I'd be willing to bet the farmer who strip tilled cover crops in sb stubble was using the dry fertilizer delivery system for blowing his cover crop on.
Cover crops can help scavenge and cycle applied fertilizer, but termination timing is important to make sure the nutrients are available for subsequent cash crops. Here are some articles from the Cover Crop Strategies website that go into more detail: www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/1740-cover-crops-make-fertilizer-more-available www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/1182-use-cover-crops-to-help-save-fertilizer www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/815-using-cover-crops-to-take-up-nutrients
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I'd be willing to bet the farmer who strip tilled cover crops in sb stubble was using the dry fertilizer delivery system for blowing his cover crop on.
Do cover crops tie up any of the nutrients from the fertilizer applied?
Cover crops can help scavenge and cycle applied fertilizer, but termination timing is important to make sure the nutrients are available for subsequent cash crops. Here are some articles from the Cover Crop Strategies website that go into more detail:
www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/1740-cover-crops-make-fertilizer-more-available
www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/1182-use-cover-crops-to-help-save-fertilizer
www.covercropstrategies.com/articles/815-using-cover-crops-to-take-up-nutrients