Glabrous, or hairy canary?

[freewheat]

Keet. Or Bastia?

Grown both. Bastia yielded better for me. Keet is supposed to yield better for me.

What should I do, what should I do?

[TOM4CWB]

What do most end use customers want?

[freewheat]

They do not care. Good question though. I did have one buyer say they were going to phase out the hairy stuff, because it is an asbestos like health hazard.

[Oliver88]

Freewheat- Which variety do you find stands up better?

[freewheat]

Honestly, neither! lol. Where it grows well, it goes pretty flat either way. I do think the bastia does not go AS flat maybe.

Keet is supposed to yield 25% more, but I have my doubts on that after growing each more than once. I had good luck with bastia. Just started this thread to kind of help make up my mind.

Just noticed keet is three days later, which can certainly matter here.

[dave4441]

There is about a 10% drag on yield with Bastia over Keet. I still grow Bastia. Bird food market doesn't care (which is 99% of the demand) but there are a few food grade users in southern USA or Mexico that are looking for glabrous and will pay a premium for it. Extremely limited demand though.

New canary varieties will continue to close the yield gap on Keet. If I had Keet I probably would grow it over Bastia.

[freewheat]

The newer one called Calvi looks better, huh?

[dave4441]

Ya, continues to close the gap.

[farmaholic]

Is Calvi a Brazilian variety?

[freewheat]

I dunno, it's in da book.

[dave4441]

CDC Calvi was bred at Crop Development Centre Saskatoon.

[farmaholic]

I'm starting to chuckle to myself, sorry guys, I couldn't help myself....

Spring is here, am I the only deviant?

[BreadWinner]

I was rolling across the floor, thanks for the laugh!!!!

[freewheat]

lol. Yes, Calvi is a brazilian variety.

Oy, that one took me a while. lol

Googled Calvi even. Couldn't find the connection. Call me slow tonight...

[riders2010]

Who has keet or Bastia seed?