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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5311998" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>DoubleRidge, the old method of deciding on seeding rates in mixtures is, when planting two species, take each species' suggested planting rate as a single species crop and cut it by one third. When mixing 3 species, cut their single species seeding rate by half. When planting 4 or more species, cut the seeding rate by two-thirds. And then throw in the complicating factor of planting technique. Recommend seeding rates are for seed drilled in. Broadcasting seed often sees a recommendation of increasing the seeding rate by 50%.</p><p></p><p>Of course, those are just generic rules-of-thumb. Some species tend to dominate even at lower seeding rates. I think some trial-and-error would be required to fine-tune a mixture rate for a specific mixture. For example, Buckwheat alone has a recommended seeding rate of 60 lbs/acre. I plant Buckwheat in my fall plots in a mixture with crimson clover, wheat and Austrian Winter Peas. So I should cut the Buckwheat by two-thirds, or down to 20 lbs. And because I'm surface broadcasting, that should be increased by 50%, which brings the seeding rate back to 30 lbs/acre. However, at 30 lbs/acre, Buckwheat will be extremely thick for a mixture. Trail-and-error has caused me to decrease the seeding rate for my fall mixture back down to 20 lbs/acre, and even at that low rate, it's a lot of Buckwheat! See the 2 pictures below. Those are my plots at 20 lbs/acre of Buckwheat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5311998, member: 17"] DoubleRidge, the old method of deciding on seeding rates in mixtures is, when planting two species, take each species' suggested planting rate as a single species crop and cut it by one third. When mixing 3 species, cut their single species seeding rate by half. When planting 4 or more species, cut the seeding rate by two-thirds. And then throw in the complicating factor of planting technique. Recommend seeding rates are for seed drilled in. Broadcasting seed often sees a recommendation of increasing the seeding rate by 50%. Of course, those are just generic rules-of-thumb. Some species tend to dominate even at lower seeding rates. I think some trial-and-error would be required to fine-tune a mixture rate for a specific mixture. For example, Buckwheat alone has a recommended seeding rate of 60 lbs/acre. I plant Buckwheat in my fall plots in a mixture with crimson clover, wheat and Austrian Winter Peas. So I should cut the Buckwheat by two-thirds, or down to 20 lbs. And because I'm surface broadcasting, that should be increased by 50%, which brings the seeding rate back to 30 lbs/acre. However, at 30 lbs/acre, Buckwheat will be extremely thick for a mixture. Trail-and-error has caused me to decrease the seeding rate for my fall mixture back down to 20 lbs/acre, and even at that low rate, it's a lot of Buckwheat! See the 2 pictures below. Those are my plots at 20 lbs/acre of Buckwheat. [/QUOTE]
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