Low Sulfur ?

[Stocker Steve]

I have cut way back on sulfate fertilizer and focused on more legumes. Now I am seeing low sulfur results in both soil tests and tissue tests. Have you applied elemental sulfur, and did it pay off?

 

[dun]

It seems that since the country went to low sulphur fuels I've noticed more that sulphur is included in all of our fertilizer mixes. Very small quantities but the soil tests all call for it.

 

[M-5]

every load of fertilizer I spread has sulfur in it

 

[greybeard]

Same here. It does help (probably minimally) to help with the soil pH.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

Sir Loin?

 

[Dave]

Before retiring I did several hundred soil tests a year. The vast majority were low on sulfur. Sulfur will leach out of the soil so rain or irrigation will help it leave. It doesn't take a lot of sulfur to keep levels up but it is pretty easy to drop below desired levels.

 

[redlevel]

If I want my grass to be green, I must add sulfur (per sample results, of course). Fifty years ago, before the coal burning generating plants were cleaned up, we never needed it. Now, the technology exists to make those coal burners clean. Yes, I am old.

 

[Nesikep]

Sir Loin?

you beat me to it!

 

[Stocker Steve]

Before retiring I did several hundred soil tests a year. The vast majority were low on sulfur. Sulfur will leach out of the soil so rain or irrigation will help it leave. It doesn't take a lot of sulfur to keep levels up but it is pretty easy to drop below desired levels.

Standard recommendation here is 25#/acre "trial". How about out west?

 

[Dave]

Before retiring I did several hundred soil tests a year. The vast majority were low on sulfur. Sulfur will leach out of the soil so rain or irrigation will help it leave. It doesn't take a lot of sulfur to keep levels up but it is pretty easy to drop below desired levels.

Standard recommendation here is 25#/acre "trial". How about out west?

Probably a little less than that..... Although that 25# is not out of reason. I always wanted to see 12 to 20 ppm in the soil test and I would prefer it to be closer to the 20.

 

[Cross-7]

Sir Loin?

Was is ddg that was high in sulfur ?
Could just feed it to the cows and have them distribute the sulfur :dunce:

 

[dun]

Sir Loin?

Was is ddg that was high in sulfur ?
Could just feed it to the cows and have them distribute the sulfur :dunce:

I thought ddg caused polio

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Sir Loin?

Was is ddg that was high in sulfur ?
Could just feed it to the cows and have them distribute the sulfur :dunce:

I thought ddg caused polio

and red saddles, and probably a whole host of other problems, like jihadi terrorist, and split personalities.

 

[greybeard]

Sir Loin?

Was is ddg that was high in sulfur ?
Could just feed it to the cows and have them distribute the sulfur :dunce:

I thought ddg caused polio

Ebola

 

[Texasmark]

Unless I go to the bulk distribution plant, anything I buy is Ammonium Sulphate and it runs 22% for 33-0-0. I like that as I have become a sulphur necessity fan. I'm convinced it's good for grass and animals. I guess I didn't realize what you guys said about cleaning up the air was abusive to plants which convert the abusives to oxygen and thrive in the process.....course Acid Rain was a bit too much. Didn't realize that it has become a necessity for me and why.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Standard recommendation here is 25#/acre "trial". How about out west?

Probably a little less than that..... Although that 25# is not out of reason. I always wanted to see 12 to 20 ppm in the soil test and I would prefer it to be closer to the 20.

I tried to understand "trial". It sounds like S results will vary depending on your clay type and other fertility factors... :?

I am going to dig into beet lime (sugar processing byproduct) again. It is supposed to contain a lot of sulfur.

 

[Stocker Steve]

I didn't realize what you guys said about cleaning up the air was abusive to plants which convert the abusives to oxygen and thrive in the process.....course Acid Rain was a bit too much. Didn't realize that it has become a necessity for me and why.

Prince wrote a song about this.

 

[ClinchValley]

I didn't realize what you guys said about cleaning up the air was abusive to plants which convert the abusives to oxygen and thrive in the process.....course Acid Rain was a bit too much. Didn't realize that it has become a necessity for me and why.

Prince wrote a song about this.

Laughed on this one.

 

[Stocker Steve]

I looked at some ash and industrial lime analysis today, and sulfur was not even listed. That does not seem to make sense?

 

[Nesikep]

Sir Loin?

Was is ddg that was high in sulfur ?
Could just feed it to the cows and have them distribute the sulfur :dunce:

I thought ddg caused polio

*sigh*.. the number of times I tried to get it through that thick skull that Polioencephalomalacia or PEM for short, is completely, absolutely unrelated to the "polio" that we know of in humans..