I did this years ago using a 400 cyclo with the seed units removed. First don't get too close to the plants as your openers will be cutting roots.Secondly the machine will sway a bit so extra clearance beside the row is a good thing. Most importantly though urea can be a real pain to handle in this kind of setup. It is one of the more caustic fertilizers in your wagon. Urea absorbs moisture from the air more than other fertilizers which makes it more inclined to lump up and flow poorly. Absorbing moisture also means it will mark the inside of a V box by the second day in really humid weather. Urea is less dense than MAP or muriate of potash. Your charts are not even close to what you will put on and the fluffiness can make it flow poorly in the applicator.
I did it. It worked with the fertilizer augers spinning as fast as I could get them to go but I believe the output rate varied with the humidity as the urea took up moisture. I cultivated in June anyway so I switched to bulk spreading ahead of the cultivator. My local fertilizer dealer always wanted to be out of urea at the end of planting so I had to travel to get urea the last year I sidedressed.
Would I do it again? The theory behind it is sound and it should be the best way. When I could make the fertilizer flow I raised some of my best corn. I live near London Ontario with Lake huron to the west,Lake Erie to the south Ontario to my east and Georgian bay north of me. I always had too much humidity to make the urea flow and I didn't have a fertilizer auger on my wagon so I had to hand bomb all the fertilizer. I still believe it should work well if you can work the kinks out of the system.
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