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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 202641" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Dave, </p><p></p><p>The guy I buy from mixes manganese, boron, copper and zinc etc. in for next to nothing. I forget what all the minerals are but there is definately those four. My last buy was 3 tons of 22-10-10 and the trace minerals cost $27. At 300 lbs per acre of fertilizer, 3 tons takes care of 20 acres. So the minerals were a buck fifty per acre. My analysis said I didn't need trace minerals but for $1.50, I add them in. I think that is cheap and do it every year (probably why my analysis comes back the way it does). Zinc causes the roots to go deep. Boron makes them spread etc. I think its a bargain. </p><p></p><p>He throws all the blend into a hopper and mixes it, then he dumps it in the spreader trailer. In the trailer you can see how well it is all blended. He furnishes the trailers too. I hook on to it, use it, and return it. He shows you how to set everything for your application (how much per acre) and it is pretty simple. </p><p></p><p>I said in another post that I did exactly as Texas A & M recommended one year when they did the analysis and I shouldn't have. The ole timer who has the fertilizer business knows more. I take my analysis to him and follow his recommendations. He chuckles and I tell him to do what is needed. He knows soil in this area better than anyone, since this is his profession - for years and years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 202641, member: 3162"] Dave, The guy I buy from mixes manganese, boron, copper and zinc etc. in for next to nothing. I forget what all the minerals are but there is definately those four. My last buy was 3 tons of 22-10-10 and the trace minerals cost $27. At 300 lbs per acre of fertilizer, 3 tons takes care of 20 acres. So the minerals were a buck fifty per acre. My analysis said I didn't need trace minerals but for $1.50, I add them in. I think that is cheap and do it every year (probably why my analysis comes back the way it does). Zinc causes the roots to go deep. Boron makes them spread etc. I think its a bargain. He throws all the blend into a hopper and mixes it, then he dumps it in the spreader trailer. In the trailer you can see how well it is all blended. He furnishes the trailers too. I hook on to it, use it, and return it. He shows you how to set everything for your application (how much per acre) and it is pretty simple. I said in another post that I did exactly as Texas A & M recommended one year when they did the analysis and I shouldn't have. The ole timer who has the fertilizer business knows more. I take my analysis to him and follow his recommendations. He chuckles and I tell him to do what is needed. He knows soil in this area better than anyone, since this is his profession - for years and years. [/QUOTE]
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