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User: Justin Mezo

Created on: 2013-01-07

Observation Date 2012-11-21

Comment:
Planted winter wheat into lysimeter field. Wheat was soft red winter wheat, Pioneer 25R39, untreated seed. A total of 7.7 acres were planted using 1179 lbs of seed. Pioneer 25R39 (untreated seed) has 12,000 seeds/lbs. Seeding rate worked out to be 1,837,400 seeds/A. Population rate on planter was set at 41 and wheat was planted at a depth of 1/4” to 3/4”. Planted by JD 1590 no-till drill pulled by JD 7420a tractor. Average planting speed was 4 mph.

Areas:
LYSIMETER_FIELD

Observation Type:
Planting

Activities:

Worker: Justin Mezo
Equipment: John Deere 7420a Tractor
Equipment: John Deere 1590 15' no-till drill. • Material: Pioneer 25R39 Soft Red Winter Wheat (untreated) @ 1837400.0 seeds per acre

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