Posted 1/1/2026 15:22 (#11492712 - in reply to #11492238) Subject: RE: Growing oats, good oats
S-C Manitoba, Canada
Green Acres Guy - 1/1/2026 10:38
We plant 90lbs per acre with a stand goal of 1.2M-1.5M per acre. Some guys do heavier, I know organic guys do for weed control. Where I have overlaps, endrows/oddrows, and the oats are double planted at 180 lbs per acre they will lodge. Thicker the oats are the easier they will lodge but the better they will choke out weeds. I think getting them planted early allows for more tillering. If planting is delayed i would increase populations.
How do those lodged spots yield? Have you done any trials of higher rates of seed or n? The only time oats doesn't lodge for us is when it doesn't yield to its potential here it seems. Modern floating draper heads make relatively easy work of flat oats.
Growing oats, good oats
