I can tell you there are not many if any farmers around me are using Conklin products. I would call 75% of what they push/sell high priced snake oil.
Here is something to consider. Conklin's product cost per unit of actual ingredient is very high. So your not really saving anything using their product. You cut back on the total units applied but the fewer units cost you much more per unit. So you can apply more units of the regular product at the same price per acre.
I know of some fellows that tried Conklin's program. They soon found out they were just saving money the first few years when they where mining the nutrients out of the soil that were built up in earlier years.
Here is the long and short of it Dry granular fertilizer is the cheapest form of fertilizer out there. Liquid fertilizer is higher cost regardless where you buy it.
For good consistently high yields your going to need high fertility in the entire field not just along each row. With narrow rows and high populations there are NO yield advantages of banding fertilizer. Years of actual yield data proves this. The plants may look better in the short time after emergence but there is little if any yield gain at harvest.
Now for your question on rates. You need to know what you want to actually apply per acre in actual pounds/units per acre of each ingredient. Then you have to know what percentage per gallon the Conklin products have of each ingredient. Then you can figure the gallons per acre you need.
I also caution you to figure your TRUE cost per unit of active ingredient. Your plants do not care where the ingredient comes form as long as it is there when the plant needs it. Also do not fall for the old " Our nutrients are more readily adsorbed/available so you can use less of it per acre" BS!!!!!
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