“You must increase your seed population at least to 2 million seeds per acre. And just go plant. The thin spots try to save that field or those spots in the field because we don't want them producing nothing.”
Podcasts - RealAgriculture · Calculating shrink, beans-on-beans risks, tight soil, and BYDV | Wheat Pete's Word, Oct 28
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What was described
increased seed population to at least 2 million seeds per acre for late-planted wheat
2 million seeds per acre; late-planted wheat yield loss reduced from 30% to 10-15%
Said nearby on the same subject
“…alternating big seed small seed… run the thresher for five or ten minutes between changing seed types to clean out a lot of the extra bits… very little chance of contamination…”
“We discovered the mashata varieties were the ones that actually survived the squash vine borers… we started the seed side… we have the seeds… people want them”