Establishment of Seeded Grasslands for Wildlife Habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region
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Table 4. Conversion factors to determine pounds of bulk seed needed to obtain 1 pound of pure live seed (adapted from Conservation Job Sheet ND-20, USDA-SCS 1980).
| Percent germination | |||||||||||
| Percent purity | 100 | 95 | 90 | 85 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 60 | 55 | 50 |
| 100 | 1.0 | 1.05 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 1.35 | 1.4 | 1.55 | 1.65 | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 95 | 1.05 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.65 | 1.75 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 90 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.85 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 85 | 1.2 | 1.25 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.45 | 1.55 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.95 | 2.15 | 2.35 |
| 80 | 1.25 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.55 | 1.65 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.25 | 2.5 |
| 75 | 1.35 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.55 | 1.65 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.05 | 2.2 | 2.45 | 2.65 |
| 70 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.05 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.85 |
| 65 | 1.55 | 1.65 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.05 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.55 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 60 | 1.65 | 1.75 | 1.85 | 1.95 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.55 | 2.8 | 3.05 | 3.35 |
| 55 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.15 | 2.25 | 2.45 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.05 | 3.35 | 3.65 |
| 50 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.35 | 2.5 | 2.65 | 2.85 | 3.1 | 3.35 | 3.65 | 4.0 |
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