Food Plots Fertilizer 2026

[tellico4x4]

Went ahead & placed my order today for 7,200# 0-20-20 @16.75/bag & 1,600# 17-17-17 @18.80/bag. While at it, went ahead & ordered 6,000# pellatized lime @5.50/bag. Feel certain that it's all going up & didn't want to wait.

 

[deerhunter10]

Not easier and cheaper to get all of that in bulk? I think its going to get higher as well. Be interesting if it gets likes 2022

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Been meaning to check fertilizer prices, but I've been out of town. This is probably a good gauge. We limed over 30 tons last year.

 

[megalomaniac]

fertilizer prices are skyrocketing....

 

[TN1BUCK]

Did you use local co-op?

 

[tellico4x4]

Did you use local co-op?

No, bought from a local business. He's been best price here since opening 5 years ago. He buys a 18 wheeler load at time from some place in MS. I just have to get my order in early. He also stores for me until I need in April.

 

[TN1BUCK]

Thanks for the info. That price is really good.

 

[Wiley]

No, bought from a local business. He's been best price here since opening 5 years ago. He buys a 18 wheeler load at time from some place in MS. I just have to get my order in early. He also stores for me until I need in April.

When I lived in Lexington I got my seed and fertilizer from Clemmons & Hamner.

 

[tellico4x4]

When I lived in Lexington I got my seed and fertilizer from Clemmons & Hamner.

Good friends for 30+ years and they do all my seed blends. Great people to deal, but seed is their forte and do it better than anyone I think. Only fertilizer they keep in stock is 13-13-13 & some pellatized lime.

FYI, many of the big name seed brands with buck pic on bag, comes from them. Biologic & CO-OP does a lot of business with them.

 

[Coker]

Just purchased pelletized lime at Rural King for $4.99 per 40lb bag. The CO-OP was $6.24 for the same

 

[backyardtndeer]

Just purchased pelletized lime at Rural King for $4.99 per 40lb bag. The CO-OP was $6.24 for the same

Saw that on their sale flyer in an e-mail I looked at yesterday. I may just skip fertilizing my clover plots this spring, and just lime them, they look great right now.

 

[tellico4x4]

Spreading now, sure hope the Super El Nino comes to pass this summer

 

[BSK]

I don't want to know what you spent.

 

[skipperbrown]

My local quarry has -1/8" limestone for $12/ton. That's 24 cents per 50#. I just put out 14 tons. If you can get quarry lime and have a way to spread it, it's a whole lot cheaper.

 

[tellico4x4]

I don't want to know what you spent.

Not as bad as it could be. Enough 0-20-20 for now & fall, 17-17-17 for fall annual & pellatized lime for plots we can't get truck to. Booked it all in late January. Been waiting on moisture before doing clover.

 

[tellico4x4]

My local quarry has -1/8" limestone for $12/ton. That's 24 cents per 50#. I just put out 14 tons. If you can get quarry lime and have a way to spread it, it's a whole lot cheaper.

Wonder how long it takes 1/8" to break down?

 

[Popcorn]

Wonder how long it takes 1/8" to break down?

A couple hundred years ago in an abrasive / corrosive environment.

A like a little gravel in my soil.

 

[skipperbrown]

Wonder how long it takes 1/8" to break down?

I don't know, but 1/8" is the biggest particle and dust is the smallest. It looks a lot like coarse sand.

 

[MickThompson]

A couple hundred years ago in an abrasive / corrosive environment.

A like a little gravel in my soil.

Gotta have a little something in n there to keep the disc coulters razor sharp, right?

 

[megalomaniac]

Picking up 2500lbs of 18-48-90 this weekend to put down... $839. and that is HALF the amount I need