| 2004-03-10 |
Planting |
Frost seeded medium red clover at 12 lbs/acre (13.47 kg/ha) into winter wheat on the main site treatment 4, all replications, reps: 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.
Clover was seeded with a John Deere 5220 traveling at 5 mph, gear C1 at 1600 rpm's, and a Gandy Air Seeder.
Gandy motor setting was 2.0 and gates were in the middle position.
The boom height on the air seeder was 24 inches from the ground.
The clover seed was pre-inoculated with Rhizobium Inoculum. Rhizobium is a nitrogen fixing bacteria. [T4, R1-6]
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| 2004-03-13 |
Planting |
Frost seeded medium red clover at 12 lbs/acre (13.47 kg/ha) into winter wheat on the main site treatment 3, all replications, reps: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6.
Clover was seeded with a John Deere 5220 traveling at 5 mph, gear C1 at 1600 rpm's, and a Gandy Air Seeder.
Gandy motor setting was 2.0 and gates were in the middle position.
The boom height on the air seeder was 24 inches from the ground.
The clover seed was pre-inoculated with Rhizobium Inoculum. Rhizobium is a nitrogen fixing bacteria. [T3, R1-6] |
| 2004-03-15 |
Planting |
Frost seeded medium red clover at 12 lbs/acre (13.47 kg/ha) into winter wheat in the biodiversity study treatment's B4 & B7, all replications.
Plot numbers B4: (104, 220, 307, & 404); B7: (105, 219, 305, & 407).
Clover was seeded with a John Deere 5220 traveling at 5 mph, gear C1 at 1600 rpm's, and a Gandy Air Seeder.
Gandy motor setting was 2.0 and gates were in the middle position.
The boom height on the air seeder was 24 inches from the ground.
The clover seed was pre-inoculated with Rhizobium Inoculum. Rhizobium is a nitrogen fixing bacteria.
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| 2002-03-18 |
Planting |
In the Biodiversity Study all replications of treatments B3, B6, and B17 were frost seeded with medium red clover at 12 lbs/Acre, into winter wheat, using a Gandy Air Seeder. Description of treatments are B3, plots: (111, 203, 306, and 403) (One annual crop with two cover crops. Three year crop rotation of corn, soybeans, and winter wheat.), B6, plots: (107, 207, 317, and 406) (One annual crop with one cover crop. Three year crop rotation of corn, soybeans, and winter wheat), and B17, plots: (116, 211, 302, and 417) (One annual crop with one cover crop. Monoculture cropping system {no crop rotation}). |
| 2014-04-09 |
Planting |
Frost seeded red clover in 2014 LTER Biodiversity Study winter wheat plots. Red clover was seeded into treatment B3 (111, 203, 306, 403), B6 (107, 207, 317, 406), B17 (116, 211, 302, 417) for a total of 12 plots all of which had winter wheat planted in November of 2013. Clover was seeded at 13 lbs/A with Gandy air seeder with a 15' boom.
Seeded at 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. weather conditions at this time were clear and sunny, temperature was 33 degrees F with calm winds.
For calibration figures, seed tag information, and other information please see PDF attachment.
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| 2015-03-18 |
Planting |
Frost seeded red clover in 2015 LTER Biodiversity Study winter wheat plots. Red clover was seeded into treatment B5 (114, 217, 312, 405), B8 (118, 214, 310, 408), B17 (116, 211, 302, 417) for a total of 12 plots all of which had winter wheat planted in November of 2014. Clover was seeded at 12.56 lbs/A with Gandy air seeder with a 15' boom. Seeded at 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. weather conditions at this time were clear and sunny, temperature was 31 degrees F with calm winds. For calibration figures, seed tag information, and other information please see PDF attachment. |
| 2016-08-03 |
Planting |
No-till seeded red clover at 10.5 lbs/A pure live seed (clover was planted at 20 lbs/A to achieve 10.5 lbs/A pure live seed giving coating material and germination percent) in the LTER Main Site T3 plots all replications (5, 4, 2, 1, 6, 3). Reps 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 4 passes of rep 3 were planted on 8-3-2016, the remaining passes in rep 3 were planted on 8-4-2016. To prevent weed pressure in the spring T3 plots were sprayed sprayed and it was decided red clover would be seeded following harvest. Plots were sprayed with a pre-plant burn down to control the post harvest weed flush. Clover planted 1/4 inch into the ground. |
| 2017-07-21 |
Planting |
Seeded Red clover in LTER Biodiversity study corn treatments b4 (104, 220, 307, 404), b7 (105, 219, 305, 407), b15 (112, 213, 301, 407), with Medium Red Clover at 12 lbs/A. Clover seed had a coating that was 34% of the seed weight. A pure live seed calculation was done to calculate amount of seed per acre needed to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure live seed. The calculation equaled 20 lbs/A seeding rate to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure seed. Clover was seeded with John Deere 5425 tractor traveling at 5.0 mph, and Gandy Air Seeder (15 ft boom length) equipped with 8 deflectors spaced 22.5 inches. Gandy motor setting was 1.78 with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the first position. |
| 2018-03-05 |
Planting |
Frost seeded LTER Biodiversity study treatments B5 (114, 217, 312, 405), B8 (118, 214, 310, 408), B17 (116, 211, 302, 417), with Medium Red Clover at 12 lbs/A.
Clover seed had a coating that was 34% of the seed weight. A pure live seed calculation was done to calculate amount of seed per acre needed to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure live seed.
The calculation equaled 20 lbs/A seeding rate to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure seed.
Clover was seeded with John Deere 5220 tractor traveling at 5.0 mph, gear C1 at 1600 rpm’s, and Gandy Air Seeder (15 ft boom length) equipped with 8 deflectors spaced 22.5 inches.
Gandy motor setting was 1.8 with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the first position.
Boom height was 23 inches from the ground, bottom of the defectors were 20 inches from the ground.
Start of application was 8:00 a.m. weather was sunny 27 degrees F 2-5 mph east wind. End of application 9:00 a.m. sunny 28 degrees F 10-13 mph east wind.
Total amount of seed added was 36 pounds with 17 pounds remaining at the end. 19 pounds of seed applied over .85 acres equals 22 lbs/A seeding rate. This should give close to a 12-14 lbs/A pure live seeding rate. |
| 2018-07-25 |
Planting |
Seeded Medium Red Clover into corn plots in LTER Biodiversity Study treatments B3:(111, 203, 306, 403), B6:(107, 207, 317, 406), B15:(112, 213, 301, 415).
Seeded red Clover at 12 lbs/A. Clover seed had a coating that was 34% of the seed weight. A pure live seed calculation was done to calculate amount of seed per acre needed to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure live seed.
The calculation equaled 20 lbs/A seeding rate to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure seed.
Clover was seeded with John Deere 5220 tractor traveling at 5.0 mph, gear C1 at 1600 rpm’s, and Gandy Air Seeder (15 ft boom length) equipped with 8 deflectors spaced 22.5 inches. Gandy motor setting was 1.8 with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the first position.
Clover was applied directly over standing corn.
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| 2019-03-18 |
Planting |
Seeded LTER Main Site Treatment T4 all replications (5, 3, 2, 1, 6, 4), with Medium Red Clover at 12 lbs/A. Clover seed had a coating that was 34.29% of the seed weight. A pure live seed calculation was done to calculate amount of seed per acre needed to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure live seed. The calculation equaled 31 lbs/A seeding rate to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure seed (see papers attached). Clover was seeded with John Deere 5220 tractor traveling at 5.0 mph, gear C1 at 1600 rpm’s, and Gandy Air Seeder (15 ft boom length) equipped with 8 deflectors spaced 22.5 inches. Gandy motor setting was ? with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the first position. Boom height was 23 inches from the ground, bottom of the defectors were 20 inches from the ground. Start of application was 6:30 a.m. weather was clear 20 degrees F 0 mph wind. End of application 10:30 a.m. sunny 30 degrees F 0 mph wind. Total amount of seed added was 450 pounds with 85 pounds remaining at the end. so 365 pounds of seed applied over 13 acres equals 28 lbs/A seeding rate.This equals almost 11 lbs/A pure live seed. |
| 2019-05-21 |
Planting |
Planted GLBRC Main Plots G3 and G4 with a mix of winter wheat and red clover. This mixture is a cover crop just to keep ground cover and suppress weeds. |
| 2019-07-24 |
Planting |
Seeded Medium Red Clover into corn plots in LTER Biodiversity Study treatments B5: (114, 217, 312, 405), B8: (118, 214, 310, 408), B15: (112, 213, 301, 415). Seeded red Clover at 12 lbs/A pure live seed. Clover seed had a coating that was 34.29% of the seed weight. A pure live seed calculation was done to calculate amount of seed per acre needed to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure live seed. The calculation equaled 31 lbs/A seeding rate to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure seed. Clover was seeded with John Deere 5425 tractor traveling at 5.0 mph, gear C1 at 1250 rpm’s, and Gandy Air Seeder (15 ft boom length) equipped with 8 deflectors spaced 22.5 inches. Gandy motor setting was 1.8 with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the first position. Clover was applied directly over standing corn. |
| 2019-08-28 |
Planting |
No-till planted medium red clover and wheeler rye in the LTER Biodiversity study treatment B4 (104, 220, 307, 404). Clover was planted with a target of 12 lbs pure live seed (21.5 total lbs/A seeded). Clover was seeded at 11 lbs pure live seed (equaling around 19.5 lbs per acre seeded). Rye was planted with a target rate of 2.6 bu/A or 157lbs/A. Rye was actually seeded at 2.7 bu/A or 149 lbs/A. Planting depth was 1 inch, drill setting for rye was #40. Clover had to be no-tilled in this year because wheat never got planted in the fall so oats were seeded in the spring so there was no frost seeded clover. |
| 2019-08-28 |
Planting |
No-till planted medium red clover in the LTER Biodiversity study treatment B7 (105, 219, 305, 407). Clover was planted with a target of 12 lbs pure live seed (21.5 total lbs/A seeded). Clover was seeded at 11 lbs pure live seed (equaling around 19.5 lbs per acre seeded). Clover had to be no-tilled in this year because wheat never got planted in the fall so oats were seeded in the spring so there was no frost seeded clover. |
| 2019-08-22 |
Planting |
No-till seeded red clover at 11 lbs/A pure live seed (clover was planted at 19.5 lbs/A to achieve 11 lbs/A pure live seed giving coating material and germination percent) in the LTER Main Site T3 plots all replications (5,2,3,1,4,6).
Original target rate was 12lbs/A.
After planting and weighing left over clover the actual planting rate was 11lbs/A pure live seed at a rate of 19.5lbs/A.
To prevent weed pressure in the spring, T3 plots were sprayed and it was decided red clover would be seeded following harvest. Plots were sprayed with a pre-plant burn down to control the post harvest weed flush.
Clover planted 1/4 inch into the ground. |
| 2022-03-04 |
Planting |
Seeded LTER Main Site Treatment T4 all replications (5, 3, 2, 4) on 03/04/2022, and (1,6) on 03/05/2022 with Medium Red Clover at 12 lbs/A.
(PLS of 51.75 makes the new target 23.19 lbs/A) Actual application was 23.66 lbs/A making the application rate 12.24 lbs/A.
A pure live seed calculation was done to calculate amount of seed per acre needed to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure live seed.
The calculation equaled 23 lbs/A seeding rate to achieve the 12 lbs/A of pure seed (see papers attached).
Clover was seeded with John Deere 5220 tractor traveling at 5.0 mph, gear B3 at 2000 rpm’s, and Gandy Air Seeder (15 ft boom length) equipped with 8 deflectors spaced 22.5 inches.
Gandy motor setting was 2 with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the first position.
Boom height was 23 inches from the ground, bottom of the defectors were 20 inches from the ground.
Start of 1st application was 7:00 a.m. on 03/04/2022 weather was clear 18 degrees F 0 mph wind.
End of application 10:30 a.m. sunny 29 degrees F 0 mph wind.
Start of 2nd application was 7:10 a.m. on 03/05/2022 weather was clear 34 degrees F 0 mph wind.
End of application 8:15 a.m. sunny 35 degrees F 0 mph wind.
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| 2023-03-20 |
Planting |
Frost seeded Mix of:
-4lbs of Mammoth Red Clover
-4lbs of Medium Red Clover
-4lbs of Balansa Clover |