More Data on GMS Placement for Corn
In The Growers Solution Spring 2019, Volume 32 Issue 2, edition, a discussion about the placement of GMS in soil during planting of corn was discussed in detail. This article suggested that placing GMS in different positions in the soil while planting was helping farmers achieve more economic success. The article suggested that by placing the GMS at different soil positions at the same time, more biological activity was occurring in the eventual root zone of the seed. The volume of GMS used at various positions depended on the goal of the producers.
For example, the producer may want to lower the volume placed on the seed but keep the same volume of applied GMS, so the rest was placed at a different position. Another example was the producer who wanted to lower the amount of GMS used on the seed and to lower the amount of GMS foliar sprayed, but he placed those volumes not used for in-furrow and foliar on at a 2 x 2 position.
With that in mind, the Growers Research & Education Team worked with farmers to see if this approach of various placements of GMS in soil helped the growing crop.
The image see here shows the different positions that farmers have placed GMS in the soil while planting corn:
G-1: Conventional in-furrow application position
G-2: Surface applied position with a small amount of soil covering (spider covering wheels)
G-3: Conventional 2 x 2 position (2 inches beside the seed and 2 inches below the seed)
With the upheaval in the fertilizer industry for the 2022 crop year, the Growers Research & Education Team believes that placing GMS in various positions may help the producer get the most effect from their fertilizer dollar.
Also, research work conducted for the Growers Research & Education Team suggests that more added GMS to the seed environment may result in better economic results than using products that are considered necessary for the most economic results for growing corn. Anyone interested in pursuing more seed placement information should contact their local GMS sales representative or Growers Mineral, Corp. at Milan, Ohio.
This is an excerpt from the Spring Growers Solution (2022) written by Research & Education Team.
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