How much Bermuda grass can I grow with 150 lb of Ammonium nitrate applied per acre?
150 lbs of Amm. Nitrate is about 50 units of N. A good rule of thumb is that for every addition 50 units of N added, we would expect a ton of production. We normally expect Bermuda grass to produce 1 ton without fertilizer so adding 50 units of N should increase our production to 2 tons per acre. A better strategy would be to add 100 units of N to increase production to 3 tons per acre since the Bermuda is more efficient at these higher levels of nitrogen fertility. If the pasture has not been fertilized in previous years expect it to take two years before you see an increase in forage production. The first year application will be used by the plants to spread with little or no increase in forage production.
