Posted by Wilamayb on October 15, 2014 at 19:55:02 from (71.15.152.45):
We hobby farm row crop as an opportunity to use our antique equipment in the field. We only crop around 20 acres. It is 100 percent no-till due to the risk of erosion. It is our desire to be good stewards of the land, in that we replace what we remove.
We made some incredible soybeans this year but I realize that good yields will be short lived after available nutrients are mined from the soil.
Does anyone have a system that will work on a small scale for the application of P and K under the soil surface? I'd love to place my nutrients 4" under the surface but have no experience in doing so.
We often piece equipment together. We have a few old toolbars lying around if I only knew what sort of tool I should bolt on..
I'm limited to only 90 HP tractors. We use two 4020 John Deeres so I'm somewhat limited on drawbar and rockshaft capacity. Our planter is a 4 row 30 inch no-till so a 10 ft swath width might work out best.
We do have wheat in the rotation so applying P/K in 7.5" spacings might be ideal to more evenly distribute the nutrients.
I've pondered disk coulters with the associated knife to apply liquid. With a little modification it could be made to sidedress corn on 30" spacings for late N application. Any thoughts or examples?
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