Spring Wheat Notes

I have been checking the test plot at least twice a day recently.  I'm interested in the appearance of the wheat plants after germination.  Here are my notes from today.  It's been over a week since the first Java wheat emerged.

Winter wheat test plot:

• Beloturka 100% dead
• Kharkof  100% dead
• Red May from 2017 100% dead
• Nebraska No 60 100% dead

Everything except the Red May is something of a puzzle.  The Red May is no unexpected because it grew so poorly as a Spring wheat, and I have doubts about the seed's authenticity.  But the other wheats are bona fide winter crops, and it's strange that they died.

Spring wheat test plot:

• Haynes Bluestem is basically all up, and it looks great.  There has been some nice red coloring on some of the stems.
• Dakota is all up, and it's all green.  This is supposedly a selection of bluestem
• Early Red Fife is up, with some red tips.
• Purplestraw is a little behind the other plantings.  It's just starting to emerge.
• The Red Fife planted as a control next to the Java is all up now.

Today was a beautiful day, sunshine and clear.  The soil is still quite wet but the standing water on the farm has basically disappeared.