I think the beer party in the field would be cheaper & more effective than that Root Magic scammer.
Actually that sort of product from a reputable place is beoming quite popular, it tops off a field with the right lime and fertilizer to start with, an extra push. The micros are indeed important. But you gotta start with good soil with good fertility already, not skipping the real applications.
2 gallons are about 20 lbs of product.
Typically one applies 500-5000 lbs of lime to a field low on lime, to help it out for the next 5 years or so. How does this 20 lbs of product help a whole acre with ph?
A 16-8-4 product applied at 20 lbs per acre is 3.2 lbs of N, 1.6 lbs of P, and .8 lb of K spread per acre. About a worthless amount. Your hay will use up remaining nutrients in your soil trying to grow, and this magic spray will make it 'look' greener for a week, and one thinks wonders what it does. Actually, it is depeating your soil of nutrients, and leaving you much poorer for the next years, as you need to deal with poor soils now.....
The micros, which were not mentioned as to what they were, can be worthwhile _IF_ your plants are well fed with N, P, and K to the levels they need.
Without a soil test, you have no idea what ph your soil has, how much N,P, or K is in the soil.
_No one_ can tell you their fertilizer will feed the whole crop with a set amount of fert unless they know what your soil tests to begin with. _No one_ can say their product will satisfy all ph issues with one set rate.
On that alone, I would _never_ do business with a scammer like this. He is lying to you.
But, I'm not against a good micro, or a foliar product, from a good company that gets your soil right to begin with with good fertility products, and then puts these light applications over the top.
One can't really believe 20 lbs of magic liquid is going to substitute for a 1000 lbs of real fertilizer and lime, would you? We only get 45-50 crops in our life if we are lucky, it really hurts to mess one up by skimping too much on magic products.
--->Paul
