cypressfarms
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cowman30":39apa4ds said:cypressfarms":39apa4ds said:cowman30":39apa4ds said:Use it every year. 250-300 pounds per acre. Makes for good stands of grass.
What in the world are you growing that requires 250 to 300 pounds per acre of fertilizer? At that rate, we'd almost risk burning the plant off down here.....
Sudex, millet, fescue, dallas grass, rye grass, etc. Talk about really making the rye grass, clover, and fescue come on in the spring it takes off like a jack rabbit and by summer the cows are belly deep in grass.
Cattlepower seems like a new member; as such I feel obliged to give him the best answer I know, and not answer if I don't since he/she is a newbie and may consider people's advice as the gospel. With that in mind, I would not recommend fertilizing the pastures mentioned at 250 to 300 pounds per acre, and for several reasons:
1. We don't know what the soil content is, and without having a soil test you have no idea what it may need.
2. Fertilizer is not cheap, your maximum rate would require this person to put out 27 tons of fertilizer. (Based on 180 acres, 300 pounds/acre) Down here that would cost you just over $12,000!
3. You didn't say what type of fertilizer. If he/she puts out your recommendation now, (assuming the fertilizer has nitrogen in it) it will be several months before spring sprouting plants can use it. By that time, if there has not been much rain especially, the amount of nitrogen loss to the atmosphere would be significant - ultimately resulting in not only putting out too much fertilizer (in my opinion), but also running the risk of losing the N (especially) value put down.
End result is that someone just gave this member some advice to put out $12,000 dollars of fertilizer, that in my opinion, is a bad idea. If this person heeds the fertilizer advice, and goes to a feed store hopefully the people there will steer him straight; but they might just let him buy that $12,000 of fertilizer. To me, this is irresponsible advice to be posting.
I have no malice torward cowman30, I just strongly feel that we shouldn't steer people off in tangents when they may not be able to filter some of this info yet. It would take this person years to overcome a $12000 bill for fertilizer, if ever.
Of course this is my opinion, I'm just a dumb cajun guy, take it for what you want. :tiphat: