Many may think the time to check their drills for seeding rate and depth is as the drill is going over the field.
While they wouldn't be wrong, it's important to get out and dig through that field once the canola field has begun to emerge.
Rob Macdonald, of BASF, joined this recent episode of the Canola School to discuss a trial BASF has conducted near Strathmore, Alta., with different seeding sizes, rates, and depths.
There's considerations when it comes to too shallow, and too deep - and unfortunately, says Macdonald, it's not a matter of one number being the magic number for everyone. For this particular field, they saw fantastic results with inch and a quarter for seeding depth, but it comes down to a number of factors: soil type, residue, moisture, field history, your drill type, and more.
The age old question of whether or not to chase the moisture is one thing, but Macdonald says what they've actually found, is get get a lot of success with seeing underneath the moisture.
"We don't target where the moisture is at, we target below the moisture, where we want to get below them, one should protect that developing plant," he explains. As well, it's important to get below that residue level, so the seed scan properly germinate.
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