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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jun 28, 2024 6:11:43 GMT -6
My estimate is 3/4 inch of rain which is good to keep the crops progressing. It also helps keep the irrigators off as the watershed seems to have a problem. My renter chopped they hay last night and got it off the field. Seems the Libs are making up stories about all the watersheds across the country. Must be their new target. Lake Meade was the old target as they screamed it was going dry. Until it filled back up again that is. lol.
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Jun 28, 2024 6:45:19 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 28, 2024 6:45:19 GMT -6
My estimate is 3/4 inch of rain which is good to keep the crops progressing. It also helps keep the irrigators off as the watershed seems to have a problem. My renter chopped they hay last night and got it off the field. Seems the Libs are making up stories about all the watersheds across the country. Must be their new target. Lake Meade was the old target as they screamed it was going dry. Until it filled back up again that is. lol. I am sitting on granite and we do not have a lot of water from here to the east. 1/2 mile west seems to be where there is plenty for irrigation. The problem is a remnant trout stream that drains this area.
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Post by Foggy on Jun 28, 2024 6:58:12 GMT -6
About 3" in my guage at Nisswa this morning. Rained hard all night. Wow. Surprised.
EDIT: Almost 4" in my guage.
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Post by wklman on Jun 28, 2024 7:25:54 GMT -6
Got nailed with 2.71" of rain last night. Sumps are going good this morning.
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 28, 2024 11:06:30 GMT -6
Another night of rain just when I thought my plots were getting close to dry enough to disk up. My soybeans are being browsed hard, but they are able to stay ahead of the pressure. If we get a little warm and dry weather, they should really take off.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 28, 2024 11:26:38 GMT -6
I was going to spray a plot today, but I've got some standing water/puddles. I think I'll wait until Sunday and see how it looks then. I was wanting to get all my plots planted by the end of next week, but that may not happen
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 28, 2024 11:33:51 GMT -6
The forecast this weekend looks cool and the Mississippi is too high to fish right now, so I'm going to try to get a bunch of pre-hunt work done this weekend. Or at least that's my plan. I have a bunch of ladder stands hang, some weeds to cut, cameras to hang and tree cages to install around some trees and shrubs. Normally I procrastinate and have to do this stuff in August when it is 90 degrees out, so this should be a welcome change.
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Post by Foggy on Jun 28, 2024 11:39:39 GMT -6
I was at my land yesterday.....and sprayed some Thistle and Mullen. Had 5 foot high standing Rye......and I drove my UTV thu it to spray some of the weeds.....and to have a better look over-all at what I got going under that rye. I plan to roll the rye soon anyway so driving on it is no big deal.
Anyway......while I have some areas with good clover and some chicory going........many other areas just are lacking any meaningful "good" crop under the rye. Seems much of my small seed box simply did not grow from my planting late last August. I had planted Alice White Clover, Medium Red Clover, chicory, and Yellow Sweet Clover using my drill. Not much evidence of any of those growing this year despite good growing conditions. I am a bit dazed and confused on what happened.....not to mention the cost of doing this. Only thing I can think of at the moment....is that I drilled 'em too deep?
Now it seems like I will have to start over in many areas. I kinda feel like a Democrat at the moment......still in a state of denial. Grin.
I need to develop a new plan for about 5 acres. The disk may need to be brought into service again.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 28, 2024 11:46:13 GMT -6
The forecast this weekend looks cool and the Mississippi is too high to fish right now, so I'm going to try to get a bunch of pre-hunt work done this weekend. Or at least that's my plan. I have a bunch of ladder stands hang, some weeds to cut, cameras to hang and tree cages to install around some trees and shrubs. Normally I procrastinate and have to do this stuff in August when it is 90 degrees out, so this should be a welcome change. Bring lots of bug spray. The skeeters and flies are off the charts bad in the woods here.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 28, 2024 11:48:24 GMT -6
I was at my land yesterday.....and sprayed some Thistle and Mullen. Had 5 foot high standing Rye......and I drove my UTV thu it to spray some of the weeds.....and to have a better look over-all at what I got going under that rye. I plan to roll the rye soon anyway so driving on it is no big deal. Anyway......while I have some areas with good clover and some chicory going........many other areas just are lacking any meaningful "good" crop under the rye. Seems much of my small seed box simply did not grow from my planting late last August. I had planted Alice White Clover, Medium Red Clover, chicory, and Yellow Sweet Clover using my drill. Not much evidence of any of those growing this year despite good growing conditions. I am a bit dazed and confused on what happened.....not to mention the cost of doing this. Only thing I can think of at the moment....is that I drilled 'em too deep? Now it seems like I will have to start over in many areas. I kinda feel like a Democrat at the moment......still in a state of denial. Grin. I need to develop a new plan for about 5 acres. The disk may need to be brought into service again. I'm not sold on your ground being all that good for clover, chicory, or sweet clover. I suppose in a year like this the red clover should have at least done "ok"
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Post by Foggy on Jun 28, 2024 12:34:27 GMT -6
I was at my land yesterday.....and sprayed some Thistle and Mullen. Had 5 foot high standing Rye......and I drove my UTV thu it to spray some of the weeds.....and to have a better look over-all at what I got going under that rye. I plan to roll the rye soon anyway so driving on it is no big deal. Anyway......while I have some areas with good clover and some chicory going........many other areas just are lacking any meaningful "good" crop under the rye. Seems much of my small seed box simply did not grow from my planting late last August. I had planted Alice White Clover, Medium Red Clover, chicory, and Yellow Sweet Clover using my drill. Not much evidence of any of those growing this year despite good growing conditions. I am a bit dazed and confused on what happened.....not to mention the cost of doing this. Only thing I can think of at the moment....is that I drilled 'em too deep? Now it seems like I will have to start over in many areas. I kinda feel like a Democrat at the moment......still in a state of denial. Grin. I need to develop a new plan for about 5 acres. The disk may need to be brought into service again. I'm not sold on your ground being all that good for clover, chicory, or sweet clover. I suppose in a year like this the red clover should have at least done "ok" I've always had good success with clover in the past. I planted the Yellow Sweet Clover in an effort to build some bio-mass and create some vertical crops and a nitrogen source. SD had me sold on it.....and I was under the impression it was easy to grow on sand. I do not see any evidence of it....despite planting 6 lbs / acre. May have to rely on Rye to get me though deer season - once again. Tho, I still have a few acres of well established clover. Also may put in more of a brassica mix this summer. Seems were getting rain this year.
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Jun 28, 2024 12:44:53 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 28, 2024 12:44:53 GMT -6
I was at my land yesterday.....and sprayed some Thistle and Mullen. Had 5 foot high standing Rye......and I drove my UTV thu it to spray some of the weeds.....and to have a better look over-all at what I got going under that rye. I plan to roll the rye soon anyway so driving on it is no big deal. Anyway......while I have some areas with good clover and some chicory going........many other areas just are lacking any meaningful "good" crop under the rye. Seems much of my small seed box simply did not grow from my planting late last August. I had planted Alice White Clover, Medium Red Clover, chicory, and Yellow Sweet Clover using my drill. Not much evidence of any of those growing this year despite good growing conditions. I am a bit dazed and confused on what happened.....not to mention the cost of doing this. Only thing I can think of at the moment....is that I drilled 'em too deep? Now it seems like I will have to start over in many areas. I kinda feel like a Democrat at the moment......still in a state of denial. Grin. I need to develop a new plan for about 5 acres. The disk may need to be brought into service again. Is there a chance they will emerge this year?
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 28, 2024 13:04:30 GMT -6
I was at my land yesterday.....and sprayed some Thistle and Mullen. Had 5 foot high standing Rye......and I drove my UTV thu it to spray some of the weeds.....and to have a better look over-all at what I got going under that rye. I plan to roll the rye soon anyway so driving on it is no big deal. Anyway......while I have some areas with good clover and some chicory going........many other areas just are lacking any meaningful "good" crop under the rye. Seems much of my small seed box simply did not grow from my planting late last August. I had planted Alice White Clover, Medium Red Clover, chicory, and Yellow Sweet Clover using my drill. Not much evidence of any of those growing this year despite good growing conditions. I am a bit dazed and confused on what happened.....not to mention the cost of doing this. Only thing I can think of at the moment....is that I drilled 'em too deep? Now it seems like I will have to start over in many areas. I kinda feel like a Democrat at the moment......still in a state of denial. Grin. I need to develop a new plan for about 5 acres. The disk may need to be brought into service again. Do you have a cultipacker at your place? I think you could have a great plot in that rye field yet this year. You could either direct drill in seeds or cultipack the rye down, spray the whole field with round up, then broadcast a mix of brassicas, clover, alfalfa and chicory. A second cultipack pass and some urea and you should be good to go. The rye thatch should retain a lot of moisture and hopefully give the small seeds a good place to germinate. There's a lot of moisture in the soil right now, so your timing could be good for a restart.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 28, 2024 13:15:30 GMT -6
I was at my land yesterday.....and sprayed some Thistle and Mullen. Had 5 foot high standing Rye......and I drove my UTV thu it to spray some of the weeds.....and to have a better look over-all at what I got going under that rye. I plan to roll the rye soon anyway so driving on it is no big deal. Anyway......while I have some areas with good clover and some chicory going........many other areas just are lacking any meaningful "good" crop under the rye. Seems much of my small seed box simply did not grow from my planting late last August. I had planted Alice White Clover, Medium Red Clover, chicory, and Yellow Sweet Clover using my drill. Not much evidence of any of those growing this year despite good growing conditions. I am a bit dazed and confused on what happened.....not to mention the cost of doing this. Only thing I can think of at the moment....is that I drilled 'em too deep? Now it seems like I will have to start over in many areas. I kinda feel like a Democrat at the moment......still in a state of denial. Grin. I need to develop a new plan for about 5 acres. The disk may need to be brought into service again. Do you have a cultipacker at your place? I think you could have a great plot in that rye field yet this year. You could either direct drill in seeds or cultipack the rye down, spray the whole field with round up, then broadcast a mix of brassicas, clover, alfalfa and chicory. A second cultipack pass and some urea and you should be good to go. The rye thatch should retain a lot of moisture and hopefully give the small seeds a good place to germinate. There's a lot of moisture in the soil right now, so your timing could be good for a restart. Rye thatch is some pretty incredible stuff. I had remnant rye thatch 2 years after growing it for the last time. A few years in a row of heavy rye thatch should make quite a difference in the soil.
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 28, 2024 13:35:49 GMT -6
Do you have a cultipacker at your place? I think you could have a great plot in that rye field yet this year. You could either direct drill in seeds or cultipack the rye down, spray the whole field with round up, then broadcast a mix of brassicas, clover, alfalfa and chicory. A second cultipack pass and some urea and you should be good to go. The rye thatch should retain a lot of moisture and hopefully give the small seeds a good place to germinate. There's a lot of moisture in the soil right now, so your timing could be good for a restart. Rye thatch is some pretty incredible stuff. I had remnant rye thatch 2 years after growing it for the last time. A few years in a row of heavy rye thatch should make quite a difference in the soil. I planted some rye 2 years ago on a steep, sandy logging road with a southern exposure. I was having annual washouts here and I struggled to get much to grow (I was even fine with any weeds growing here, but this location was so bad even the weeds didn't grow well), so I turned to rye. The drought last year stunted the rye growth, but it still put on a few seed heads that I brush hogged in August. The rye seeds germinated late last fall and the moisture this spring made it go crazy. I did add a shot of urea in early May and the rye is thick and 6 feet tall. It was unbelievable the amount of tonnage produced on incredibly poor soil. I plan on running the brush hog over this logging road every August and it will be interesting to see if the rotting organic matter will eventually allow me to get some clover or alfalfa to grow on that logging road.
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