Table 1.    Sulfur effects in alfalfa-orchardgrass mixture at

 

     Lake Park, MN, in 2005.

 

Harvest date

 

Treatment

6-16

7-20

9-7

Total

 

-----------tons dry matter/acre-----------

 

 

 

 

 

Check

0.82

1.08

0.81

2.71

Ammonium sulfate

0.90

0.99

0.65

2.53

Zinc sulfate

2.01

1.98

0.94

4.94

Gypsum

1.99

1.95

1.15

5.09

S-15

1.98

2.00

1.09

5.07

Elemental sulfur

1.37

1.72

1.13

4.21

Max-In

0.99

1.01

0.76

2.76

50lb P + 100lb K/A§

0.94

0.94

0.72

2.61

 

 

 

 

 

     LSD 0.05

0.15

0.34

0.20

0.44

     CV, %

   7.7

 15.9

 15.3

   7.9

Sulfur applied at 20 lb S/acre, obviously short in third harvest.

Wrong treatment, the bag said ammonium sulfate, but we believe it was ammonium nitrate.

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All plots except the check received this treatment plus the sulfur treatment