Tillers = Heads of Wheat
Posted by romeethredge on January 27, 2012
Wheat has grown very well this year where it has adequate fertility and moisture. Now’s the time to count tillers per square foot to make sure we have plenty out there because tillers = heads of wheat . Most of our wheat is drilled in 7.5 inch rows so just measure 19 inches down and count tillers. We want 80 to 100 tillers per square foot, and if we don’t have that now , it would be good to go ahead with an early split sidedress Nitrogen application. And then come back in mid February with the rest of your nitrogen.
If you have plenty of tillers then you can just wait until the 2nd week of February to put all your sidedress N out.
This well tillered plant has 5 tillers that will grow grain.
Count the number of tillers in 19 inches down the row if your row spacing is 7.5 inches.
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