The increase in adoption of no till management practiced in Southern Brazil is leading farmers to wonder about the advantages of fertilizer application in winter crops to be fed by the subsequent summer crop. Such practice would potentially result in a more flexible seeding schedule and a more efficient use of machinery, work force and fertilizers. This work had the objective of evaluating the anticipation of the phosphorus and potassium application from summer to winter. The experiment was made in 2002 and 2003, in SLC Agrícola Ltda at Fazenda Paineira in Coronel Bicaco, RS, in a Hapludox with high levels of phosphorus and potassium. The treatments were composed of the application in the winter crop of the recommended fertilizers for the next summer crop, in the seed line or broadcast distribution. The experiment was arranged in a randomized block design with three blocks and nine treatments. A low response was noticed in grain yield with the phosphorus and potassium application in soil with high levels of these nutrients, indicating that in these conditions the application of recommended fertilizers for summer crop in the winter crop, can be justified by the operation facilities in the system application of fertilizers.
fertilizers management; crops succession; fertilization
