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User: Justin Mezo

Created on: 2013-04-17

Observation Date 2013-03-28

Comment:
Frost seeded LTER Main Site Treatment T3 with Medium Red Clover at 14 lbs/A. Clover seed was from DKB Farms & Services LLC, Columbiaville MI, 48421. Lot # WHIT-CLOV-12 : Certified Organic Clover Processor # 4023H1011-10. 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 20 inches apart. Gandy motor setting was 1.1 with the red metering wheels in and the gates on the Gandy were in the middle position. Boom height was 23 inches from the ground, bottom of the defectors were 20 inches from the ground. Temperature was between 25-30 degrees F at the start and between 30-35 degrees F at the finish. All replicates were seeded in 20 passes across the field with the GPS set for a 3” overlap on each side during a pass. Replicate order was R6, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5.

Areas:
T3

Observation Type:
Planting

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