What seed rate?

[colhonk]

Thinking I may need to up my Wheat seed rates a tad. Min till and straw chopped all this Centuary (until I was forced to plough some because of uncontrolable Rye grass last autumn) been sowing approx 110 kg hec for 1st wheats and 130 kg for 2nd wheats, depending on 1000 grain weights.
What approx are you sowing, Heavy brick clay land here.

 

[franklin]

Won't be long until someone says "thirteen stone never did me, me fatha, or me granfatha wrong".....

...although 200kg not far out for mid October.

 

[kc6475]

Medium and clay land here, all ploughed and we are between 180 and 250 kg h depending on conditions and date.

 

[Brisel]

I'm starting at 280 seeds/m2 in late September and rising by at least 25 seeds/m2 every week after that. This in light land where establishment is higher than really heavy clay. Variable rate seed, though this doesn't affect the average rate when booking the seed in June/July based on seeds not kg.

 

[DRC]

Won't be long until someone says "thirteen stone never did me, me fatha, or me granfatha wrong".....

...although 200kg not far out for mid October.

1.5cwt/acre October. Maybe up to 1.75 cwt. into November . 5th Nov was ideal sowing date according to grand father

 

[Gong Farmer]

Won't be long until someone says "thirteen stone ...

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Pronounced 'stonn'

 

[nick...]

160/180kg ha here
Nick...

 

[Kevtherev]

75-80kg an acre

 

[warksfarmer]

Thinking I may need to up my Wheat seed rates a tad. Min till and straw chopped all this Centuary (until I was forced to plough some because of uncontrolable Rye grass last autumn) been sowing approx 110 kg hec for 1st wheats and 130 kg for 2nd wheats, depending on 1000 grain weights.
What approx are you sowing, Heavy brick clay land here.

250kg/ha up to 350kg/ha, farm saved, cleaned. Start drilling the last weekend in October.

 

[robbie]

Pronounced 'stonn'

Around here it 'stoun'

12 stone and acre in October and then open the drill up a notch or to as the month progresses.

 

[Wombat]

250kg/ha + here

 

[colhonk]

Hmmm, Definately think I should order more seed.In a good year I get the yields,but a bad year it seems to thin out over winter. Reason I went to low seed rates was to get the grain without masses of straw,as I made the mistake of selling it in the swath one year.What an eye opener that was,compaction from the forklift especially.thinking of upping to sowing a massive 12 stone an acre.

 

[franklin]

I'd use loads less seed if it weren't for the old grass weeds.

 

[Iben]

Hmmm, Definately think I should order more seed.In a good year I get the yields,but a bad year it seems to thin out over winter. Reason I went to low seed rates was to get the grain without masses of straw,as I made the mistake of selling it in the swath one year.What an eye opener that was,compaction from the forklift especially.thinking of upping to sowing a massive 12 stone an acre.

No harm in taking one field and trying several different seed rates in it. From your standard up to where lee is.

 

[Wombat]

I'd use loads less seed if it weren't for the old grass weeds.

Or the slugs, or the fact it rains between Nov and mar

 

[Wombat]

This year after being so wet over winter and spring you could certainly see the 230kg/ha field vs the 275 both late October drilled

 

[Stuart2]

200kg/ha mid October. Yeah i think you should up it a tad

 

[fudge]

As above we drill in October at 200kg/ha. Seems to work here.

 

[SRRC]

It's easier to reduce tiller numbers from too high a seed rate than to increase them.
Having said that if you need 350kg/ha then you need to question why you are growing wheat on that land anyway.

 

[richard hammond]

It's easier to reduce tiller numbers from too high a seed rate than to increase them.
Having said that if you need 350kg/ha then you need to question why you are growing wheat on that land anyway.

Farmers are the best judges of their land, (Well with the help of an old GOOD agronomist,)