Rotting wheat seed?

[Wigeon]

This was drilled 21st oct, and isnt showing a great deal of life.

Many seeds seem swollen, and when pressed are pretty milky:

Is this no longer viable, or does it stand a chance.

Ground is pretty well saturated. Heavy land.

Many thanks

 

[copse]

Had some like that last year and never came up .

 

[Wigeon]

Thanks, that's my fear. I would like your post as a vote of thanks, but theres not much to like about any of this!

 

[copse]

Thanks, that's my fear. I would like your post as a vote of thanks, but theres not much to like about any of this!

Did you have heavy rain just after you drilled it?

 

[Wigeon]

Yup

 

[4course]

oh dear hope its not the whole field ,we had that last year in some that I thought we had made a good firm fine seedbed proved to be the wrong thing to do as the constant wet never let any oxygen in and the seeds rotted quicker than they would have emerged .This year we adopted a rough deeper seedbed and havnt rolled other than a couple of acres seems to have worked no rotting but emergence is slow in places

 

[Wigeon]

Found about 20ha so far

 

[Wombat]

I find if it’s swelled and doughy like that when you squash them they are done

 

[richard hammond]

oh dear hope its not the whole field ,we had that last year in some that I thought we had made a good firm fine seedbed proved to be the wrong thing to do as the constant wet never let any oxygen in and the seeds rotted quicker than they would have emerged .This year we adopted a rough deeper seedbed and havnt rolled other than a couple of acres seems to have worked no rotting but emergence is slow in places

You are so right, it is a year for spring rolling if the conditions are right, "let the seed breath"

 

[Surgery]

Found about 20ha so far

Fair bit around here the same in wheelings and wet spots so your not the only one , if it stays dry for a while you might get another go.

 

[JJT]

We have a field like that, sown on 30 sept. Then none stop rain for pretty much all oct. Very little grown. Found a lot like in your pictures. Field will be re drill in spring i think. Field next to it with a different variety in is our best field of wheat.

 

[Nearly]

Sod all you can do about it now.

Either it will or it won't.

 

[robs1]

We have a field like that, sown on 30 sept. Then none stop rain for pretty much all oct. Very little grown. Found a lot like in your pictures. Field will be re drill in spring i think. Field next to it with a different variety in is our best field of wheat.

Which are the two varieties?

 

[Farmer Roy]

We always plant into moisture ( as there is no guarantee it will rain when we want it to if we plant dry ) & the biggest fear is heavy rain before the seed germinates as it will “bust” the seed.

its fuûcked . . .

 

[farmerfred86]

This could well be poor germination rather than rotting?

 

[jondear]

Was it rolled ?Worst thing can do before lots of rain .
Neighbors rolled some quite light red soil end October come up but headlands low spots and wheelings all visible.

 

[Wombat]

This could well be poor germination rather than rotting?

I would say rotting, had it on 50acres in spring when it poured down every day for 3 weeks after drilling in Feb

 

[JJT]

Which are the two varieties?

Gleam skyscraper

 

[robs1]

75 % of our wheat assorted 15% of the barley also, 100 mm plus over a wknd after the barley 50 after the wheat, both went in well, can barely walk over the wheat fields.

 

[Wigeon]

Gleam skyscraper
OP was skyscraper too. Costello looks a bit better.