As of today with another .4", we are well over 11 inches since June 5. Tornado warnings today, and a tornado did touch down half hour south of here, with buildings lost.
Lots of drown outs, some areas even worse, spotty thunderstorms must have dumped much more in some areas than others. Some bad hail too close for comfort, up to 2".
What isn't drowned out is looking very good but late. Won't break any records with 10, 20, 30% drown outs. Some areas even worse than that.
Canola seemed to be sitting still with all the cold wet weather, Flea beetles just loved that. Finally growing again the past few days in a big way.
I've seen a couple of fields of faba beans further east, they sure are loving this wet weather. I keep saying I will try growing them out here in the swamp.
Last Septembers hail storm on ripe crops is the gift that keeps on giving, volunteers that just keep coming in flush after flush. How can seeds keep germinating for that long? Do some take 2 months to reach the surface from inches down? Do the seeds on the surface take that long to get buried somehow?
ANd speaking of germination, I scattered some barley on a few small places the drill missed. It has been so continuously wet that they germinated and rooted sitting on the surface and none appear to have been stranded and died.
Sounds like a big area of Central and Northern AB is too wet. Probably not as big a disaster as last years drought, but not insignificant either.
Lots of drown outs, some areas even worse, spotty thunderstorms must have dumped much more in some areas than others. Some bad hail too close for comfort, up to 2".
What isn't drowned out is looking very good but late. Won't break any records with 10, 20, 30% drown outs. Some areas even worse than that.
Canola seemed to be sitting still with all the cold wet weather, Flea beetles just loved that. Finally growing again the past few days in a big way.
I've seen a couple of fields of faba beans further east, they sure are loving this wet weather. I keep saying I will try growing them out here in the swamp.
Last Septembers hail storm on ripe crops is the gift that keeps on giving, volunteers that just keep coming in flush after flush. How can seeds keep germinating for that long? Do some take 2 months to reach the surface from inches down? Do the seeds on the surface take that long to get buried somehow?
ANd speaking of germination, I scattered some barley on a few small places the drill missed. It has been so continuously wet that they germinated and rooted sitting on the surface and none appear to have been stranded and died.
Sounds like a big area of Central and Northern AB is too wet. Probably not as big a disaster as last years drought, but not insignificant either.
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