Poor Germination

[Oilking]

Anyone else with germination issues? Just finished first in-crop herbicide pass and wow is the germination terrible. I'd have to say 50 per cent of the canola and soybeans hasn't germinated. Canola was seeded 4 weeks ago and the beans 2 weeks. Needed a rain a long time ago.

[farmaholic]

Wheat and peas are ok, even flax is decent but definitley have some issues in canola. Brutal spring here for wind and some warmer days with it and low relative humidity. Some parts of canola fields are actually not too bad, pretty good. Then there's poor germ issues and frost damage. But I keep telling myself it could be worse and compared to some late seeded stuff in the area, it could! It just kept getting drier! Sprayed all the canola today and spent ten hours on an emotional bi-polar roller coaster....that should pretty much explain it.

I need to get the **** out of here! Quit looking!

[blackpowder]

Can definetly relate to your bipolar roller coaster comment!!
Thats me every damn spring. HaHa.

[sumdumguy]

Farmaholic, I washed my car. Do you think that will help?

[SASKFARMER3]

Funny in our area each day you see the two trucks drive into a field 3 get out and crawl on their knees digging and looking down and walking then trucks drive away onto another field.

Boys its rather easy the last 15 or so were so wet you could have put canola on top of the ground and it would grow.

Welcome to the real world, were dryer than normal its not flee beetles or cut worms or what ever its F#$King dry normal weather.

Lets hope it rains soon so this useless trucks entering fields and looking can quit for a while.

[farmaholic]

Farmaholic, I washed my car. Do you think that will help?

No Sumdumguy, both the effort and cost aren't enough! Ante up! Mother Nature requires bigger bribes!

[fjlip]

Leave grain/fertilizer untarped, cut some hay, remove shingles from house roof...