Wheat seed rates

[Hjwise]

Not sure about that , every year we double sow overlaps and headlands , always the best yielding , if you can keep it upright .

I think every year there is a limiting factor as for yield and every year it is different. Usually sunshine in June, but not always. There will be a range of sowing rates that suits your land and climate - but that range is large enough to make TGW inconsequential.

 

[4course]

I always think plumper seed is going to be more vigorous anyway , so if it works out a bit less per acre, I’m not worried.

im with you on that come to think of it not only do I like my grain on the plumper side for the same reason

 

[JCfarmer]

I used to be forever fannying about calibrating much to the old chaps dismay but now unless it's new seed/different variety or type and I need it to fit a field exactly or its hybrid which is too fudging dear to get wrong. I just go with a guestimate.

It's coming off the heap so what difference is a few cwt going to make and it always looks right come the spring.

Literally straight off the heap and not cleaned?

 

[robbie]

Literally straight off the heap and not cleaned?

Yep, if theres a little husk so what it drills fine.
Barley gets a rub up in a opico other wise it can bridge a bit.

 

[ollie989898]

187.5, or the old 1.5cwt acre is plenty .
Ive been drilling at less than that , this early.
it’ll be like a box hedge at 250

Not everyone has your lovely dirt mind.

 

[ollie989898]

The tgw does seem high this year , I've sown 47 from last year and 53 from new seed , 60 is a pita

That is good though, nice bold grains usually show themselves faster and are more vigorous.

I would aim for about 350 seeds now down here, 375-400 if it's the later end of October.

 

[DRC]

Not everyone has your lovely dirt mind.

Only some of it. I have my share of difficult stuff, although this year even that seems to be turning over better than normal.

 

[snarling bee]

last season I f..ed up by calibrating the drill with a weigher in Ibs not kg. Plugged the number in, so was 2.2 x thinner. No difference on the yield monitor come harvest.
BUT I am reverting to higher seed rates than we were using 10/15 years ago as I think on our clays the soil gets colder quicker in the winter than on lighter soils and we usually have enough moisture to finish the grain.

 

[4course]

last season I f..ed up by calibrating the drill with a weigher in Ibs not kg. Plugged the number in, so was 2.2 x thinner. No difference on the yield monitor come harvest.
BUT I am reverting to higher seed rates than we were using 10/15 years ago as I think on our clays the soil gets colder quicker in the winter than on lighter soils and we usually have enough moisture to finish the grain.

45/ 50 years ago remember the same discussion either low rate kinder soils pushed by a belgian bloke called laloux or a higher seed rate on a system of germanic trait schleswig holstein ( forgive the spelling) still think good seed bed 12 st better seedbed down a bit poor seedbed up and sometimes a lot plus both up as the season goes on

 

[teslacoils]

200kg.

 

[warksfarmer]

Where are u selling that ?

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