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Don’t Be “Hit Or
Miss” With Crops
If you use a “hit or miss’ approach in applying fertilizer to your cropland, you're by-passing profits.
Bill Lyne, County Agent, says efficient crop production calls for using the right analysis and amount of fertilizer. Crops need a proper balance between all the fertlizer nutrients to produce top yields.
A total of IS elements are needed for plant production. Farmers are most concerned with three, nitrogen, phosphate and potash, Lyne says. These are the three main plant nutrients found in fertilizer. The question is whether or not every farmer is using the proper amounts of these elements that are needed for his crops. The proper balance can be obtained by using the analysis needed. Such anaing the analysis needed. Twentyeight analysis of fertilizers are sold in Virginia.
A soil test will help determine the right analysis of fertilizer to use. Rased on this test and information about the soil, past history and crop to be grown, an intelligent recommendation can be made. The county agent assists many fanners each year with their fe - tilizer recommendations. Sbil boxes, soil record sheets and instructions for taking the sample can be obtained from the county agent’s office. Don't guess, but have a soil test.
Most Rappahannock soils are lower in phosphate than they are in potash. For this reason when seeding small grains, mixed hays, pasture, etc., a 1-4-2 ratio may be needed. Also in many cases a 0-2-1 ratio is advisable in seeding Alfalfa.
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