Not sure what to do with this

[biglentil]

I have a neighbor that ONLY seeds canola into wheat stubble, never into anything else just to take advantage of that little bit of spring moisture. He never takes a chance on getting a rain. Guys like me seeded into dry as popcorn flax stubble this yr. Others seeded into dust in lentil stubble. Those crops are 2 weeks behind the rest now. Never have I waited 8 weeks to get a first rain.

Here the canola on durum stubble looks just as bad if not worse than on lentil stubble. That late May frost hit the canola on durum stubble especially hard. There is one guy that seeded canola May 28th into moisture. Nicest canola around.

[biglentil]

Ya, that's a different story.

I have some stuff I'm not proud of either but there is potential. Just ****ing hard to look at and probably will be until after harvest.

I don't have solid rows through out the fields and some thin patches and the odd bald patch.

Seeded some canola on flax stubble....disced a wee bit on the quarter, less than afew select "small" areas. Had to spread some ground piles from flax windrow bunching...."very" light shallow cultivation(barely considered). Made a narrow fireguard against my neighbour's wheat stubble with a 14 foot spiked cultivator...SHALLOWLY. Anywhere the ground was disturbed....poor establishment, it's so obvious. How do the vertical tillers get away with it? Do they pack that well? One year my neighbour used the Protill, you could see where they went, like cutting with a knife.....they blamed cutworms...lol.

Funny on the gumbo where the protill went last fall is the nicest canola establishment. Like cutting knife.

[LEP]

Anywhere the ground was disturbed....poor establishment,

That's our experience with any fall tillage year after year.

[farmaholic]

Funny on the gumbo where the protill went last fall is the nicest canola establishment. Like cutting knife.

Maybe it turns that cement into something more mellow?

[biglentil]

Could be or its the stimulation of the microbiome which gave the canola that fighting chance.

[farmaholic]

Could be or its the stimulation of the microbiome which gave the canola that fighting chance.

Oxygenating?

In the Slum we would be dehydrating

[the big wheel]

I'll get it right eventually.

Don’t you know global warming it won’t freeze until November. No worries.

[ajl]

Looks better than a lot of my canola now. Mine has drowned. Lakes everywhere and forecast calling for more rain tomorrow night. Got a half inch this evening after 3 in in last week and 7 in last month on top of a full soil moisture profile. A bit of rain and yours goes. Fields here look like rice patties. Drought beats a flood any day.

[furrowtickler]

The most frustrating part is for everyone now , the market is plunging . 👎👎
Scattered rain does not make a General good crop .... markets need an ass kickin

[GDR]

Sorry to all you guys who are still dry. We were dry and now have had almost daily rain for 2 weeks and need some heat and sun and a break on the wet stuff.

LEP to your question, you dont really have a choice other than to wait, hard as it is. No point in reseeding if it's too dry already. Think you have more upside as is than summerfallowing it, dont imagine the weed pressure is that high. As for fall frost, could be an issue but I think often those stalled plants seem to know how many days they were in the ground and catch up faster than you think if the rain comes. Even the multiple stage germ we all worry about usually can be managed come fall.

[Ache4Acres]

Our canola is closer to your second picture than the first.

The only solice i found was a picture on my phone from 2017 taken July 3rd. In that one the canola looks very similar to your first picture and it made 60bushel in the bin.



Our crops are much worse than that this year.

[iceman]

I’d leave it. Canola is the last crop you wanna count out.



Iceman