Jack Frost Coming Tuesday Night

[biglentil]

Calling for -3 on Tuesday night in Regina. Looking forward to mother nature's desiccation. Then real harvest can begin. Alot of glypho wasted descicating cereals not to mention bushel weight.

[farmaholic]

Does that mean I shouldn't spray(desiccate) my already relatively clean flax crop?

[sumdumguy]

I see Edmonton has great weather coming this week. Get ready Alberta.

[grassfarmer]

Been staying warm here - couple of 5C coming then back to 10C plus lows.

[ajl]

Lots of green canola in the Edmonton area if frost tomorrow.

[Rareearth]

I would spray, what if the temp is -.5 C for 1 hour?
Plus weed control etc
Do the job right

[SASKFARMER3]

Bring it on!


We need a Hard frost to change this shit around.

[sumdumguy]

A lot of Canola will bite the dust. There's always some reseeded and late-seeded out there. Except for beans, everything else is past the point of freezing. But, what about that down-grading factor called bran frost?

[bucket]

Can commercial salvage be downgraded any lower?

Last quote I had for my durum was 66 cents a bushel.

That's real money making.

Rotfcmeo. Hahaha.

[wmoebis]

Can commercial salvage be downgraded any lower?

Last quote I had for my durum was 66 cents a bushel.

That's real money making.

Rotfcmeo. Hahaha.

At least you have the option of getting that price where ever you want to sell it.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've been on an emotional rollercoaster lately. Environment Canada forecast has been jumping between 0 and -6 for Monday night here, changes with every forecast. Canola is NOT ready. Has hardly progressed since beginning of August, the sun has just never shone. High of 6 for today, that doesn't ripen a crop. With average temps, we would be far beyond worrying about frost today. Would greatly appreciate a frost on the cereals though, too many green heads. Tried standing barley seeded mid April yesterday. 21% nearly as many green kernels as ripe.

[Ronski]

I've been on an emotional rollercoaster lately. Environment Canada forecast has been jumping between 0 and -6 for Monday night here, changes with every forecast. Canola is NOT ready. Has hardly progressed since beginning of August, the sun has just never shone. High of 6 for today, that doesn't ripen a crop. With average temps, we would be far beyond worrying about frost today. Would greatly appreciate a frost on the cereals though, too many green heads. Tried standing barley seeded mid April yesterday. 21% nearly as many green kernels as ripe.

My wife says I'm canola bipolar this time of year. I bounce between swath it it's gonna freeze/it's not gonna freeze hard I'll straight cut it a couple times a day. Start swathing the outside rounds and quit after 3 rounds cause its not ready. And check 3 different weather forecasts 5 times a day.

Canola been in the ground 120 days and its maybe 5% colour change, except where it's zero colour change. Hopefully the long cool season is filling pods better but I don't like swathing grass green canola and hoping I don't get red pepper seeds.

[Rareearth]

It is normal to get a frost at this time of year, about Sept 15 first ave frost.

Time to swath canola

[MBgrower]

Getting too late to wait for straight cutting. Swath it down. Get the canola in the bin in two weeks instead of two more months.

[freewheat]

It can't freeze. No full moon.