Canary seed

[ColevilleH2S]

Has anyone else noticed Canaryseed yields down hard? This year's stand was crazy thick but yielded only 2/3rds of last year. To say I'm disappointed is a bit of an understatement.

[sumdumguy]

Top-dressed Canary yielded very well for us. We also sprayed for aphids.

[Guest]

ours was 35-42 bpa, sprayed for aphids also, sprayed half of each 1/4 with fungicide as well but difference from that was minimal if any ? we have had years when it doesnt yield and cant figure out why .

[redbull81]

What did you top dress with?

[freewheat]

Big stand, lowish yield for me too. Never sprayed for aphids, because I scout, and there were none. I blame wet at the wrong time.

[ColevilleH2S]

Aphids weren't the issue this year. I scouted like a champ, and they only showed up in the late tillers after the main stems were starting to turn colour.

I too am interested in top dressing. At what stage do you target?

[riders2010]

big swath little canary, little swath same canary? Really disappointing, this year just gets crappier as it goes.

[mustardman]

Which variety is everyone seeding, still keet??

[ColevilleH2S]

Togo.

I think there are 2 new varieties slated to be released next year.

[sumdumguy]

We broadcasted 30 lbs of actual N just before head came out of boot. It rained 3/10 a day after. Due to the way Canary grows, we felt that because of all the rain, it needed more N. A lot of guys aerial applied liquid N, too.

Our neighbour only grows a Lentil -Canary rotation since about 1980. As Lentil straw breaks down in Canary year, it feeds Canary. When it is wet, he has great Canary. Disease in Lentils seems minimal too, but he burns off the Canary stubble. At times on hot days when Lentils are small the stem seems to suffer a bit, but with the spring rains we have been having, they come back pretty healthy.