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P & K levels in slurry

awaywithyou · 2013-11-21 11:42:50

Lads was at a farm walk 2 months ago and the teagasc man was suggesting.. at least this is the way I heard it... That if grass is low in p & k then the cows dung will be low in p & k... And spreading the slurry from the cows on the land will only replace what was taken off it and not improve em.... And Spreading chemical…

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Lads was at a farm walk 2 months ago and the teagasc man was suggesting.. at least this is the way I heard it... That if grass is low in p & k then the cows dung will be low in p & k... And spreading the slurry from the cows on the land will only replace what was taken off it and not improve em....

And Spreading chemical fert is only way to improve the p & k....

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#2 21-11-2013 12:56pm

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This seems to mostly dealing with N http://txanc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/vanhorn3.pdf , but looks to be the case all right.
Chemical would only have to be applied every so often to top up levels.

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