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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 35102"><p>The purpose of pasture is the vegetate state of the plant instead of the blooming/fruiting phase. So you can either put the fertilizer down as (or before) the plants are growing (spring or whenever if under irrigation) or as the plant/roots are regenerating in the fall, so it is available the following spring. (N)itrogen is needed for the vegetative, green, phase. </p><p>(P)hosphorus is needed for bloom/fruit production. Also if you are putting barnyard manure back on your grass pastures the P should build up over time if you do a soil test. You don't want your grass to stop growing and go to seed. So unless there is some reason based on your growing location you shouldn't need an equal amount P and K to your N. Most of the Chem companies are used to selling to veg crop growers or grain producers, which is why they try to sell you a balanced fertilizer. Also it should be far less expensive to just put the Nitrogen alone or with a little potash.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 35102"] The purpose of pasture is the vegetate state of the plant instead of the blooming/fruiting phase. So you can either put the fertilizer down as (or before) the plants are growing (spring or whenever if under irrigation) or as the plant/roots are regenerating in the fall, so it is available the following spring. (N)itrogen is needed for the vegetative, green, phase. (P)hosphorus is needed for bloom/fruit production. Also if you are putting barnyard manure back on your grass pastures the P should build up over time if you do a soil test. You don’t want your grass to stop growing and go to seed. So unless there is some reason based on your growing location you shouldn’t need an equal amount P and K to your N. Most of the Chem companies are used to selling to veg crop growers or grain producers, which is why they try to sell you a balanced fertilizer. Also it should be far less expensive to just put the Nitrogen alone or with a little potash. [/QUOTE]
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