitrogen/hectare to units of nitrogen/acre?

dzer2

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Where are you?
It's a savage day here today?
Wind howling in the chimney, would make a perfect sound track for a horror movie!
Had to shift creep feeder for calves this evening on good dry land.
Needed the four wheel drive on, and left a dirty rut ten inches deep after me!

Herd test shortly. Here's hoping for clear test. No other option but to cut back stock.

North KK.

Is was lovely all day yesterday but south of KK city it P1ssed for about an hour. We have had 1 shower since 2pm on Monday with a nice bit iof drying but its pot luck looking at the radar. The showers seem to have divided around us. Its about time as normally we get all the rain. There was no rain over night and its glorious here at the moment.

oldsmokey

Sorted thanks...kg can hect to bag can acre..

freedominacup wrote: »

Are you trying to convert kgs CAN/hectare to kgs CAN/acre or
are you trying to convert kgs of nitrogen/hectare to units of nitrogen/acre?