Well the guys around here with manpower to seed 24/7 are finishing up. The guys without said manpower have a ways to go.
The quarter where I’m seeding hay is wet to the surface in many places, and lots of ponds where there aren’t usually ponds. Seeing as it will be a hay crop for six or eight years, I sort of don’t want to be piddling around making a mess, so I’m waiting on that. Hope it’s doesn’t rain too much here.
Best conditions for seeding were at the very end. IE Second week of June. Finally the very, very odd field emerging. Only time I’ve seen this country so non green in June were the years nothing was seeded. In a couple weeks it will be green.
This is a late crop. Not just a few guys, or a few crops, ALL OF IT. Not just sort of late. Extremely late. Plentiful moisture does not push a crop along. Neither does the up to now frigid weather. In the right kind of year, late doesn’t much matter. But this whole crop is in jeopardy. But at least it’s mainly in the ground and will establish, so scic coverage is on. Worst case scenarios look pretty fair.
IF this crop makes it, it will be a monster in this area, outside the mudded in compacted May seeded fields. If what typically happens in this area though, it is going to be a fight to get it off once the late September/October rains hit. So long as it doesn’t freeze off first.
The quarter where I’m seeding hay is wet to the surface in many places, and lots of ponds where there aren’t usually ponds. Seeing as it will be a hay crop for six or eight years, I sort of don’t want to be piddling around making a mess, so I’m waiting on that. Hope it’s doesn’t rain too much here.
Best conditions for seeding were at the very end. IE Second week of June. Finally the very, very odd field emerging. Only time I’ve seen this country so non green in June were the years nothing was seeded. In a couple weeks it will be green.
This is a late crop. Not just a few guys, or a few crops, ALL OF IT. Not just sort of late. Extremely late. Plentiful moisture does not push a crop along. Neither does the up to now frigid weather. In the right kind of year, late doesn’t much matter. But this whole crop is in jeopardy. But at least it’s mainly in the ground and will establish, so scic coverage is on. Worst case scenarios look pretty fair.
IF this crop makes it, it will be a monster in this area, outside the mudded in compacted May seeded fields. If what typically happens in this area though, it is going to be a fight to get it off once the late September/October rains hit. So long as it doesn’t freeze off first.
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