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User: Justin Mezo
Created on: 2019-03-18
Observation Date 2019-03-18
Comment:
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.
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T4
Observation Type:
Planting
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