This is Dave Christensen who developed Painted Mtn and several other lines. I was surprised that Painted Mtn did not produce as good as the others. I have spent 52 years selecting it for hardship. It wins other trials. These last 3 years it has been grown in record breaking drought. I expect that my newer seed would do a lot better for you. We grow in Northern Montana where there is 11" of moisture in a good year. Lately we have had terrible drought. No rain after June. What do you call dryland? I expect that Painted Mtn would have better standability and plant architecture than the color lines that other people have extracted from it.
This is Dave Christensen who developed Painted Mtn and several other lines.
I was surprised that Painted Mtn did not produce as good as the others. I have spent 52 years selecting it for hardship. It wins other trials. These last 3 years it has been grown in record breaking drought. I expect that my newer seed would do a lot better for you.
We grow in Northern Montana where there is 11" of moisture in a good year. Lately we have had terrible drought. No rain after June. What do you call dryland?
I expect that Painted Mtn would have better standability and plant architecture than the color lines that other people have extracted from it.