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Top-Dressing Alfalfa

Top-dressing can help you get the most out of your alfalfa stands this year. Each cutting depletes nutrients from the soil that must be returned to insure you reach your yield potential.

The following chart shows the amounts of key nutrients that are taken away with each cutting:

Minerals Removed (Lbs./Acre) Tons/Acre of Alfalfa
  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phosphate 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 110
Potash 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600
Sulfur 14.3 19.0 23.8 28.5 33.3 38.0 42.8 47.5
Zinc .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1.0

This chart is designed to estimate alfalfa removal of fertilizer nutrients. To properly build soil fertility levels, use the recommendations from a soil test.

 

       
 

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