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User: Peter Hudy

Created on: 2011-03-31

Observation Date 2011-03-30

Comment:
Fertilized LTER Main Site Treatment T1, all replications (reps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) with 0-0-60 Potash at 65 lbs/A. The 65 lbs/A provided 39 lbs/A K2O to the plots. No fertilizer was applied to the no-fertilizer, no-herbicide microplots located in the northwest corner of each plot: 5 meters (16.6 feet) from the north and 40 meters (133.3 feet) from the west. The fertilizer was applied with the JD 7420(a) tractor traveling at approximately 4.5 mph and Gandy Orbit-Air fertilizer applicator with a 30 ft boom, connected to a Raven 6000 monitor which controlled and monitored the application. For the Gandy/Raven set-up, the following were used: Density 70 lbs/cu ft; metering wheel 1 1/4” diameter (yellow); deflector spacing 22”; meter cal number 199; air pressure was 12 p.s.i.

Areas:
T1

Observation Type:
Fertilizer Application

Activities:

Worker: Commercial Applicator
Equipment: John Deere 7420a Tractor
Equipment: Gandy Orbit-Air (30' boom) • Material: Fertilizer 0-0-60 potash fertilizer @ 65.0 pound per acre

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