date:Feb 19, 2013
hurts in terms of delivering that fertilizer to the wheat crop.
However, if there is a very thin stand coming out of the winter, Scharf recommends that producers get out soon and apply fertilizer to stimulate new tillers.
Each plant should have the main stem that was the first leaf coming up, but it should also have at least two good tillers on it, he said.
Those are side shoots that come off to the side of the plant, and they will form heads that will have grain on them. They are a very impo