For all the crack addicts out there

[farmaholic]

This is why i almost puke when people say heavy soil holds moisture.

That thought entered my mind as well...can you imagine...a huge gaping crack for moisture to escape from. It would still be interesting if Ache stuck a light flexible rod in that crack to see how deep it would go down....and who knows, it is likely deeper than the rod would indicate.

[furrowtickler]

Ok ok , I will leave ya alone .... for now on the dry thing .
We went from May 27 till July 21st with a few 1/10 th showers. Some areas here longer and with less as well.
Your right the sub soil make a huge difference . It is the only reason we have a crop at all here. Lighter land in the area was torched back about the 15th July .

[SASKFARMER3]

The last day when Regina hit 39 we were 33 but that day the light land went white.

Then it rained 8/10 two days later i think and that saved the areas that didn't go white.

[farmaholic]

Tell me why you can dig down a bit in the sandy patches and always seem to find some moisture but it can't sustain a crop.....

Come to think of it we basically still have not received any meaningful rain since the middle of June. A "sprinkle" here and there but nothing that would counter evaporation and replenish soil moisture reserves. Hope it comes this fall yet, otherwise Ghetto farming will sink to a whole new level....I don't think its been this dry since we started the high input cost method of farming. So ya, it is different this time....you can't buy a crop with inputs and pay for it without the currency of "rain".

[SASKFARMER3]

But in some so so dry years the Clay cracks and its a so so crop yet the lighter never cracks and it does better in so so years. Total shit dry years no it doesn't.

[bucket]

When I see cracks it tells me the ground that I used to sink to with the sprayer ...which I describe as a mixture of goose shit, gear oil, and gorilla glue.....is finally getting some oxygen so there is hope a crop will grow and it will take an inch or two of rain without refilling the sloughs....

Just my thoughts. ....

[wmoebis]

Remember busting swather reals bouncing over cracks all day.

[sofa.king]

So if you sell that land you are a Crack dealer.