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Post by smsmith on Apr 8, 2020 10:19:21 GMT -6
I'd be amazed if the frost is out up there. I saw one field that had been planted last weekend. It was on sand near Browerville. I'm guessing peas and/or oats
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 8, 2020 10:30:43 GMT -6
I have more cover crop seed than every single coop in SD combined (cause I ain't found one that sells it). If I planted a mono-crop, I could cover upwards of 50 acres with what I'm hauling this weekend, and it needs to get planted this weekend, or I risk yield loss. Are you concerned about soil temps and germination? Is the frost out of the ground at your place? Other than dormant apple trees i wont plant anything for close to a month. Forecast for the next two weeks is cool temps. Not concerned. Good chance some may not take. It's all cheap and plentiful seed, and I'm only trying a few spots. Everything I'm planting has cold kill temps around 15 degrees or less. Barley is the most susceptible one at 20 degrees. The rest is supposed to be pretty hardy. All cold-season/soil plants. I asked the dude at the seed shed about when to plant oats and barley. He said, "As soon as you can get across the field without burying the drill." He was a little surprised by me mentioning barley has a higher cold kill temp. But still, I'm gonna throw some out to see what happens. We'll learn which seed can stay viable and which ones can't. That's really what I want to see. What can resist rot and germination like hard clover seed or dogwood seed, and what is gonna rot like a wet bean? I might even have a bucket of faba beans left.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 8, 2020 10:55:17 GMT -6
Are you concerned about soil temps and germination? Is the frost out of the ground at your place? Other than dormant apple trees i wont plant anything for close to a month. Forecast for the next two weeks is cool temps. Not concerned. Good chance some may not take. It's all cheap and plentiful seed, and I'm only trying a few spots. Everything I'm planting has cold kill temps around 15 degrees or less. Barley is the most susceptible one at 20 degrees. The rest is supposed to be pretty hardy. All cold-season/soil plants. I asked the dude at the seed shed about when to plant oats and barley. He said, "As soon as you can get across the field without burying the drill." He was a little surprised by me mentioning barley has a higher cold kill temp. But still, I'm gonna throw some out to see what happens. We'll learn which seed can stay viable and which ones can't. That's really what I want to see. What can resist rot and germination like hard clover seed or dogwood seed, and what is gonna rot like a wet bean? I might even have a bucket of faba beans left. I think you would be better off delaying for a bit. It is wet here in central Minnesota.
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Post by benmnwi on Apr 8, 2020 11:14:58 GMT -6
The 7 day forecast looks really cool, so I'll plant my peas and oats next week. I'd like the soil temps to be a bit warmer so the seed germinates a little quicker.
The forecast looks great for the clover seed i frost seeded a few weeks ago.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 8, 2020 12:24:57 GMT -6
Not concerned. Good chance some may not take. It's all cheap and plentiful seed, and I'm only trying a few spots. Everything I'm planting has cold kill temps around 15 degrees or less. Barley is the most susceptible one at 20 degrees. The rest is supposed to be pretty hardy. All cold-season/soil plants. I asked the dude at the seed shed about when to plant oats and barley. He said, "As soon as you can get across the field without burying the drill." He was a little surprised by me mentioning barley has a higher cold kill temp. But still, I'm gonna throw some out to see what happens. We'll learn which seed can stay viable and which ones can't. That's really what I want to see. What can resist rot and germination like hard clover seed or dogwood seed, and what is gonna rot like a wet bean? I might even have a bucket of faba beans left. I think you would be better off delaying for a bit. It is wet here in central Minnesota. I can't stop now. Succeess or flop, this is bigger than one man. We need this. America needs this.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 8, 2020 14:00:25 GMT -6
Not concerned. Good chance some may not take. It's all cheap and plentiful seed, and I'm only trying a few spots. Everything I'm planting has cold kill temps around 15 degrees or less. Barley is the most susceptible one at 20 degrees. The rest is supposed to be pretty hardy. All cold-season/soil plants. I asked the dude at the seed shed about when to plant oats and barley. He said, "As soon as you can get across the field without burying the drill." He was a little surprised by me mentioning barley has a higher cold kill temp. But still, I'm gonna throw some out to see what happens. We'll learn which seed can stay viable and which ones can't. That's really what I want to see. What can resist rot and germination like hard clover seed or dogwood seed, and what is gonna rot like a wet bean? I might even have a bucket of faba beans left. I think you would be better off delaying for a bit. It is wet here in central Minnesota.
I've been wanting to clean up along my north trail. I can get there 3 different ways and they all require going through at least one stretch of low, wet ground. It was pretty iffy today, I wouldn't have made it without locking differential. I need to get back there for another few hours, but I may let it dry out a bit before I do.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 8, 2020 14:14:07 GMT -6
I think you would be better off delaying for a bit. It is wet here in central Minnesota.
I've been wanting to clean up along my north trail. I can get there 3 different ways and they all require going through at least one stretch of low, wet ground. It was pretty iffy today, I wouldn't have made it without locking differential. I need to get back there for another few hours, but I may let it dry out a bit before I do. That's the best time to do those far away places. The sled pulls easiest when floating on the water.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 8, 2020 18:40:50 GMT -6
I was hoping Walz would ease up on the extension until May 4. I see no reason why golf courses can't re-open with some restrictions. Landscacpers need to get to work, no reason not to. Each week I go to Walmart to grocery shop. There are a lot more than 10 people in that store. If huge corporations get to remain open, we need to come up with some way to get small businesses back up and running.
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Post by kl9 on Apr 8, 2020 19:11:52 GMT -6
I was hoping Walz would ease up on the extension until May 4. I see no reason why golf courses can't re-open with some restrictions. Landscacpers need to get to work, no reason not to. Each week I go to Walmart to grocery shop. There are a lot more than 10 people in that store. If huge corporations get to remain open, we need to come up with some way to get small businesses back up and running. I applied for a 10k grant as a small business owner this morning as part of the CARES act. Took 15 minutes. Don’t put too much faith in it though
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Post by smsmith on Apr 8, 2020 20:28:38 GMT -6
Our power was just out for about 2 hours. I can only imagine being in a metropolitan area with everybody supposed to be staying at home and the power goes out...that could get ugly pretty quickly.
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Post by kooch on Apr 8, 2020 20:50:05 GMT -6
Our power was just out for about 2 hours. I can only imagine being in a metropolitan area with everybody supposed to be staying at home and the power goes out...that could get ugly pretty quickly. Imagine if it was January. If it happens now, at least we're on easy street with the weather.
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Post by wiscwhip on Apr 8, 2020 21:11:32 GMT -6
The Cat better watch his ass!
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Post by Foggy on Apr 8, 2020 21:34:02 GMT -6
I was hoping Walz would ease up on the extension until May 4. I see no reason why golf courses can't re-open with some restrictions. Landscacpers need to get to work, no reason not to. Each week I go to Walmart to grocery shop. There are a lot more than 10 people in that store. If huge corporations get to remain open, we need to come up with some way to get small businesses back up and running. Construction and landscaping here in OZ are still in high gear. Our golf courses are up and going......other stuff is much like MN. Good social distance practices on the golf courses. It's the only thing to do at this point besides walking and biking. Dont see any difference between walking and playing golf (with some precautions on the golf). I have not heard of any CV as a result of these things. MN needs to get the golf and fishing industries back into gear.....ASAP. I do understand some travel limitations tho.......Maybe some level of travel restrictions could be suggested and enforced? Dunno.
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Post by leexrayshady on Apr 8, 2020 21:50:10 GMT -6
I have been off since Monday, learned that I was exposed to a positive patient last week. Got the test today, lovely swab shoved up my nose. No symptoms on my part could take 3 days to get results back. Thank goodness the weather has been amazing
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Post by wklman on Apr 8, 2020 23:02:17 GMT -6
I have been off since Monday, learned that I was exposed to a positive patient last week. Got the test today, lovely swab shoved up my nose. No symptoms on my part could take 3 days to get results back. Thank goodness the weather has been amazing Hopefully it comes back negative lee. I'm kinda hoping to catch it so I can get some time off, lol. It's been crazy at work with people ordering so much shit.
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