{"id":53,"date":"2020-03-20T12:27:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/?p=53"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T16:27:24","slug":"peanut-seed-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/2020\/03\/peanut-seed-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Peanut Seed Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please see below for an update on peanut seed quality from our Extension Peanut Agronomist, Dr. Scott Monfort: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seed Options<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Growers should ask what the Germination % is on every lot they purchase.<\/li><li>If you purchase seed, it should be 75% germination or above. <ul><li>You could send sample to get germination % from Department of Agriculture if you have time before planting<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Farmer saved seed may be in any range. \u00a0<ul><li>Please make sure to take a sample and submit to the department of Agriculture to determine germination % before you plant.\u00a0 <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>You might want to treat with Rancona seed treatment to reduce issues with aspergillus flavus and niger. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agronomic Decisions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For Seed of all quality &#8212;- plant at optimal\nconditions (soil temp over 68 degrees and good moisture).&nbsp; <ul><li>Planting marginal seed in subpar conditions will\nmake the situation worse.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Do not plant seed with marginal seed quality\nmore than 2.5 inches deep. <\/li><li><strong>If you\nhave multiple seed lots and\/or numerous totes, use the ones with the best\ngermination earlier in the season when soils are not quite as warm. <\/strong><\/li><li>Make sure the soil has adequate moisture for\ngermination and emergence. This is not the year to chase soil moisture!<\/li><li>Consider slowing down your planting speed.<\/li><li>Under dry conditions, make sure to irrigate\nbefore and after planting.<\/li><li>Use an in-furrow inoculant <\/li><li>Determine if in-furrow fungicide is needed.<\/li><li><strong>Do not\nadd any other bio-stimulant or fertilizer product in-furrow with seed. All you\nneed is the seed, inoculant, insecticide, and fungicide!!!&nbsp; Why take the risk?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seeding Rates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Seed at 85% germination or above: plant at\nnormal rates<\/li><li>High 70\u2019s to low 80\u2019s : &nbsp;increase seeding\nrate 1-2 seed per foot<\/li><li>Seed below 75% germination the outcome may not\nbe very good if you do everything right. <\/li><li>You have more flexibility with twin row\nplantings to bump up the seeding rate. With lower germination- increasing\nseeding rate can be the way to compensate BUT if you stack too many seed on top\nof one another you can get the opposite result. Placing seeds on top of one\nanother or touching in the furrow can increase the potential for seed rot. <\/li><li>It&#8217;s best not to go over 8 to 8.5 seeds per foot\non twin rows and not over 7.5 seed per foot on single rows. It is hard to plant\nmore than 6 seed per foot with a single row planter with a large editable bean\nplate. You may need to use a virginia peanut plate. &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> If you have any questions please contact your local\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/about\/personnel-directory\/browse.html?personnelFilter=county\">County Agent<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see below for an update on peanut seed quality from our Extension Peanut Agronomist, Dr. Scott Monfort: Seed Options Growers should ask what the Germination % is on every lot they purchase. If you purchase seed, it should be 75% germination or above. You could send sample to get germination % from Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/maconcountyagnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}