How Low Can We Go?
Carroll Smith
Senior
"If everything goes well, we can use lower seeding rates," Gwathmey says. "We can go somewhat lower in the 15-inch row configuration than in the 30s. In the 30s, in particular, we found that we can't go below two seeds per foot of row without having so many skips in the stand that the weeds take advantage of us.
"In our tests, we were looking at a plant population of 21,000 to 22,000 plants per acre from a seeding rate of around 29,000 to 30,000 seeds per acre as being the lowest we could go without losing yield and net returns on our seed and tech fee investment," he adds.
source : cottonfarming
Carroll Smith
Senior
"If everything goes well, we can use lower seeding rates," Gwathmey says. "We can go somewhat lower in the 15-inch row configuration than in the 30s. In the 30s, in particular, we found that we can't go below two seeds per foot of row without having so many skips in the stand that the weeds take advantage of us.
"In our tests, we were looking at a plant population of 21,000 to 22,000 plants per acre from a seeding rate of around 29,000 to 30,000 seeds per acre as being the lowest we could go without losing yield and net returns on our seed and tech fee investment," he adds.
source : cottonfarming
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