To boost protein levels, the prime time to apply nitrogen is immediately after flowering. NDSU Extension Soil Scientist Dave Franzen says the recipe is ten gallons of 28 percent and ten gallons of water. “Put it on with flatpan nozzles broadcast in the cool of the day. It’s not good to do it in the evening because the wheat is so tired and it can burn it a lot.” Growers can expect a half-to-a full point increase in protein. Franzen advises farmers to avoid the so-called high efficiency nitrogen stabilizers. “It might work on a golf course, but it doesn’t work on a foliar.
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