Posted 7/29/2006 22:48 (#31053 - in reply to #30893) Subject: RE: Reduced Rates of Fertilizer - plot data
Pittsburg, Kansas
I think that the study that said deep banding K increased yields but there was no yield response to P is just about the opposite of what tests done in SE Ks show. Our soils tie up P particularly badly so banding it keeps it more available to the crop & therefore banded P increases yields for us.. Just goes to show that soils and the needed practices to properly manage them may be different for different areas of the country.