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There are lots of choices. Daisy at greenbest has some, as do rigby taylor and progreen. All with give sound advice, so call them. However, how are you going to get sufficient Kg N / Ha with a liquid only programme? Do you have a target?
Can you elaborate on why liquid might be a problem there? And I don't have a target... I have to admit its not something I have a whole lot of knowledge on in the first place.
Mainly going with liquid because I have a knapsack sprayer ready for it, and don't have a spreader or the desire to spend any money on one.
I have had very good results from liquide seaweed, greens up very quickly and not too expensive.
It's not a problem ish, just a very different regime.
So, take a spring granular fertiliser say with 18% N, will put down at a typical, but not high 30g / m2. This will give 54kg N / Ha and could last anywhere from 6-20 weeks depending on product used. Typical product we use lasts around 10-12 weeks.
A similar spring liquid feriliser with say 17% N will put down only 24kg N /Ha at a high 120L/HA rate, and a more typical rate around 16kg N/Ha, and will last 4-6 weeks.
So in simple terms, the liquid is putting down less than 1/3 of the nutrients and only lasts around 1/2 the time needed...unless you modify the application timing to be every month or so...just like bowling or gold greens.
Liquids definetly have their place; we use them, but you can't simply slot them into a standard lawn care programme and expect the same results.
Hi Ben,
Andrew is spot on. It depends on how often you want to treat the lawn; if your plan is once a month then liquids will do otherwise, you should consider a granular.
Happy to chat if you want some help. It would be good to know a bit more about what you are wanting to achieve and what kind of operation you are running before suggesting a product that might not be suited :)
Thanks for that, how do I get in touch with you?
Ben, if you click on Daisy’s avatar above her post, LJN will direct you to her Profile page showing contact details etc ....
Hi Ben,
I've put something together for you on email...probably easier to go through the options so you can soak it in and do the calcs as to what you think your customers might pay and how complicated you want to get with offering 'add ons'.
Cheers
Richard@ Progreen
Cheers for that.. .I await your email!
I’ll be switching to some liquid feeds too this year, so it’ll be good to hear what results you get. I don’t mind granular feeds via spreader on squarish(ish) lawns, but this method can be a pain on irregular lawns, even with a drop spreader.
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