Canola plant stand ..

[furrowtickler]

There was a discussion here about a month ago on canola plant stands and drought .
We have several direct side by sides with the planter at 2 lbs and drill at 5 lbs
Here is one example...

Canola at 2.1 lbs or 200,000 seeds per ac



Directly beside it at 5.4 lbs .

The canola seeded with the drill looked much better at the end of June ... then ran out of gas 10 days or earlier

[WiltonRanch]

Remember reading a tidbit from Grant McEwen. He said don’t seed too heavy if the ground can’t handle it. Makes you wonder.

[Herc]

The facken leaves are still on the drill stuff.....

Planter for the win.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

But, but, but, Tweety said, or was it wd9...

[flea beetle]

That was seeded with a maestro sw on 15”?

[furrowtickler]

That was seeded with a maestro sw on 15”?

Yup
Had 4-5 frosts , lost about 30% .
Plots looked way better at end of June
Had moderate flea beetle pressure
Sprayed matador just to keep plant counts after frost

[furrowtickler]

We have burn out spots in areas as well , just not as severe. Just thought this was interesting in an identical situation side by side

[shtferbrains]

Be looking forward to hearing the results on that one if you care to share.