Food Plots fertilizer question

[diamond hunter]

OK,quick question,I got my soil samples back and I went to co-op and got a quote to buy the recommended amount of fertilizer that whitetail institute gave me. Will corn require that full amount of fertilizer since Im growing it for deer or can I cut it back some? Its about $200-$250 per acre in fertilizer alone.

 

[chebuck]

What was the analysis?

 

[diamond hunter]

Let me respond laterin a couple hours and I will tell yall,when I look are you looking for what number>? The amount of fertilizer needed?

 

[chebuck]

You should have a breakdown of pounds or units of every nutrient. But I'm not familiar with the whitetail institute samples. If you pm me or post a picture of the sample I'm sure we could figure it out.

 

[diamond hunter]

OK,the nitrogen needed was 183 and the phosphate needed was 37 and potash was 108. The report said I needed 370lbs of triple 10 and 429lbs of 34-0-0 and 118 lbs of 0-0-60

 

[chebuck]

I'll check in the morning the price. My guess is they were quoting it to you in bags. If you have access to a tractor then you could put it in a buggy and buy bulk fertilizer.

 

[diamond hunter]

Yep I have a tractor and would buy bulk if possible.Im just trying to find out what I have to put down to get a decent yield.Ill be glad to send a picture text to anyone who can post the report on this page.

 

[Kimber45]

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[diamond hunter]

Kimber,thank you so much you are a big help to me

 

[Hunter 257W]

You can certainly put out less than they recommend and still get a decent crop yield. Soil test results are for optimum yield and as you say, when we are growing a crop just to feed to wild animals it's not the end of the world if we don't produce 250 bushels of corn/acre. I've typically used 200 to 250 lbs of 13-13-13 or 15-15-15 per acre in the past for corn food plots. I get a couple of long full ears per stalk doing that and the field lasts most of the way through the Winter. There's no need to break the bank to feed varmints.