Technical Specifications
Crops:
Cereals, oilseed rape and maize
Application Timing:
During March for winter cereals. Before, at, or after drilling for Maize
Recommended Dose:
2.5 litre/ha
Water Volumes:
100 - 200 litres water/ha 400-600 litres liquid UAN/ha
Spray Quality :
MEDIUM as defined by BCPC
Nozzles:
All conventional nozzles
Maximum Dose:
Do not apply more than a total of 5 L of N-Lock per hectare per year, 125 days must elapse between applications
Active Ingredient:
200 g/litre nitrapyrin
Pack size:
10 Litres
Formulation:
CS Capsule Solution (Microencapsulation)
How to use N-Lock - Maize
- Apply muck / digestate and plough in (February - April)
- Option 1
- Apply before pre-drilling cultivations +/- glyphosate
- Incorporation - soil movement to a depth of 50 mm and min tine spacing of 20 cm
- If N-Lock is not physically incorporated to 50 mm, then 12 mm of rainfall is required within 10 days of application
- Option 2
- Mix with pre-em herbicide or liquid fertilisers if rain is imminent
- Option 3
- Wait until rain is forecast and apply alone (can be sprayed in then rain) at 100 L/ha water volume
How to use N-Lock - Cereals and Oilseed Rape
- Apply using a farm sprayer
- Rainfall (12 mm within 10 days of application) or several nights of heavy dew is needed to get the N-Lock into the soil
- Can be applied in the rain (when applied alone)
- N-Lock can be applied with T0's in winter cereals (see tank mix list)
- N-Lock is best applied near to the main spring fertiliser application (typically March time, or early April further north).
Where should you use N-Lock?
- Use where nitrogen losses can be high, such as permeable soils, or soils prone to waterlogging
- Use on high potential crops where maximum nitrogen efficiency is required
- Use as an aid to organic manure management
- Use where a regular supply of nitrogen to the plant is required throughout its growing cycle