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Faunsdale, AL | Got the 1560 out and spend a few days replacing all the broken parts (and waiting on orders to come in) and finally got going Saturday planting wheat behind soybeans. Drill chart in seed box and owners manual says set on "22" for 100 pounds of wheat. I know this is approximate, but it was refilled once after ~20 acres by someone else and then planted another 14 before I got on it and refilled to start a new field late Saturday afternoon. Seed is bulk treated from a tender without scales, but anyway, I planted about 50 acres, and in the back of my mind, I knew it was supposed to be out already, but no more seed available until Monday AM when a front and rain are also supposed to be arriving, so I kept going. Cleaned out the tender and realized it was planting about a bushel to the acre and the approximately 35 bushels I had at that point would easily plant the remaining land, so I increased it to "30" for the last 20 acres and still had seed left over.
So is 1 bushel to the acre treated seed drilled into mellow soybean stubble a waste of time or will it be enough? Predicting 3/4 to 1 inch of rain tomorrow. | |
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How thick does wheat have to be to maximize yields in the south
