2badlybent
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After looking at my corn fields after the flood has finally left the area and some drying has begun I saw that some of the rows are much greener and taller than the next 4 rows. I used a Jd 7000 planter and applied fetilizer to plant.
There is a slight slope to the field and it was planted up and down the slope.
The variation is very noticable and and I have not been able to figure out what caused this to happen.
I had this same thing happen one other time using a different planter but that was a number of years ago and I blamed the planter. It has only affected about 10 of the 4 row plantings or 40 rows of corn and the shorter corn is beginning to catch up with the taller stuff but I doubt it will be as productive. If anyone knows what is going on with my planter I would like to know. My other corn fields look great.
There is a slight slope to the field and it was planted up and down the slope.
The variation is very noticable and and I have not been able to figure out what caused this to happen.
I had this same thing happen one other time using a different planter but that was a number of years ago and I blamed the planter. It has only affected about 10 of the 4 row plantings or 40 rows of corn and the shorter corn is beginning to catch up with the taller stuff but I doubt it will be as productive. If anyone knows what is going on with my planter I would like to know. My other corn fields look great.