Canola and planters

[sumdumguy]

2 degrees at 4:00

+3 at 3:30, might be alright
Sun will be up in an hour

[furrowtickler]

looks good , wish us luck tonight

Watch for flea beetles if you get touched with frost . I don’t care what seed treatment, stressed damaged canola gets pounded if there is any kind of beetle pressure.
Sucks at this time of year , hope the best is all you can do .

looks good , wish us luck tonight

[furrowtickler]

Peas into standing wheat stubble , harrowed once last fall . Planted at 2 bus / ac



Canola at 2 lbs / ac seeded into wheat stubble that was NH3 last fall , harrowed this spring

So far looks ok . Very low flea beetle pressure and we missed the frost . A few days of heat is needed throughout this whole NW
One thing that will also be noticed, no tire tracks or compaction issues behind planter even in the wettest areas . It will be an issue in some areas this year . Has not been much of an issue here the past 4-5 years being on the dry side during canola seeding time . Although most big carts now do have huge rubber for floatation it will be interesting to watch the next two weeks . May not show , depending on weather ahead but a lot of very wet ground just got seeded here the past 4-5 days . Hopefully all is good

[furrowtickler]

When you mean heavy trash are you talking 150bu oat stubble?

No , we don’t grow that here much lately on 4-5 in rain lol .
Hopefully this year is different, or more normal than the past 4 .

You can also add row cleaners to any planter to help trash management.
We have not yet . They are very expensive and our thoughts just more moving parts we don’t want to deal with at seeding .

[furrowtickler]

Using bio sul now for most acres
I have also used liquid S with round up as per burn or stream it on either before or after the crop is up .
I haves streamed N on before seeding and after with Contain N stabilizer . It works well too .
Last year we went ahead on some with our bourgault drill and band on 120 lbs N , harrowed it the planted . That worked well too but only if time allows . If not I will stream it on with sprayer.
Ideally I want to set up a 15in space liquid banding outfit and get it done in fall, also maybe add dry phos if needed then just follow same runs in spring with planter . That would leave 50-60% stubble stand , give us a black seed row and all fertility where it needs to be .
We did a test a few years ago with NH3 , dry floated on and liquid streamed on in the fall . All were very similar in tissue tests and yield at the end of the day .
Actually it’s fairly flexible that way , but more work at times .
But planting canola goes very fast when you need to

[Misterjade9]

When you mean heavy trash are you talking 150bu oat stubble?

[Misterjade9]

So how do you approach your N and sulphur for the canola if you don't get it down in the fall? Float fines and ESN ahead of the planter?

[furrowtickler]

Peas seeded with planter into wheat stubble harrowed once last fall ...


Will see how they turn out , was good last year