Devon James
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- Location
- Devon
[emoji106] Have Graham, Avatar, Skyfall and this Gleam to choose from. What's the odds of not getting any window in Jan or Feb? High I fear. Jan and Feb this year was a one off.
Over yearing wheat seed
- Thread starter Laggard
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Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
That's almost inviting blending of 1% or so.....
Because the date on the label is always supposed to be the year of certification in the field.
Blending subverts the rules.
It should be banned.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
No not legally, and no the greatest at over wintering. Bloody stuff to be honest im glad its gone, burnt the skin on my face this year when filling the drill. (great on wireworm though!)
- Location
- Lincolnshire
In my experience it will have a germination between 10% and 95% next year (generally if its on the damp side it will be lower), the ONLY way to know is test it and drill accordingly.
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yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
I will plant a couple of fields for home saving if we get a dry enough 2 weeks
the seed was not delivered till after it rained or it would have been planted
the seed was not delivered till after it rained or it would have been planted
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
I can see why you have that view.
But, firstly it rarely happens and I mean rarely. So for example I can only recall us doing it once or twice in the last 4 years. We would only tend to do it when we were trying to ensure we had enough multiplication seed of a variety, so not commercial and you would blend in such a proportion that you would be sure to come out with a high germ. If not you risk losing both the seed lot with the high germ and the one with the lower.
You then have to go through the certification process with your new samples in the same way you would for a crop from a new harvest.
There is no point in risking sending out stock you think is dodgy - it will always cost you far more than you mark on the original sale.
Many thanks for that clarification, Barry.
This means that to all intents and purposes the commercial grower can rely 100% on the label date being the actual year of production, which is what we need to know and would like to be sure of.
ollie989898
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Just drill it next year and be done with it.
Anyone over-yearing seed needs to have the stuff properly germ tested in the summer before it is used. Keep it cool, in the dark and dry as a chip and well protected from vermin.
I had that problem too with a white wheat variety that didnt appear till mid October. Got it drilled but not in planned fields!
I would have it tested for germination and vigour .Have done it myself, but old seed wants to go in to good early seedbed at a higher rate quite often.