First point is IME it is very easy to OD with this stuff so a low dose application, even if it must be repeated, is far better than trying to fix it all at once.

Second, why is incorporating it into the soil as recommended not possible? Granted it is best applied - as with all soil amendments - prior to planting. But even after planting, a simple low-dose 4" deep hoe trench side dressing of the rows is all that is needed. If your garden is small or so intensively planted that side-dressing isn't possible then using liquid applications is the best and plant-safest route to go.

Yes, it will work its way down and out into the soil to a degree. Which is why a 4" deep side dressing works so well. But the goal, the 6-8" deep root zone, makes surface application basically a waste of time and product.

IMO proper side-dressing of plants is always the most efficient and effective method of any supplement applications AFTER crops are in place.

Dave

For lawns or woodies etc would be the only reason I wouldn’t incorporate.

Lawns or woodies wouldn't normally need it for any reason or wouldn't need it in this particular format. But I suppose, if one wanted to use it on a lawn, since grass has much more shallow root system a surface application just as one does with any normal lawn fertilizers would work.

Dave

I tend to think about too many “what ifs”...