Get a soil test and let it tell you.
Fertilizer Question
Planning on doing several new plots in new areas of white clover, red clover, wheat and maybe some chicory as well. Will need to get fertilizer for them and for 2 established perennial plots as well. Would you go with 0-20-20 or 13-13-13? My main focus is the clover establishing good stands. I also have 1/2 acre turnip plot I'll be doing too that I can get fertlizer for separately. Just trying to simplify my fertilizer buying as I'm getting it in bulk at MFA. They prefer to mix 500 pounds or more but said they would mix a smaller amount for me too if needed. I priced 500 pounds of 0-20-20 for $115. Any other suggested mix?
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Ok thanks for the suggestion. I'm just looking for a basic fertilizer for my plots. Not looking to grow corn or beans. My yard grows perfect stands of clover with no soil tests or amendments. I'll deal with what I am dealt doing it this way.
for the clover I'd certainly do the 0-20-20 but yea a soil sample is mandatory as well. If your PH is crap then your not getting most benefit out of your fertilizer.. JMO but just because the yard soil grows clover really dont mean squat
If you have wheat in there, you will want a nitrogen component also.
very True I guess I neglected the wheat part of the equationIf you have wheat in there, you will want a nitrogen component also.
What Jeff is saying, is a soil test will tell you exactly what your soil needs or doesn't. For example, if you have low ph or the soils CEC is out of whack, fertilizer may well be a waste of money before pH amendments. Soil tests like $10 and only take a few days to get the results, bags of fertilizer are quite a bit more on top of seed costs and labor.Ok thanks for the suggestion. I'm just looking for a basic fertilizer for my plots. Not looking to grow corn or beans. My yard grows perfect stands of clover with no soil tests or amendments. I'll deal with what I am dealt doing it this way.
Carry on.
I always add some lime when adding fertilizer.
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