March 2008
48 posts
How to use kg/ha or bu/ac
Lets assume we are growing some Snowbird spring wheat.We plan to grow 200 plants per square meter, the germination is about 90% so we need 220 seeds per square meter in the metric version. First how it is done with bushel and acre 1 bushel of wheat is 60 LBS or 27.2 kg We want to seed 20.6 seed’s per square feet which brings us to 898401 seed’s per acre = 85.1 LBS or 1.42 bushel...
Some facts about growing sweet lupine's
Sweet lupine are usually grown on loamy sand or sandy loam, they wont grow very good in poorly drained soils. A soil with pH Lupines should never follow any legume or gras in the crop rotation. The strong rooting system up to 1.5 m deep is very good if the soil is not to strong compacted. Also for this reason besides the fact that it uses water very efficient lupine’s do not need a...
How to grow Winter Wheat
In central Europe Winter Wheat is usually sown between the 25th of September and 5th of October sometimes even 20th of October. Later seeding dates will influence the yield negatively. Wheat will tiller during short day periods and those tillers will grow and bloom during the long day period. Three main variety types are usually used which are: 1. Croptype: This crop-type will show medium...
