Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Fertilization Liquid Fertilizer

We have an 80 acre lake in central Alabama and are considering going to liquid fertilizer this season. Does anyone have a good source to purchase this from? Could we assume it comes in a dry form and we mix it with water?
Many Thanks

Greg Grimes knows his stuff when it comes to fertilizer. Maybe he will chime in and give you some good advice! You can also check his site out at

www.lakework.com

It is an actual liquid. Don't know of a source for you but we use liquid fert. On our farm it is easy to handle but a little less concentrated then dry.

kingfish have we spoke in the past? I just bought over 20 tons of water soluble so LOVE to sell some to help with cash flow. Have you used water soluble in the past? Many folks switch back and forth and reality is you need to apply the right nutrients in proper amounts or maybe it is flow or alkalnity issue. Does not really mattter what from of phosphorus or nitrogen, key is haivng it int he water column so phytoplankton can utilize it. Water soluble is much easier and efficient and many times cheaper.

If your setup with large tanks to buy liquid in bulk and mixing tanks liquid can save you money. However if not most find it much more difficult to apply. You will need to mix 4 gallons of water to every gallon of pond fertilizer otherwise being more dense than water (11 lbs/gal) it cna quickly settle to bottom.

This means to Jump start bloom you will need to handle nearly 4000 lbs to fertilize your 80 acre lake. This is fertilizer applied at 2 gallons and water to dilute. Compare this to jump start with water soluble at 8 lbs/acre or 640 lbs. It will go right into solution.

This year we will promote the use of urea for first applicaiton. 10 lbs/acre. More ponds seem to be nirtogen limited in the early season. Also we have spend extra money to add micronutrients to the package. Some ponds just might need a little boron, etc. and that is what has limited the bloom in the past.

Anyway that is the background feel free to contact for quote on product and freight. We just came back from fishery meetings and the state agency was excited abotu our price. Might be able to bring when going west to buy some fish. Thanks and good luck.

Water soluble is by far the easiest to use. IMO the second easiest way is regular granular product (several types (0-46-0 + some 13-13 13 or even some 45-0-0 can be mixed to give the right mixture) placed on platforms. The most difficult is liquid as you have to mix it and wash it around the pond by motor or sprayer. You can't just dump liquid into the pond.