Re: How much fert?

From: leon (leon@grazinginfo.com)
Date: Sun Aug 13 2006 - 18:56:25 EST


On 13/8/06 1:12 PM, "Barry & Megan Coster" <belbrook@sympac.com.au> wrote:

> Being a bit cheeky, I'd recommend anyone applying fertiliser should soil
> test, and throw away the fertiliser recommendations that come back with the
> result!

I and many agree.

Pasture analyses are 100 times more useful and accurate and easier to read.

New Zealand uses Olsen P for phosphate and gets way out figures like 90 for
peat soils which are only about 20.

Olsen P takes a year or two to rise after applying P and takes years to drop
if none is applied.

Best wishes,

Vaughan Jones
Hamilton
Waikato
New Zealand



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