This Investment Is The Future Of Farming | How Foliar Feeding Works!
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- The secret is out! We have FINALLY bit the bullet and put our money where our mouth is.
The TOW AND FERT is here!
I even get the white board out for an explanation in foliar feeding.
I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
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Brilliant video, very well explained, can't wait to see it in action ❤
Got to ask could you of used your amazon sprayer instead? would you have more precision?
hiya James well explained video you have done better than me after seeing it first when you demoded it on lime I inquired about a little one for the ATV and after they rang me and said they would be in touch I never heard anything after that ☹ your money must be better than mine 🤣
Great video and a great explanation of what it does and how it works and how the foliar system works.
Hi James Nice one be good to see when you get out in the field with it Thanks again
Great video, I’ve always found it better to understand the ‘how’ behind a concept.
As I was watching I was wondering how the roots would be affected, and you then went on to explain that really well.
Sounds way more efficient but also kinder & more beneficial to the soil - looking forward to seeing the results in your grass
Thanks Niamh,
Planning on doing quite a lot of different things with the machine this year so hopefully I will really be able to show case its worth to people via the channel. If I can work out how, id love to do some testing over time to show improvement in the soil health on the farm.
This has been a grate video to explain how this works I’ve always been unsure about the workings,grate work James.
Great video James, really informative and pleased you bought the tow & fert knew you would
Thank Kai, Its an awesome machine and I'm really looking forward to putting it to use properly this year. Keep an eye out for me being neck deep in grass!!!
9:25 Wouldnt it be the same issue with roots if the plant is just given what it needs straight to the leaf? Surely the roots wouldn't have to go mining for nutrients the same as traditional fertiliser? Also, by putting normal fertiliser bags into it, are you not just creating liquid fert? Whats stopping the "foliar" stuff landing on the floor and getting into the plant via roots? How are you differentiating liquid and foliar because dissolving bag fert in water then spraying it on is exactly how liquid fert works? I cant see the difference, just think youve bought a small sprayer with liquid fert nozzles on
Was thinking just this !
Hey Henry,
Thanks for your questions. Ill try my best to explain it as simply as possible (its quite complicated with lots of moving parts) but to start with ill recommend reading a book called 'For the love of soil' - Nicole Masters.
Where to start... The reason why plants don't mine for nutrients in a granular or liquid fert situation isn't necessarily to do with he plant being fed or not, its actually to do with the soil. When using fert traditionally, the soil stops functioning naturally because the fertiliser creates an environment that is unsuitable i.e Inbalance in PH, bacterial/fungi ratio, carbon nitrogen ration etc. Therefore when the plant signals nutrients, the soil biology can't respond to bring them what is needed. Over time this leads to the issues that we see now regarding soil aggregates, water infiltration, organic matter etc.
To your point about foliar landing on the soils. Foliar is generally applied to a leafy plant which hopefully should cover most if not all bare soils but even when it doesn't the concentrations of foliar N are so low in comparison to granular or liquid N that any run off is negligible but I agree, still present. The other difference is that through a Tow and Fert you can add extra carbon sources, biologicals and bio stimulants to the tank mix at the same time, effectively offsetting the residual fert that does find itself on the soil and actively feed the soil biology at the same time.
The nozzles on a Tow and Fert are very different to that of a liquid fertiliser spreader. They work more like a splash plate on a tanker rather than a dribble bar like you would expect from a liquid fert applicator.
As I said, a lot to unpick, but appreciate your question. You could also look on the tow and fert website and read some of their news letters which includes a lot of science behind the concept.
@baldysfarm okay, when I have used foliar fertiliser (mz28) on wheat it's been sprayed on at 150l water at something like 30l of mz28 through normal spray nozzles into the canopy. Just a different way around it I suppose
nice video james
Great video James just a question do u think foliar application could be done using a standard tractor sprayer without having to invest in the tow and fert system??
Yes you can use a normal sprayer to a certain extent. I been dissolving urea in an ibc with a pump in the bottom to stir it up. Then suck it into the sprayer. Urea is easy it's when you start to add humates and other things it blocks the filter. Iv ordered a tow and fert to speed it all up
This is this the biggest game changer?! I watched the earlier vids too. Amazing. What's max width & can traditional sprayers be adapted?
It's awesome Jeff. Really excited to show it off properly this season. So the answer would be yes and no. Max width with out machine is about 18m but the large ones will do 24m. They are looking at potentially making a bigger width machine but it's taking a lot of time to plan etc.
A traditional sprayer in theory could spread the foliar N but where the tow and fert wins out is that you can add products like molasses, hamates, boistimulants, dirt water and even small seeds to the tank mix. This is because of the nozzle size as well as the custom designed trash pump on the machine, which allows it to handle the trickier products.
Super interesting…. So are you buying the same nitrogen you would for bog standing fertiliser spreader but diluting it with water?
If it’s say 45% better efficiency what’s return on investment? Whats a ball park figure for the machine? Looks super simple but well built .
Health to use and more videos on it please 🙏 👌
Like how the stabiliser newsletter today describes you as 'youtuber' James Herrick
If it rains heavy at spring a flooded area ends up YELLOW aswell
Who did you buy it off in Ireland James ?
I know you might not want to say but what kind of money is one say without the towing kit
Hi James I have to ask would this fertiliser method work on arable or is it just grass?
Price is the problem of A TOW an Fert
You possibly have the wheels on the wrong way round
Don’t worry, we got that worked out before we started 😂 we nearly did though.