Frost watch

[Ache4Acres]

Just like how a watched pot will never boil I am keeping my eyes on the temp tonight hoping it doesn't freeze....or freeze too hard that is.

Hope those Little canola soldiers are ready for cool night.

6C at 10:30

[Partners]

It's plus 1.3 at 1030..

[sumdumguy]

It's going to be ok. There is cloud coming down from NW. 👍

[food4u]

0 @ 10pm--- going to be a long cold nite....

[furrowtickler]

Dropping fast here , just put sprayer in shed

[Ache4Acres]

yikes...electronic weather gauge reporting -4.1 at 1:26. Down the road about 10 minutes...-5.8C....that is harsh...even the durum is not going to like that.

[Ache4Acres]

looks like may have gained a bit of cloud cover temp bounced up a bit to -3.4 for us.

Looks like Lewvan Sedley area some of the coldest temps i can see -6.7 right now.

North of Fort Quappelle also recording some low temps -5.7 currently.

South of Regina coldest seems more like the -3.5 to -4 range in a number of spots

[Oilking]

Wow, big area on the prairies with a heavy frost. A lot of canola will be up. The big question now what does a guy reseed to?

[biglentil]

Early bird gets the burn! Lovely!

[furrowtickler]

Canola , If damage not too severe spray 2 litre / ac of alpine and a shot of Matador 3-4 days from now to keep bug pressure off and stimulate growth.
For whatever reason seed treatments are ineffective for a while after a frost .
Done this a few times and recovery is twice as fast .
Releaf does work as well as a few others but 2 lt/ac Alpine works and is half the price .

[tweety]

Interesting strategy, kill everything. And for good measure, a dusting of coal dust.

[food4u]

0 at 10 pm last night and -6 at 5:20 am, how much damage to emerged crops, that will be the 40 million dollar question.

[farmaholic]

Shallow ponds have a skim of ice on them.

Cotyledons are still small. Look wet and dark green. Too small a target for Alpine?????? Basically nothing to hit.

Hope the growing point is still alive ....but I'm thinking there will be loses.

[farming101]

The one and only time we should have reseeded it went to -8 and the canola was coming through a straw covered field. Some areas of the field was likely 80% gone. Later in the year wild oats grew up. What a mess.
Canola still in bag this year

[sumdumguy]

In Regina, freezing temps of -3 and 4 only after 5AM while all around freezing at midnight.. That's the effect of city heat, global warming idiots have left the temperature recorders and the city has grown up around them.