Where do you buy your paddock fertiliser?

[kit279]

I'm planning to fertilise my fields in early spring and got the kit to do it this year - just wondering where is the best/most reasonable place to buy fertiliser. I have 10 acres to do and expecting to use 100kg per acre so need a ton and wondering where is best to get it!

Any recommendations?

I'm based in East Anglia if that helps.

 

[Jules19]

You could try Frontier Agriculture, I am unsure whether they deal with the public as such, but worth a try. They do a good blend without too much Nitrogen, which they supply to the stud contractors round here, either called a grassland base mix or sugar beet blend depending on what they are calling it this week! Formula is 16-7-7-7Mg -13Na2O. They deliver in 600kg bags so you may have to get 1.2t. Tel no is 01522 556600 and Paul Overton is the rep that deals with the area/studs, I believe.

 

[martlin]

Most people around me buy from frontier, too. Also worth going to one of the collective agri sales held by Pygott&Crone or Brown&Co, you can sometimes pick up some fairly cheap, especially if it is in small bags.

 

[FairyLights]

local agri merchants. if you ask for potato fert then you will get 16:16:16 rather than 20:10:10 . this gives lots of root growth stuff and not so much nitrogen so you get a healthy sward without a massive grass growth that could lead to lami.

 

[Merlin11]

I get mine at carrs billing ton. They do slow growing stuff suitable for horses. They will normally give good advice if you say what it is for.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

the guy who harrows weed kills and fertilizes ours looks at our field orders what we need and does the job

i think you need someone like this if you dont know which to get
or have soil anailized