Treatment^†

1. Skip 30.5 cm = row 1, 3, and 5 not thinned; row 2, 4, and 6 with 30.5 cm skips

2. Skip 61.0 cm = row 1, 3, and 5 not thinned; row 2, 4, and 6 with 61.0 cm skips

3. Skip 91.5 cm = row 1, 3, and 5 not thinned; row 2, 4 and 6 with 91.5 cm skips

4. Staggered skip 30.5 cm = row 1, 3, and 5 with 30.5 cm skips; row 2, 4, and 6 with 30.5 cm skips staggered.

5. Staggered skip 61.0 cm = row 1, 3, and 5 with 61.0 cm skips; row 2, 4, and 6 with 61.0 cm skips staggered.

6. Staggered skip 91.5 cm = row 1 , 3, and 5 with 91.5 cm skips; row 2, 4, and 6 with 91.5 cm skips staggered.

7. uniform planting pattern = plant 13 seed per m, spaced 7.62 cm apart

8. skip-row = plant 1 row, skip 1row

Location and experiment

Planting date

Box map date

Machine harvest

Loc 1, Exp. 1

22 May 2012

Not mapped

27 Oct 2012

Loc 2, Exp. 2

21 May 2012

29-30 Oct 2012

31 Oct 2012

Loc 1, Exp. 3

16 May 2013

Not mapped

15 Oct 2013

Loc 2, Exp. 4

15 May 2013

23-24 Oct 2013

25 Oct 2013

Loc 1, Exp. 5

21 May 2013

23 - 24 Oct 2014

24 Oct 2014