I may not being any position to judge. I am always paranoid about drill settings with canola. I calibrate every time no matter what. I put in a single bag the first time and turn the drill down about 20% from what the calibration number should be and seed one bag to confirm the calibration. If I'm not satisfied I will continue to put in a single bag at a time. The calibration is so drastically different from one seed size to another or one brand to another can I find this is necessary. I only dump in a bunch of bags once I am certain I have it set correctly.
My first bag this year, I set the calibration number, set the intended pounds per acre, drove to the field went a hundred feet to check depth etc. Wondered why the rate monitor was going haywire. For some reason the pounds per acre had not registered and it worked out to around 200 lb per acre over a short strip. It looked really good for a few days after it emerged. Now a yellow spindly sad looking batch that probably won't yield anything.
I even took a quad and diamond arrow thinking I could thin it out but because it was sod seated the hero didn't do much damage at all.
Good thing I didn't have 30 bags in, and a good thing I checked immediately, that could have been a several thousand dollar mistake in a hurry.
I've heard of these horror stories before, that's the first time it's ever happened to me. I usually end up on the low side.
My first bag this year, I set the calibration number, set the intended pounds per acre, drove to the field went a hundred feet to check depth etc. Wondered why the rate monitor was going haywire. For some reason the pounds per acre had not registered and it worked out to around 200 lb per acre over a short strip. It looked really good for a few days after it emerged. Now a yellow spindly sad looking batch that probably won't yield anything.
I even took a quad and diamond arrow thinking I could thin it out but because it was sod seated the hero didn't do much damage at all.
Good thing I didn't have 30 bags in, and a good thing I checked immediately, that could have been a several thousand dollar mistake in a hurry.
I've heard of these horror stories before, that's the first time it's ever happened to me. I usually end up on the low side.
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