What kind are you adding? 28?

What exactly does this do? Also, if this is wheat, aren't the elevators kind of iffy of foreign chem. on the wheat?

 

I was actually looking at the label today wondering if i could do that. my dry-land corners needed a little fert and need a burn-down before drilling. wanted to kill 2 birds with one stone. we use ams but haven't tried 28 or 32. is there any compatibility problems?

 

We are using 28-0-0 it seems to give the plants a little growing boost and takes the chemical in faster,its also suppose to help with any hard water issues,does the same as adding ammonium salfate.There have been tests done where they used fert instead of water and chemical still worked fine.

 

Recommended rate for 28% is 1 quart per acre when used instead of ams.

 

We have been using 1 liter per acre which is very colse to same.

 

Always add 28 or AMS with water for glyphosate. Use AMS, ammonium sulphate at a rate of .5 liter per 4 gallons spray water. Allows us to our deep well water for spraying and eliminate hardness. Also use it with Select and with Achieve, both don not like hard water.

 

Have a field of canola to spray with glyphosate and pod seal tank mixed and cant decide if I should also use some 28 to help speed it up? Do you think it could make pod seal not work?

 

Just curious since I've never had to deal with hard water, but will a common surfactant help in any way, concerning this issue?

I also know hard water deposits will clog lines and nozzles.

 

Already good surfactant in the glyphosate,will do very little for the hard water.

 

How many qts or gals of 32% per acre is to much with glyphosate over beans?

 

Okay. I've never dealt with hard water from any rural source I've worked with, but have been to places where water is as hard as a rock. Well, almost.

Still, I've never had to mix chems with anything harder than most city tap water, so got to thinking that a good surfactant may help break it down[?].

I would say artificially softened water, but it's really just plain old salt added to it. Can salt interfere with the fert or glyphosate is the big question. It may hurt the plants. I know it makes cats sick.

 

We use a product called Request to help with hard water issues. It is different than just a crop oil type surfactant. Can't say about all the mixing requirements though.

 

We started using a product called Choice that addresses both hard water issues as well as pH. For us, the hardness doesn't seem to be a problem as much as the high pH of the water is. I think UAP manufactures or distributes it. Typically, almost one 10 litre jug will bring the pH down on 800 gallons of water. The stuff smells like vinegar, though.

 

Probably is vinegar -acetic acid is a pretty weak acid so isn't deadly, but it may be probably enough to lower the pH in our water. Those mountains made of limestone and dolomite to the west really buffer our water (and our soils as well). As my soils teacher at LCC said "Let'r acid rain, baby!"