(Please Help!) Confused on Planting Rates!

[Backwoods Archery]

Ok going to make me a mix of Sorghum, Soybeans, and Peas ! Was looking to buy from Welter's seed, After contacting them, they told me there Soybean/Sorghum Milo mix was 90% Soybean, and 10% Milo.

Here's were I get confused ! Others have told me a good mix for these are =

(PER ACRE)
25 lbs. Soybeans
20 lbs. Peas
5 lbs. Sorghgum/Milo

Welters reccomends 150 lbs. per acre for the Soybean/Milo mix & 50 lbs. per acre for the Peas when put into a mix !
Why are they reccomending such a high rate ?

I was thinking I could take a 50 lbs. bag of the Soybean/Milo mix and half the bag ! That should get me with 20 lbs. soybeans, and 5 lbs. Milo RIGHT ???
Then take a 50 lbs. bag of the Peas, and half it for 25 lbs. of Peas ! Combine all this together and that should get me at =

20 lbs. Soybeans
25 lbs. Peas
5 lbs. Sorghum

FOLLOWING ME ??? Which should be real close to what I have been told for a mix like this !

I am just wondering what yall's take on this is, and if this would be enough to cover 1 acre ? It just has me concerned with looking at Welters reccomended planting rates !

Please help me out on this if you can ! I would really appreciate it ! and any reccomendations you can give me would be very apprecited !

PLEASE HELP ME !!!!

 

[Football Hunter]

I guess you should follow their recomendations

 

[stkmantn]

Seems to me with their recomendations you'd be overseeding. When I used to farm in high school we planted at about 30 to 35 lbs per acre for soybeans and yet they are calling for 135 lbs of soybeans 15 lbs of milo and 50 lbs of peas all in one acre? I'd check with your local Ag Extension Office and see what they recomend but I'd think they're just trying to sell you more seed.

 

[Anonymous]

i know 60 lbs of beans and 6 lbs of milo are full farming rates planted with good equipment. looks like about 50 lbs of cowpeas would be also. these rates assume each crop planted alone. now, if your equipment or field conditions are less than ideal, those rates could be upped 20-30% with no problems. you will need to adjust for your mixing, field conditions, and grazing pressure.

don't forget to check your local co-op.

 

[DWM]

I figure 1 50# bag of soybeans per acre for a grain crop. As a rule of thumb food plot rates should be doubled what farming seeding rates are.

 

[stkmantn]

Ok I'll admit the land we planted was Buffalo River bottomland and the seed rates will go up depending. And that hand sowed crops just don't come up as well as planted crops do, but it still seems to me they are giving rates for one particular crop per acre and not taking into account all three being planted in one acre.