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User: Justin Mezo

Created on: 2013-11-14

Observation Date 2013-11-13

Comment:
No-till planted wheeler rye in the LTER Biodiversity study, treatments B4 (104, 220, 307, 404), B5 (114, 217, 312, 405),and B16 (101, 210, 308, 416). Replications 1 & 2 were planted with a rye variety that is a wheeler rye from Moore Seed Farm out of Elsie MI and is the same variety planted in GLBRC in 2013. Replication 3&4 have a bag of rye from 2012 that was from the CISCO companies out of Indianapolis, IN Lot # WGB11432 added into the drill with the (2013 Rye). Target population was 2.5 bu/a or 140 lbs/A. 164 lbs were loaded into the drill total and there was 32 lbs that was taken out of the drill after planting .9 acres. The final seeding rate works out to be 146.6 lbs/A. Planting depth was 1/2 - 3/4 inch deep and the drill population setting was set at 39.

Areas:
B16 B4 B5

Observation Type:
Planting

Activities:

Worker: Justin Mezo

Equipment: John Deere 1590 15' no-till drill • Material: rye @ 146.6 pound per acre

Equipment: John Deere 7420b Tractor (14.9 R 46 back tire size)

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