Posted by fergienewbee on December 01, 2014 at 11:02:04 from (99.119.131.122):
Here's what I did. I picked 10 ears at random, shelled them, and weighed one ounce of kernels. I then weighed all the kernels from the 10 ears and came up with an average of 340 kernels per ear.
Next I counted 50 ears in a 20-foot row based on a row width of 26" and a [plant spacing of 3+". That represents 1/1000 of an acre. I multiplied the 50 ears by 1000 to get 50,000 ears per acre. Took the 340 kernels per ear time 50,000 ears yields 17,000,000 kernels. I divided this number by 90,000 seeds per bushel and had a yield of 189 bu/acre. Does that sound right? If that's correct, not bad for a food plot.
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