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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
[Re: Seminole93]
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09/30/21 11:32 AM
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You still have PLENTY of time to plant
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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
[Re: Seminole93]
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09/30/21 12:43 PM
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Yep, I'm five miles east of you at the Y of 66 &28 in the flat land black dirt. I cut high and slow before the last rain so there would be no windrows knowing there would be little chance of disking, then sprayed this week and most of the thatch has now rotted. Depending on the weather the next couple weeks, and we are getting rain today, I'll scratch checkerboard pattern with the field cultivator to help dry it out, seed a couple days later, scratch it again, then cut the stubble short. Many on here have never dealt with this kind of soil and the number one rule is don't piss it off. You mess with it when it's wet, it will tighten up and turn to brick. The last week of October, if still too wet to cultivate, will seed heavy with wheat then mow. If it’s that wet that late, seed will germinate. Think this is the third time I’ve been in this situation the last 30 years.
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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
[Re: Seminole93]
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09/30/21 09:32 PM
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I’m planning on planting Oct 15-17. My plots are still too wet from major rain event 2 weeks ago.
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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
[Re: Seminole93]
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10/01/21 11:46 PM
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Thanks fellas for the replies! I’m going to stay patient and plant late with any luck.
JohnG - I’m in Hugo on Al’s place. I’m sure you know what that mud is like. I’m from Florida and I’ve never seen anything like it! It will turn your tires blue. LOL I have some of this mud. Very strange to have blue tires.
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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
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10/02/21 01:33 PM
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Thanks fellas for the replies! I’m going to stay patient and plant late with any luck.
JohnG - I’m in Hugo on Al’s place. I’m sure you know what that mud is like. I’m from Florida and I’ve never seen anything like it! It will turn your tires blue. LOL I have some of this mud. Very strange to have blue tires. I remember blue tires from my teenage years hunting in marengo county outside Linden. Toughest mud I've ever seen. When it starts to dry out it's sticky as hell and turns into bricks when totally dry like JohnG said.
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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
[Re: Seminole93]
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10/03/21 01:55 PM
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k bush
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Going to be a lot of folks with prairie soil going to throw and mow this year 😅
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: Planting Advice - It’s Wet!
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10/03/21 07:00 PM
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Plan A is a no go for us, had a heck of a down pour this morning. Shorter days and cooler temps, this prairie soil will not be tillable till next year sometime. At least it cut high and sprayed except for one field, almost stuck a 135hp tractor with a 15’ cutter in tow. UGH!!!
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