Re: Spreading urea....plan B?

Posted by Leroy on February 13, 2019 at 08:12:55 from (96.45.243.241):

In Reply to: Spreading urea....plan B? posted by Dave H (MI) on February 12, 2019 at 07:59:10:

Urea not practical here in northwest central Ohio. years ago a lot of places quit selling anhydrous ammonia nue to danger and liability. Now 28% is a very good chioce. So with that you would have to decide the time frame you want to apply it. I do not know if it can be appiled over top of growing corn or not as if it will dammage the crop. Wheat it is applied overr top as a sidedress, you get a little crop burn but not enough to have a problem. Some places had a 14% for wheat top dress to eliminate that crop burn. Now for the wheat or a grass crop-pasture it would be put on with the field sprayer, just have to be able to run higher capacity sprayer made with resistant parts against rust. It would work with preplant as well. Now depending on when you want to apply it would make the difference in if you want to put it in rows or not. The applicators with knives to put in ground are designed to put it on with the crop from 6" to 30" tall. I think about 24" is best to give crop late season boost where at the 6" height (and I have seen it done at 2") you are getting it on too early to be avaible for that late boost that makes the grain. You can apply the 28% either broadcast on not only your corn ground but any hay ground or wheat crop or you can just dribble it on top to sidedress your corn (just use the sprayer with no nozzels) or if corn is to big to spray on top to get it to ground youse a drop tube same as dribbling it but with the nozel on and spread it over the ground farther, smaller corn that would be better but larger corn no difference.. You can mount tractor side mount tanke for the 28% and just run a hose to boom on either front or rear of your field cultivater or to side dress just a boom on back of tractor, you would not want it on front so tractor would be kept out of it to not let it rust tractor. 28% is what we used with the applicator for sidedressing from the dealer at the about 18"-2' height. Now I have seen lots of ways. I did work for fertilizer plant and had to fill the anhydrous tanks and that was very dangerous, everytime you have to uncouple a hose even with things turned off you get a big wiff of that deadly gas and you have to use special yery heavy and long rubber gloves and mask when filling tanks. I also delievered them. And I have seen many a time when it is being applied that they are not getting it sealed in ground enough and it is all going up in the air and you can smell it from a quarter mile away driving down the road. If you would happen to be driving down the road where they were doing that and have car trouble you could not get out of that cloud before it could kill you. The anhydrous tanks by law have to carry those gloves at all times plus have a water tank for you to wash up in if you should happen to get in the gas cloud and it will instantly freeze your skin if it gets against you. The 28% you only should where a glove that will just keep it off your hands, will if you get it on your skin make your hands dry out and crack like winter weather will.Filling thse anhydrous tanks was the worst job at fertilizer plant. When we went to putting on more nitrogen that could put in with dry in the corn planter got an anhydrous applicater and after an hour messing with it told them come and get it, we want nothing to do with it. went to the 28% and use their applicater with ground drive pump. Years ago neighbor thought he was gong to be smart and about killed himself in prossess. he with hose turned off put it down ground hog hole and filled the hole with dirt around hose and turned on the gas and walked over to see how it was doing. Hose pulled out while he was at the end of hose. had to craul on his hands and knees back to tank to turn gas off. Very littl if any urea used in this area. The difference in price between anhydrous and 28% is not worth killing yourself over and too many people NEED you for you to do that. I worked at 2 different fertilizer plants delievering those tanks. And the tanks for the 28% are just a thousang gallon tank on a tandem axle trailer with a 2" transfer pump. And if you had your own tank you could fill it up anytime 6 months before you were ready to apply it. I know you are smart enough to build your own applicator. The planters with the likuid fertilizer attachment would use the pump you would need to make your applicator for dribbling it side dressing. STAY SAFE.

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