Is a bold seed sample a 'better' seed sample?!

[B&B Pig Man]

Thought I'd start a new thread for this, as the other bass already gone far enough off topic.

Does dressing your own seed to get a bolder sample really make any difference?!

I was always brought up with a 'thin' seed grows just as well as a 'bold' one?!

Fact or fiction?!

 

[Gilchro]

Bold sample would be starchier. More starch = more energy.
However Not sure if it would make a massive difference unless sowing a little deeper. If all grains at the same depth, then all should reach the surface at the same time, therefore energy required shouldn't change much.

 

[Clive]

In a year like this I can't help but think bolder must be better ? Simply more reserves to feed on until the plant can sustain itself ?

 

[Pint]

A bolder sample will have more vigour, ie better plants. Mind you the crap I have seen being put in drills , some seem to get away with it.

 

[Pilatus]

If you do a simple germination test, by putting 100 seed grains on some damp kitchen towel,will it give you some idea. I did this last Autumn and although most grains grew their was a big difference in their vigour, just makes me wonder if that is why so many crops did not grow very well.

 

[Stoxs]

In a year like this I can't help but think bolder must be better ? Simply more reserves to feed on until the plant can sustain itself ?

Intersting
This Autumn i drilled a field with 2012 seed, but we had a bag from 2011 left in shed so we put that in the drill , I cant see any difference to be hontest.

The grains were one extreme to the other , 2011 was cracking looking wheat, 2012 was no better than seconds ! germination looks the same and at present all the plants looks the same.

A clean sample very important and an even sample be it big or small.

 

[franklin]

Yes. I want to buy bigger seeds, even if it is psychological, and would pay for it, even for a placebo!

 

[crazy_bull]

I lost a large order of seed a few years back ( couple of hundred tonnes) because our tgw was greater than the competitions and so they went with them as they would need less tonnes of seed!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Grass seed screenings dad used to get as it was cheaper both ways