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Liquid back to granular fertiliser?
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<blockquote data-quote="Beefsmith" data-source="post: 9275801" data-attributes="member: 133822"><p>I’m thinking of making the move back to spreading fertiliser instead of using liquid. Anybody done it and regretted it? </p><p>We can’t put on liquid P & K so have to use a contractor and as we are 36m spread pattern is hit and miss.</p><p>We’ve had scorch last year and this year with this year in particular being bad.</p><p>We’ve only done N1 and N2 this year because we couldn’t get on with the sprayer due to it being so wet where as I think a fert spinner on a small tractor on flotations would of gone 4 weeks earlier.</p><p>My liquid tank needs an internal sand down (it’s metal) and a repaint which is t cheap.</p><p>The sprayer is showing it’s age due to the liquid fert even though it’s washed off every day.</p><p>Liquid seems to be around 25% more expensive than granular and in particular urea.</p><p>We dropped area due to SFI so no longer need a bowser which means loading bags isn’t an issue as the yard is central.</p><p>I can pick up a decent used spinner for under £10,000 and retire the sprayer to just chems to make it last longer. </p><p>My only issue would be storing the bags of fert but 1 tonne bags would ease this and I don’t mind buying a big sheet for outdoor storage if needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefsmith, post: 9275801, member: 133822"] I’m thinking of making the move back to spreading fertiliser instead of using liquid. Anybody done it and regretted it? We can’t put on liquid P & K so have to use a contractor and as we are 36m spread pattern is hit and miss. We’ve had scorch last year and this year with this year in particular being bad. We’ve only done N1 and N2 this year because we couldn’t get on with the sprayer due to it being so wet where as I think a fert spinner on a small tractor on flotations would of gone 4 weeks earlier. My liquid tank needs an internal sand down (it’s metal) and a repaint which is t cheap. The sprayer is showing it’s age due to the liquid fert even though it’s washed off every day. Liquid seems to be around 25% more expensive than granular and in particular urea. We dropped area due to SFI so no longer need a bowser which means loading bags isn’t an issue as the yard is central. I can pick up a decent used spinner for under £10,000 and retire the sprayer to just chems to make it last longer. My only issue would be storing the bags of fert but 1 tonne bags would ease this and I don’t mind buying a big sheet for outdoor storage if needed. [/QUOTE]
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