{"id":10988,"date":"2017-05-15T16:53:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germains.com\/?p=10988\/"},"modified":"2017-05-15T18:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:29:46","slug":"organic-seed-treatment-for-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/germains.com\/us\/organic-seed-treatment-for-peas\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Seed Treatments for Peas Protect Crops from Pythium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding an organic seed treatment for peas that protect your crop from pythium may be challenging.\u00a0 Have you ever had to double your seed rates per acre hoping you will achieve a decent final stand? Growers in the Pacific Northwest report that they are planting double the recommend rate per acre just to produce a stand of 50% or less! If you are one of many pea growers who is experiencing the devastating damage caused by Pythium,\u00a0 you may want to consider treating your seeds with a biological seed treatment.<\/p>\n

Unlike conventional pea growers who can rely on seed treatments such as Maxim Apron to improve their emergence, organic growers are scrambling to find an NOP compliant seed treatment to protect their green and snap pea crops to improve field emergence and to achieve a decent final stand.<\/p>\n

Organic Seed Treatments for Peas – Protects Crops from Pythium<\/h2>\n

After receiving reports from commercial pea producers in the Pacific Northwest about the impact of Pythium on their organic pea crops, Germains is conducting biological seed treatment field trials in the Pacific Northwest in partnership with commercial pea growers. The outcome of the trial thus far is producing favorable emergence results that include:<\/p>\n