fertilizer ok with long light drizzle

[fenceman]

Fertilized friday morning. 3o,10,0 granular. Got .1 Sunday morning followed by constant light mist, now monday morning has turned to light freezing drizzle. Fertilizer was broadcast onto grazed down oats and rygrass.. Opinions on this weather and nitrogen loss????

 

[M-5]

All it takes is moisture to get it in the soil. I would rather have some moisture (fog, Drizzle etc.) than bone dry.

 

[fenceman]

Thanks m5. I have always Heard a very light rain could cause nitrogen loss. Although rain total is less than.2 i think im ok , its been wet for about 30 hours and still misting. I think the cold weather should be good also? i can control the weather it seems with fertilizer. If i sling it out i can stop a 90 percent chance in its tracks, if i decide not to a 10 percent will rain 2 inches.

 

[M-5]

I much prefer 1/2 to one inch. But take what I get. If ground is moist from previous rains any moisture will help disperse it. Their may be some loss of N but but where does it go?

 

[cowboy43]

I agree with all the above, I put out 13-13-13 about 2 weeks ago on wet ground and got .02 tenth and it melted the fertilizer. Sure is hard to guess on when to putt fertilizer out, with the weatherman missing the forecast for rain so bad. They will predict 1 to 2 inches and we get a slow .02 drizzle. Our average rainfall is already below normal for 2015, hope that does not mean another drought for 2015. :cry2: