@@mikemitchell2554Hi Mike winter wheat needs at least three leaves on it for optimal winter survival. Ice cover on the ground is the worst killer followed by extreme cold with no snow cover and of course water puddles. The closer you are to the US border the better the chances of not getting winter kill. Looking good so far
Here in Denmark we have winter wheat, for the last 50+ years. If you got a snow cover it can survive almost anything, only frozen ground and melted snow kill it, and temp going up and down the freeze point pull the plants “over”. Our climate is of coz a lot different. And yes, genetics have improved a lot. Also I see you seeded it in furrows, it will protect the plants a lot.
Looks good. Last few years have had very little winter kill in southern Alberta. When we do have winter kill it's not from the cold winter days typically. It's from snow melt and runoff in the spring. So I'd expect your potholes will winter kill before your hill tops will.
suggest you try frost seeding in the fall both mustard and canola after the ground cools off below the temperature for them to germinate. they will emerge before the ground is dry enough to seed in the spring and should be ready to harvest 2-4 weeks earlier. in the late 80s and 90s I had a number of clients in Alberta who did this with canola and it was usually their highest yielding that year. some years a late freeze killed the crop but they said it was worth it to spread out harvest and over time they made money from the higher yield.
Plants are standing in the furrows or in the stubble so a little bit of snow protects them from hard wind and very low temperatures.n A few days of high temperatures now wil give some extra body to the wheat coming winter months. We are growing winter wheat for the first time in 80 years. Due tho rain we are not getting all the winter wheat in so that has to wait to next spring.So Mike we can compare what future brings us🤣
We have winter rye as well in Wisconsin but it’s only rained once since the end of August so it’s not growing well… luckily it’s like 80° the next few days and no rain. 😅
I know hard white is catching on for specialty whole-wheat flour. It has a milder flavor than red wheat and behaves closer to [northern] all-purpose flour in recipes.
Hey Mike, got a question. Does HRW mature and harvest earlier there? All I know is south central Kansas HRW. No mater what year it is, harvest always starts the second week of June around here…
Don't confuse zero vegetative wheat =0°c with vernalization, which takes place between 3 and 10° for a minimum of 7 weeks between the 1-leaf stage and tillering to initiate future flowering for winter wheat (60 days) and much less for alternative spring wheat (15 days). In Canada, you shouldn't have this kind of problem, but in France, with global warming, it's starting to have an impact.
The measurements of a growing business are trying new things and failing at some of those things. "That's the way we have always done it" is an obituary for a dying business
