Rates I've seen to assist with litter decomposition are 50# urea per acre. Using 25# cal nit makes my leaf/fruit samples test way too high N. Adding 50# urea/acre will blow the Universities testing machinery off the planet!
Mo Tougas On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Daniel Cooley <dcoo...@umass.edu> wrote: > If you’re not chopping leaves, do that first. Then worry about the extra > urea. > > Dan > > > On Mar 21, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Jon Clements <jmcext...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I really question whether the urea will do much extra good given the cool > spring ambient and soil temperatures? > > Good luck. > > Jon > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 2:24 PM, David Doud <david_d...@me.com> wrote: > >> So - I applied urea in a spray last november, but I am not impressed with >> the breakdown of the apple leaf litter - I just ordered oil and copper for >> the first spray this spring and I wonder about adding urea into the mix in >> hopes of accelerating decomposition - - any reason not too? >> >> David Doud - grower IN - almost green tip on early blooming varieties - >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> apple-crop@virtualorchard.com >> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > > > > -- > JMCEXTMAN > Jon Clements > cleme...@umext.umass.edu > aka 'Mr Liberty' > aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' > IM mrhoneycrisp > 413.478.7219 <(413)%20478-7219> > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > -- Maurice Tougas Tougas Family Farm Northborough,MA 01532 508-450-0844
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