Starter fertilizer while planting or after?

What's the best to do while planting use 19-19-19 or spread after planting?

Most around here have went to liquid in the row, but in the old days we put dry in the row as we planted down about 1 inch below the seed and over to the side a bit, same as with the liquid now..seems like we used about 300# of 6-24-24 back then...we use 18 Gallon of 10-34-0 now..

planting what?, flowers, garden, field grain, trees?

There is pop up fertilizer, which is often liquid and you only use a very small amount - 5 gallons an acre - so the salt doesn't hurt the corn, it is put in the seed trench with the seed. This helps the plant emerge from the ground and get a start in cold wet rough conditions.if you are planting later when its warmer or don't run into rough weather early on this might not really do much for you.

There is starter fertilizer, which is often a band of rich fert 2 inches beside and 2 inches below the seed, the salt will flush away by the time the root reaches over so you can use a lot more, 100-200# of granular or equivalent liquid. Some use more, but this becomes the main fertilizer, no longer really a starter any more... This helps poor soils as the roots hit this nutrient rich band they can easily feed off the heavier concentration of nutrients while the plant is building a bigger better root to find more feed later. If your soil is in medium high to high range on nutrients you might not see much value to this, if your soil is mined out low values or low ph it might pay off very well.

Common granular starter here is, um, uh, I can't remember the exact number, 9-something-23 maybe? If you didnt with a broadcast, it is common to add a bit of sulfur as well, since we don't have acid rain any more we need to add sulfur. Sometimes boron or other bits are also added if your soil needs it.

19-19-19 would work. That is more often broadcast on small grains here, but it would do for a corn starter. They feel for a starter, the young corn needs more help from P and K which are hard for the plant to take up when it is small and wet and cold out, and will get n from your other sources later in the year when it uses the N to build a tall stalk and then set and fill the cob.

Paul

I band 250 pounds of 19-19-19 in the row at planting.

I banded dry 18-46-30 with the planter. If I had a planter with dry I would consider going back to it. More work but also more efficient.

I guess since it's time to plant corn,, I was talking about "corn"....

I use Conklin 3-18-18 or 9-18-9. Liquid,'injected'/placed in the seed bed furrow.5 gallons to the acre.Nt raelly sure how much it acctually helps....But I can always see right to the row where it ran out.Emergence seems to be more vigorous and even.The guys in Wisconsin who started me on it are claiming 25+/- bushel/acre increase.

You can fertilize small grain after seeding. Especially helps to drag it afterwards, with a coil tine harrow. Starter fert on corn should go on at planting....to "start" the early growth.

Use liquid 2by 2 .....2/3 gal 10-34 and 17/18 gal 28 - 0 - 0

John

I band 200# of 80-20-10 and spread 200# of 46-0-0 before planting.

liquid 2x2 10-34-0 5gal- 10 gal of 28%....15 gal total for starter...plus 200# potash and 200#pelt lime

























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We use about 200# per acre of 9-23-30 for corn in the 2x2. I like to spread about 200# of 6-15-40 for beans. I have just spread the corn fertilizer before too. I am not sure it makes much difference. I do know my brother usually beats me on corn yield. He uses the half ESN with half regular urea. He puts the 9-23-30 next to the row. He has all his ground limed and spread potash according to tests also. I have not got all of that done yet.