Bucksnbears
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We just got put in a severe watch.
Need rain Bad.
Need rain Bad.
Wi transplant
PMA Member
Planting method? Soil type? Sloped or flat? Upland or lowlands?
Daver
PMA Member
Good question. I am wondering the same thing.
Obviously, if your field(s) experienced run off, you could be looking at filling in some bare spots. But I think the bigger risk is all this rain and then possibly little to no rain over the next 3 weeks or so. If that manifests, then bare ground could "crust" and restrict germination.Too soon to say for sure right now though IMO...let's see what happens in the next 2-3 weeks...then we will we know.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Ugly looking clouds & radar in Minnesota. Saw a guy fishing on our lake & lightning hit about 1/4 mile from him ?
Pouring rain now !
Pouring rain now !
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Tilled, Cultipack, Broadcast, Cultipack Again. Upland fairly flat 1 acre area.
Flat and upland.... bet it's just fine
Bucksnbears
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Only 2/10 the.
Booo.
Booo.
I’d be doing a happy dance unless all came in a torrential downpour. The longer I mess around with planting seeds, and I have been in some form or other for 35 years, the more convinced I am that the absolute best case scenario is for a seedling to get good and established. The first few weeks after germination are key. If they had good conditions, they’ll be much more equipped to handle stress later than if they’d struggled outta the gate. 7 inches, depending on intensity, would have me happier than a hog in slop and will sustain that seedling a good while even in less than ideal soil. Catch another dose in a couple weeks and you’ll be sitting pretty
Daver
PMA Member
My app told me this morning that we got another 4" yesterday at our farm. That is on top of about 3" more inches since Sunday. I kid you not when I say that is substantially more, as in 5" or 6" more, than we have received in other years for the whole summer. Time to build an ark!
theDoorman
Member
Yea we are at 8.5” in Davis county last 3 days. Was disappointed I didn’t get brassicas planted but may have lucked out as those plots are currently under water.
madplotter
PMA Member
Monroe/Mahaska area we had 5.2" from Sunday night to last night. Came perfect like .6 - 1" at a time and soaked right in. We were dry...
Timing is everything!! Saw this coming this morning and hauled ass down to farm and got a brassica plot seeded just in time!!
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Same! Finished just as the rain stared.
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
We’ve had 3 (2) inch rains in the past 8 days in Minnesota. Our lake is up about 2 feet since it’s low of last year .
Bucksnbears
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I just missed 1/ 2 AGAIN by a few miles. Dammit!
Wi transplant
PMA Member
Looks like most of southern iowa getting a soaker today!!
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Daver
PMA Member
Yay! ^^ I finished planting brassicas on Saturday, 8/10, and for the first time in YEARS, I had discernable soil moisture present while so doing. 1. We have had good rain throughout the summer. 2. I had left a goodly amount of rye thatch on the surface that kept things from drying out. 3. I did not till or disk, I used my handy dandy no till drill.
The combination puts me in, by far, the best brassica growing situation I have had in probably 10 years or so...and that's before todays rain. Wow.
Wi transplant
PMA Member
Yes! Mine went in the ground yesterday!!!Yay! ^^ I finished planting brassicas on Saturday, 8/10, and for the first time in YEARS, I had discernable soil moisture present while so doing. 1. We have had good rain throughout the summer. 2. I had left a goodly amount of rye thatch on the surface that kept things from drying out. 3. I did not till or disk, I used my handy dandy no till drill.
The combination puts me in, by far, the best brassica growing situation I have had in probably 10 years or so...and that's before todays rain. Wow.
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