Fert for Corn

Fergienewbee · Apr 24, 2013

I have a food plot that I plan to put into corn. It's about 5/8 of an acre. I'm thinking of applying 75 pounds of urea and 75 pounds of 12-12-12. I planted cowpeas last year. The ground is light sandy loam. Is that about the right amount of fert?

Larry

Cliff Nelson · Apr 24, 2013

It all depends on what the soil samples call for. There are too many variables and what works for one person may not work for the next without knowing what is in the soil to start with.

IaGary · Apr 24, 2013

For a food plot I would not use any fertilizer.

Why waste the money to gain 4 or 5 bushels your not gonna harvest.

So yes it is plenty.

Gary

paul · Apr 24, 2013

So you are adding these actual things to your soil:

34.5 lbs of N with the urea. Urea is 46% N.

9 lbs of N
9 lbs of P
9 lbs of K
With the 12-12-12.

Or you are putting down an actual 43.5-9-9 per acre.

That would feed about 50 bu of corn.

Your soil, esp with the cow peas, might feed 50-60 bu on its own with no fert.

So yea, that should work out fine to get you to 100 bu corn, which is greatfor a food plot.

Really depends on your soil, and what you want for a yield, but as mentioned, for a food plot who cares, that is a nice modest boost to a crop grown for fun.

For farming, I've been putting on either side of 400# of fert per acre, trying to build the soil a little bit, and fertilize for next year's soybean crop as well. We hope for 175 bu corn around here, with pockets of 200+.

Paul

sd pete · Apr 24, 2013

If it was my plot I wouldn"t use any fertilizer.

Animal · Apr 24, 2013

I am raising food plots for deer every day, we never shoot them we just hit with cars on the way to work every day.

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