Not the best seedbed to be planting into, but very noticeable variances in fertliser uptake, some plants in-row being purple and stressed, with others next door green.Striping of rows in field, very pronounced, with an 8 row sequence of green vs purple in some photo's. DAP at 50kgs/ac was supposed to have been placed down the spout here at drilling. Possible causes: Placed too deep, blocked coulters, uneven distribution from the distributor box. Whatever the reason, the cost to the crop is a significant loss of plant growth at the start, root development is stunted and the crop as a result is compromised right from the outset, with no way of rememedial action. This leads to uneven cob development which then impinges on harvesting date, starch analysis and feed value. Maize has to get off to the right start!
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