Frost Damage

[furrowtickler]

Furrow,

You have minimal residue and a nice black furrow which seems to allow ground heat up to protect the canola seedlings. My straw covered seed rows freeze way worse than rows with some black color.

What do you do to get it that black? Harrow few times and fall fertilize? Or do the planter residue managers keep it black?

I use Bourgault 3320 qda drill and it seems the wheat straw flows in and completely covers the furrow.

90% of our canola now in standing wheat stubble


That is direct seeded into barley
The first picture from above was seeded first cause it was black bean stubble . Actually the very reason we seeded that first .
I will get pictures of the canola in cereal stubble in same conditions later today . It is a bit thinner in very heavy trash areas but still ok .

[furrowtickler]

Is your planter set up to apply any fertilizer?
Do you have to make a separate pass, broadcast, or banded?

We have tried several ways . NH3 in fall , dry banded in spring , split liquid streaming before and after seeding . All seem equal according to soil and tissue tests .
Last fall we broadcast the majority of it . Sulfur is mostly bio sul.
We use 4.5 gal Alpine G22 with .3 l/ac Crop Aid plus at planting time , 660 gal on board tank on Horsch .
Not ideal but seems to work .
We may add 500 gal saddle tanks next year but keeping it simple at seeding seems efficient for us .
That 40 ft can cover a lot of ground at 7-8 mph in a day with very few quick fills .
Not for everyone but seems to work for us

[furrowtickler]

I dont think I could sleep at night with only 2lbs of seed in the ground.

Maybe conditions are different up your way but here with the very dry springs, wind sheering, beatles and an extra allowance for mortality above what they advise and a little insurance to boot, we are still seeding 5ish lbs here.

My biggest fear is some canola germinating and then dying in the dust before a real rain comes.

We have all those conditions as well , have seen most in the 5 years with this planter now .
And yes it made for a few sleepless nights , especially this past 10

[furrowtickler]

One thing to keep in mind , not all seed is equal .
We try to use 5.5 g seed or larger ... preferably over 6

This is from a few days ago , not ours but from a friend ....


Exactly same conditions , same every thing ..

In stressful conditions it shows
In “normal” good growing conditions differences are negligible in establishment.
DYODD
We are not afraid to plant canola with large seed a bit on the early side . Although this past 10 days nearly changed that completely lol .
A lot of canola was seeded at least a week earlier in area and NW of here . So we are not “early” seeders in this area at all . Just a bit earlier than the later guys at times is all .

[burnt]

Corn leaves are nipped, but not frozen to the ground, in the area I walked. Didn't check the lowest ground though...

[furrowtickler]

Cold conditions right through the end of May have caused a lot of crop damage in many areas of North America now
As far south as Iowa just a few days ago

[furrowtickler]

Furrow,

You have minimal residue and a nice black furrow which seems to allow ground heat up to protect the canola seedlings. My straw covered seed rows freeze way worse than rows with some black color.

What do you do to get it that black? Harrow few times and fall fertilize? Or do the planter residue managers keep it black?

I use Bourgault 3320 qda drill and it seems the wheat straw flows in and completely covers the furrow.

We don’t have residue managers .... yet
Are looking at precision planting new design but will will depend on how outrageously they are over priced



Everything just got done once in fall with the gates coulter harrow . Then straight in with planter this spring other than some low areas

[Sodbuster]

We don’t have residue managers .... yet
Are looking at precision planting new design but will will depend on how outrageously they are over priced



Everything just got done once in fall with the gates coulter harrow . Then straight in with planter this spring other than some low areas

How do you apply your NPKS?

[furrowtickler]

Liquid pho’s in seed row , plus added G22 with herbicides
N was broadcast last fall with stabilizer
Most fields have bio sul for S
Other rented land got NKS broadcast last fall

We are now adding more dry pho’s with the cereals with alpine the year before to help pho’s levels .

If it establishes well and weed control is good I may stream on more NS if rains happen but right now 80-85% is done before seeding .
If it don't rain much or any of those other factors are not great it may also not get extra fert . Only time will tell the next 3 weeks .

[FarmJunkie]

Furrow we used urea with the stabilizer last fall for the first time and was a bit scared how good it would work. Have u had good luck with it. If works well we will do it all that way from now on.

[furrowtickler]

Furrow we used urea with the stabilizer last fall for the first time and was a bit scared how good it would work. Have u had good luck with it. If works well we will do it all that way from now on.

Ya we have . I know it’s not ideal but it does work fine
Soil samples and tissue samples at full cabbage seen little difference between any N
NH3 was consistently slightly better but stabilizer is not cheap and neither is hours spent on tractor in fall .
We found what works best for us is put on 80% or so in fall then add after crop is established anc you know what you got .
Streaming on liquid N is fast with sprayer and accurate with auto shut off and sectional control

Balancing the eggs in the basket I guess

[furrowtickler]

Your wishes have been granted. You don't have to worry about frost if you had to reseed your frost damage crops. The week ahead looks to be very hot and dry with several days well over 10 degrees warmer than normal. It will be a sad week for those who didn't get as much rain as they needed.

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