What Happened Here?

[SwampCat]

Right half of pic wasnt sprayed but had mature dead wheat grazed and stomped to ground. Left side was mostly annual ryegrass, sprayed a month before planting. Right had twice as much bare ground. Top sow browntop millet a month ago. It was wet - as in the ranger almost got stuck a couple of times. And five inches of rain in it week after planting. Planted thick - 50 lbs per acre. As far as I can tell, not one grain of seed germinated on the right side. I think every seed sprouted on left side. Did nothing else but spread seed - no rolling, chopping, etc

 

[SwampCat]

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Right half of pic wasnt sprayed but had mature dead wheat grazed and stomped to ground. Left side was mostly annual ryegrass, sprayed a month before planting. Right had twice as much bare ground. Top sow browntop millet a month ago. It was wet - as in the ranger almost got stuck a couple of times. And five inches of rain in it week after planting. Planted thick - 50 lbs per acre. As far as I can tell, not one grain of seed germinated on the right side. I think every seed sprouted on left side. Did nothing else but spread seed - no rolling, chopping, etc

 

[Bill]

Any chance it was to wet and the seed rotted?

 

[SwampCat]

Any chance it was to wet and the seed rotted?

I was actually some what worried about that - but it should have been the same over the entire area. Previous ag ground zero grade field. Wet all over.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

Any chance that the lack of cover on the right allowed for birds to come in and nab up all the seed?

 

[SwampCat]

That is possible - but I didnt notice it and I was over there a lot. Would have taken a lot of birds to clean up two acres