Liquid Fertilizers?

RFD TV had a panel of sales reps from this outfit on the other night:

http://www.cropvitality.com/us

Implication was their products could be used in place of NH4, urea, DAP and potash, etc.

Does anyone use these exclusively, and if so, how does it work?

Last fall, I had a guy tell me I should be using something like this on my hay ground vs. dry fertilizer products. I remain skeptical.

agriTec is also like what you are asking about.. instead of spreading pellet fertilizer you spray theirs on. Suppose to
deliver excellent results.. Ive thought of trying that but again like you would like to know someone with experience
using.. Agritec advertises on craigslist or atleast thats where I see it..

Not promoting anyones' product but haven't used NH4 for 15 years and would NEVER go back to using. Some for safety factors, just not worth it, but more for soil health. Use a 28 or 32% product over the top after ridge planting with herbicides and possible zinc included. Soil is very mellow and increases soil microbs as well as earth worm activity. Organic matter continues to increase. Not every fertilizer company has the equipment to do this.

(quoted from post at 09:06:14 02/08/19) Not promoting anyones' product but haven't used NH4 for 15 years and would NEVER go back to using. Some for safety factors, just not worth it, but more for soil health. [b:c0a51a06d7] Use a 28 or 32% product over the top[/b:c0a51a06d7] after ridge planting with herbicides and possible zinc included. Soil is very mellow and increases soil microbs as well as earth worm activity. Organic matter continues to increase. Not every fertilizer company has the equipment to do this.

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What product are you describing? Actual type or category.

I haven't looked at the link.

Liquid fertilizer is very handy, but more expensive than dry. I quit anhydrous ammonia years ago, and pay for the convenience and safety of using liquid N. Otherwise I use dry fert. If I stay at this much longer, I may switch to planting with liquid also.

Now not being and expert on the liquid think here but i have used it while i was hobby farming is the easy of handling if you are somewhat set up to do so . First round of being around it was when i set up a planter for a customer . and a Danish tang cultivator for putting down 28% , now this was 25-27 years ago and things have changed a lot since then . This customer was the DMI blockman and was always into new ideas . He was tryen to get guys around here to try the DMI stuff and the only problem at the time was most did not have enough pony power to pull that stuff . So he bought a sharp 6030 and invite people to come down to his farm and watch it work pulling the rippers and field cultivators and such . He was also peddling this Liquid Fert. stuff and i don't remember the brand at this moment but i installed this stuff on a nice John Deere 1240 plateless four row . then since he only had the 6030 he conded me into pulling his planter with one of my 706's . I planted 210 acres with that planter consisting of field corn , pop corn and sunflowers . Sure opened my eyes up on how much easier it was for one guy to plant with liquid over dry . The way it was set up was that three gallon to the acre was applied directly on the seed and seven gallon next to the seed three inches to the side and two inched deeper , pressure and flow was handled by and electric driven pump with a control unit on the tractor next to the planter monitor , when you raised the planted up at the head land a micro switch would shut off the flow to the row units and bypass back to the tanks maintaining pressure and flow but as soon as you dropped the planter everything was back in action . HUGE time savings over usen dry at a rate of 390-400 lbs per acre where you were stopping to fill back up with fert . every other round and like me with planting and usen bagged fert. At that time around here most were still planting on the 38 inch row and a population rate of around 26 to 28500per acre .Another thing i learned was plant emrgecy was two to four days faster then what i would get usen my dry fert. Next thing i noticed was how much the corn jumped after being side dress with the 28% . Now not knowing much about pop corn or sunflower but the corn i planted with his planter verses what i planted with my 1240 usen my dry he avg. 9 to 14 BBa over mine . I was able to plant more acres a day with his liquid set up then with my dry as i had to finger print each bag where with his when it needed filled all i had to do was start a 5 horse Briggs hook up one hose and open and close two valves and catch any spillage from the hook up when you unhooked in a five gallon bucket and dump it back in the nurse tank.

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Liquids can be handy to add a little bit of adjustment.

For yearly needs, it?s way to expensive to supply all your needs.

Liquids can add a little boost at planting with the seed if they are low salt. This is not a full feeding, but a little tiny boost.

Liquids can be put with some sprays and foliage feed, have to be careful what you mix together so it works. Again, a little pick me up not a full fertilizer.

If they are trying to sell it instead of real fertilizer for all your needs, $$$$$$$$$$

Paul