winter wheat, another question

[GMN]

What brand of winter wheat is best to plant in Missouri? If your there Stocky, you seem to know alot about winter wheat.

GMN

 

[dun]

Not stocky but here goes anyway.
The most common certified seed around hre is Cardinal. We don;t buy certified stuff anymore, too expensive unless I was going to combine it and sell it. We use straight run stuff from the local area. Since it's grown locally I assume it's mostly Cardinal anyway.

dun

 

[Bez?]

Dun,

Even here in my part of the world - folks are moving away from certified seed and strating to go with straight bin run - unless it is to be sold.

GMN

You could try the same thing.

Just grab some seed from a neighbour or from your local mill. It is usually the pretty good on a local basis and often there is a substantial savings in purchase cost.

Count out two or three batches of 100 seeds. Put them on a wet paper towel on a dish. If you get more than 90% germination it is good to go.

Now I have made some generalizations. You plan to sell this to a mill - you might want to eplore other options - but "farmer seed" often is as good as that other stuff.

This is the reason folks like Monsanto hate people likeme. We tend to grow a decent crop of grain - and give those lying cheating *&^%%^$#%$# nothing!

Bez?

 

[3MR]

Count out two or three batches of 100 seeds. Put them on a wet paper towel on a dish. If you get more than 90% germination it is good to go.

Aught to post that in the tips and tricks section.

PS: What if I can only count to 21? :lol:

 

[GMN]

Dun,

Even here in my part of the world - folks are moving away from certified seed and strating to go with straight bin run - unless it is to be sold.

GMN

You could try the same thing.

Just grab some seed from a neighbour or from your local mill. It is usually the pretty good on a local basis and often there is a substantial savings in purchase cost.

Count out two or three batches of 100 seeds. Put them on a wet paper towel on a dish. If you get more than 90% germination it is good to go.



This is the reason folks like Monsanto hate people likeme. We tend to grow a decent crop of grain - and give those lying cheating *&^%%^$#%$# nothing!


Very interesting about the germination and the paper towel.

Do I sense a little annoyance with Monsanto?
Bez?

 

[dj]

Count out two or three batches of 100 seeds. Put them on a wet paper towel on a dish. If you get more than 90% germination it is good to go.

Aught to post that in the tips and tricks section.

PS: What if I can only count to 21? :lol:

throw them all in the pot if most germinate your good to go.

 

[dj]

GMN I checked with MFA Fairgrove. Last year it ran $9.70 per 100. They don't carry named varities but call it something like koolgrazer. It's kinda amazing to me. It's tough to get a stand overseeded and harrowed on grass pasture. But the volunteer grows in the asphalt along the parking lots and roads around the co-op's where I was raised. Just spill alittle and boom wheat your having to weed eat or mow.

 

[GMN]

GMN I checked with MFA Fairgrove. Last year it ran $9.70 per 100. They don't carry named varities but call it something like koolgrazer. It's kinda amazing to me. It's tough to get a stand overseeded and harrowed on grass pasture. But the volunteer grows in the asphalt along the parking lots and roads around the co-op's where I was raised. Just spill alittle and boom wheat your having to weed eat or mow.

Thanks for that info. I checked with my flyer for Nixa Hardware and see, they have koolgrazer rye, which is sold out, and wheat no brand name for 6.95 I'm assuming this is a bushel. I'll have to check with the local MFA's at a later date.

GMN