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Coldwater, Michigan | kevin,
What are you no-tilling? Wheat, corn, beans? What? When are you planting it(early, mid, etc)? What kind of soils? Ph levels? And last at this time, what maturity for your area are you planting?
Don't really care what you soil tests are from a standpoint of making the choice of product. You should care from an overall fertility standpoint, but that won't influence which "in-furrow" product performs the best.
There's a lot of "smoke and Mirrors" out there, but that's all alot of it is. In my starter fertilizer trials 70-75% of the in-furrow products aren't any better than the check(no-starter). Of course, 10-34-0 at 15 gallons 2"x2" doesn't beat the check more than about 53% of the time. And with 10-34-0 in-furrow it beats the check even less of the time, but it is cheaper than putting 15 gallons beside the row.
Some of the better in-furrow products will beat the check as much as 87% of the time. Then you have to apply economics to the equation. With $2.00 avearge corn for the past 15 years, and varying prices for the in-furrow, depending on who is selling it; that gets rid of some of the better ones.
I'm here to tell you, with the above qualifications, there are only a few left to recommend.
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