The tgw does seem high this year , I've sown 47 from last year and 53 from new seed , 60 is a pita
Wheat seed rates
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Steevo
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Planning to start on Monday with DD’d wheat. Seed rate will be on the higher side as DD is often a bit thinner/slower getting going heading into the winter.
55kg TGW so also fairly high. Not that I worry too much about TGW.
55kg TGW so also fairly high. Not that I worry too much about TGW.
Mine was 52 last year
What variety is the 60. Costello ?
Skyscraper
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- East yorks
Got some Saki @ 60tgw
I suppose the tgw is high is because only the main tiller survived
average farmer
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Set the vaddy on 60 go at 70 on rougher bits and first time around the headlands . Overyeared seed not much in the bags and nice big seed .
I’ve never grown skyscraper , but looks like it’s a high tillering variety . Interesting trials that show that often, better yields and less risk of lodging are achieved by lower seed rates.
I am growing Extase for the first time, and have been told not to drill that too early or too thick .
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- the brecks norfolk
I'll look in the book to see what the drill was set on last year and aim for a cwt and a half and them open it up a notch or two if the seed bed looks less that 100% and gut feeling is to do it.
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- the brecks norfolk
Or shut it up a notch or to if I think I'm going to run out with only a round left and I dont want to go get more seedI'll look in the book to see what the drill was set on last year and aim for a cwt and a half and them open it up a notch or two if the seed bed looks less that 100% and gut feeling is to do it.
That’s my way of doing it. Never get too hung up on seeds per m or tgw.I'll look in the book to see what the drill was set on last year and aim for a cwt and a half and them open it up a notch or two if the seed bed looks less that 100% and gut feeling is to do it.
So if I dont put slug pellets on it will yield more
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- the brecks norfolk
I used to be forever fannying about calibrating much to the old chaps dismay but now unless it's new seed/different variety or type and I need it to fit a field exactly or its hybrid which is too fudging dear to get wrong. I just go with a guestimate.
It's coming off the heap so what difference is a few cwt going to make and it always looks right come the spring.
It's coming off the heap so what difference is a few cwt going to make and it always looks right come the spring.
we have all done that.Or shut it up a notch or to if I think I'm going to run out with only a round left and I dont want to go get more seed
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- East yorks
It will all go at 275kg/ha when we start,
Bought in Skyscraper seed i have is 62tgw this year.
Agronomist mentioned earlier in the year that it didn’t seem to tiller as well as some other varieties in the spring. Wonder if the two are linked?
yellow belly
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- south west lincolnshire
200 kg at 56 tgw for 2019 seed
200 kg for 54 tgw for 2020 seed at 96 germ and 90 % field factor 320plants
notill and like a thicker crop
a thicker crop is easier to manage then chasing a thin crop
next week move to dryer farm so increase seed if the forecast looks dry
lower seed rates In the 1980s were For mid September Emergence and drilling
200 kg for 54 tgw for 2020 seed at 96 germ and 90 % field factor 320plants
notill and like a thicker crop
a thicker crop is easier to manage then chasing a thin crop
next week move to dryer farm so increase seed if the forecast looks dry
lower seed rates In the 1980s were For mid September Emergence and drilling
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- NSW, Newstralya
40 kg / ha durum
333mm rows
333mm rows