Plenty of growers have no in-furrow setup and no intention of buying one. NutriCharge LST puts phosphorus protection on the seed instead — and over the first four weeks, replicated studies put it level with starter fertilizer applied in the furrow.
A liquid starter system is a tank, a pump, plumbing, a hose to every row and a pass you have to plan around. For a lot of operations that is thousands of dollars and a maintenance job to get a response they can already see is real.
So the choice has usually been to buy the infrastructure or go without. LST is the third answer: the same charge control chemistry, applied to the seed before it ever reaches the planter.
Every seed carries its own phosphorus protection, so the supply is in contact with the root the moment it emerges rather than a band away.
It goes on with the seed treatment you already apply. No tank to fill, no lines to prime, nothing to clean out at the end of the day.
The charge control that protects phosphate in the furrow is the charge control on the seed. Only the delivery changes.
That is the claim worth testing, because it is the one a grower without a starter rig actually cares about: does protection on the seed do as much as the furrow would have? Over the first four weeks, replicated work says it does.
Phosphorus delivered over the first 28 days. Replicated university studies.
The chemistry releases phosphorus already held in the soil around the seed, rather than relying only on what you applied.
Charge control stops what has been released from being locked straight back up by the calcium, iron and aluminum around it.
Better early root development is what the treated stands show, and a bigger root reaches more of the soil the phosphorus is in.
| Small grains | 3–4 oz per hundredweight of seed — wheat, barley, oats and similar |
| Other crops | Ask an agronomist. Rates outside small grains are set per crop rather than from a single table |
| When | Applied to the seed before planting. Coat it thoroughly — uneven coverage is uneven delivery |
| With other treatments | Compatible with most. Run a jar test first when you are stacking it with anything else |
| Pack | 2 × 2.5 gallon cartons |
If you do have in-furrow, don't use this. Treat your liquid starter with standard NutriCharge instead — in-furrow placement with treated fertilizer beats seed-applied, and we would rather tell you that than sell you the wrong one. LST exists for the growers who cannot do that.
We make three answers for growers without in-furrow, and they are not interchangeable. This is the honest split.
Treat the liquid starter you already run. Best phosphorus efficiency of the three, because placement and protection are working together.
Goes on the seed as a liquid. Matches in-furrow starter over the first 28 days without any furrow equipment at all.
A dry treatment that replaces the talc or graphite already in the box. Nothing to mix, nothing to treat ahead of time.
Not sure? Five questions will place you, or an agronomist will do it on the phone in less time than it takes to read this page.
Tell us your crop, your seed treater and what you are already putting on, and we will tell you the rate — or tell you to use something else.