I am concerned with the amount of non-treated soybean seed available for this year’s planting. For the four varieties I received for 2013 planting only one variety was treated as ordered. The germination for the treated seed was only 80% while the remaining non-treated seed had 90% germination. In a spring with extremely wet soils, I would advise treated soybeans to reduce the potential problems with pythium and phytophthora seeding blights and root rots.Soybean Seed
I am concerned with the amount of non-treated soybean seed available for this year’s planting. For the four varieties I received for 2013 planting only one variety was treated as ordered. The germination for the treated seed was only 80% while the remaining non-treated seed had 90% germination. In a spring with extremely wet soils, I would advise treated soybeans to reduce the potential problems with pythium and phytophthora seeding blights and root rots.