Fertiliser plan

blonde10

Just wondering what fertiliser people are goin with this year,do people go with the results after a soil test,or are ye just goin with what ye think urselves,with the early growth this year will it change anything on the fertiliser plan,,also would people religiously soil test and go as per the result..

Who2

I don’t test religiously but I aim for every couple of years. If I miss a year so be it, but I do use it to try and keep working on building up the indexes. Ph never strays off too far and k is usually index 4 but I’m always battling p. Then just try to work out what’s value and compromise sometimes on what’s needed.

blonde10

I know we should prob soil test every 2 years at least,I saw an article in the journal I think where it said that the soil fertility is actually on the up as a result of testing,I know when I done the green cert they really hammers home the importance of getting Ps and Ks right and also the Ph ,but yet I know lads around me that will still every year spread nothing but CAN...and they seem to have grass in abundance..??

mengele

I normally either spread urea (cheaper nitrogen) or else 24, 2.5, 10

I says

Half a bag urea to ac. 2.5 bags of 10-10-20 to grazing ground.Silage ground will get cut sward.