Barley seed rate

[nick...]

Hopefully going to do last bit of barley tomorrow.got plenty of seed so how much should I put on.200kg?
Nick...

 

[Brisel]

All of it! 450 seeds/m2+ which will be 250 kg/ha, assuming it's not hybrid.

 

[nick...]

Not hybrid.lg mountain
Nick...

 

[farmerm]

all of it or none of it! Been defeated by the weather and having the wrong fields for barley this year so wont be growing any

 

[Davylad]

If it were hybrid Bazooka .. what seed rate would you recommend and would there be yield penalty at this stage given the extra cost ? Thanks

 

[Brisel]

Hybrids will still have better yield potential, so try not to look at the seed cost when it out yields your neighbour’s conventional varieties when you’re in the pub next August!

I don’t know what the genuine answer is to your question. Ask your Syngenta rep. If a September rate is 200 seeds/m2 you’d want to be close to 300 now IMO.

 

[Davylad]

Thanks @Brisel for your reply... find it hard to get past 10t/ha consistently! Cheers...

 

[Bury the Trash]

Hopefully going to do last bit of barley tomorrow.got plenty of seed so how much should I put on.200kg?
Nick...

More like 2cwt an acre now ir.

 

[David.]

Interesting, I gave never put on that much winter barley seed; would certainly put 230kg of spring barley, in april but never put winter that high. Not saying you are wrong mind.
Was discussing hybrid with agro last week, he gave a good impression that Syngenta are pisstakers.
5ha packs, 500kg, so only 100kg/ha at std rate, take out slugs, poor seedbed, delayed drilling, etc, reckon they can keep it.

 

[Brisel]

Hybrids do tiller well, much better than conventionals, but need the growing season to do so. Any barley put in now wants a big hit of N as soon as spring growth starts to maximise tillering depending on how many plants/m2 you've got. Syngenta's husbandry protocols for hybrids aren't bad, if you use better fungicides than theirs e.g. prothioconazole.

 

[Davylad]

And at times depending on TGW there is 470-480kgs in the bags !!

 

[bobk]

2 cwt if not more

 

[BigBarl]

If it were hybrid Bazooka .. what seed rate would you recommend and would there be yield penalty at this stage given the extra cost ? Thanks

from memory I don’t think Syngenta recommend going much over 280 seeds. That said, I wouldn’t be shy if I had more seed in stock at this stage.