[kauppfarms]

Like a lot of Western Canadian farmers, I am giving some Lentils a shot for the first time. I actually cropped and managed the durum crop the year before with the intention of trying out some Lentils, so I'm not purely just price chasing (although maybe a little ha). Anyhow we have been growing Peas for quite a while, and will still have a lot of pea acres going forward. The reason we have shied away from Lentils in the past is because we primarily grow either LL Canola or Durum on our pulse stubble the following year, both which are not good friends of the Clearfield production system. So to avoid that system I picked our cleanest field, seeded it to durum and then pre-harvested it. Planning on spraying Heat/Glyph for Pre-burn and then just Solo in crop, Priaxor and then finally either a reglone or straight heat destination (need the seed for next year, if this goes ok.).


Anyway I was wondering what the best seeding depth to use is, and most importantly to me, the timing of the seeding. Right now we are full of moisture and warm days are upon us. When we get to start this early we will usually start with Durum and then if its before April 18th (just a date we've settled on over the years, a very unexact science) we'll usually put in some peas before we start Canola. Are Lentils fairly frost tolerant like Durum and Peas? Would it be a good idea to seed the Lentils before we start on Canola or right around the same time? Regarding depth I have seen 1-2" from the SK Lentil Production sight. Is this the best or could I go 1/2" - 3/4" like Canola? We pretty much seed all our Cereals at this depth now as well as long as the moisture is decent.


Thanks

 

[Snipe]

Lentils are pretty forgiving as far as depth is concerned. You need some dirt over them mostly to keep the innoculant alive. By the way where are you at that it is so nice out? It's nasty here.

 

[lambear]

I seed into moisture anywhere from .5" to 2", solo is a good choice for herb.

In sw sask we are under a heavy snowfall warning. I'm not really thinking to hard about seeding this am..

 

[mustard]

Lentils are fairly frost tolerant although maybe not quite as much as peas. Most are seeded here first and then onto durum. Never had a sustained problem with clearfield system before durum (it usually grows out of negative affects)
You must be in southern montana or the dakotas if your starting to seed now. Lentils grow well here in Sask but soon as you hit the Alberta border they don`t and you have to switch to peas........

 

[kauppfarms]

We're in Southern Alberta. A lot of Lentil growers to the east of us in brown soils. Were dark brown heading into thin black, so we'll see how it works. I'm thinking maybe we should get them in real early so that they can be mature enough that the late July heat should give them the 'stress' they need to go to seed?

The weather isn't real warm today and we've received a small amount of snow but it is supposed to turn back to 18 by Friday. Predicting a bunch of rain next week however so I don't think we'll be getting going too soon. Drove through Montana on my way back from Whitefish last weekend and did see one guy going.

 

[Kernel]

I am growing red lentils for first time.
I have a few quick questions:
Can I put 50 lbs of 11-52 with seed in single narrow band or is that a little too much?
Are weeds in Clearfield lentils controlled with odyessy or solo type products?
Any disease issues different than green lentils?
How many times can I expect to spray for disease? Min? Max?
Seed treatment necessary?
Best seed treatment?

 

[bradw2]

pretty much have to put down rival or edge if using solo, buckwheat control is non exsistant, residual suppression of wild oats and kochia helps a lot too. odyssey will bump up the buckwheat control a bit vs solo but then have some residues to deal with too.


red varieties typically have better anthracnose and ascchyta resistance than greens but still need a fungicide app. sometimes they stand up to schlerotina better than large greens as well, simply because they stand a little better and mature faster giving the disease less time to spread. in these realy wet years a second fungicide app certainly helped.


50 lb likely ok in these wet soils, 40 lb of 1152 is usually lots for the crop in most cases though and then it is seed safe too.