Posted 7/10/2008 23:17 (#413356 - in reply to #413071) Subject: Re: Alternative to nh3 side dressing in corn?
Effingham, IL
That is not correct.
A corn plant uses approximately 60% of it's total N requirement from V8 to R1 (which is about a 30 day period). Given the fact that a corn plant consumes well over 200 lbs of N during its lifecycle, the maximum daily N uptake is over double the amount you say it is.