Couldn't help myself

  • sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1609552

    It was warm, dirt was dry and I had some time so I turned some dirt yay

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    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    #1609604

    I couldn’t help myself either and as long as I had no soil to turn I went to Fleet Farm and bought a couple pairs of Carhart blue jeans….relaxed fit for my relaxed attitude. lol Too wet here to till the garden but I do love the smell of freshly turned dirt.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11664
    #1609621

    Yep, there’s not going to be any dirt turned at my place for weeks. Farmlogs.com says we got over an inch of rain in the past few days, so that’ll keep the wet ground plenty wet for weeks.

    But in the meantime, I did managed to get something done. Ordered a new 7.5 foot disc for the tractor. It’ll be rock-n-roll time when that baby gets here in late April.

    I also need new tires on the rear of the tractor, which is something of an ordeal where my property is. Will have to arrange for the ag service to come out and it’s a little spendy once you include tires, fluid, and the service call.

    Please, please, please can we NOT have mid summer floods like we’ve had the last 2 years? I mean don’t get me wrong, I don’t want drought, but the last 3 years we’ve had spring floods in June, July, and August. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

    Grouse

    huskerdu
    Posts: 592
    #1609626

    We don’t get it done until the end of May.
    I am going to refurbish a 12 row planter into a 3 row 3point when the weather gets warmer. I am currently using a old 2 row that was set up for horses, complete with a seat.
    I mow the corn , than disc, spread fertilizer, plant.
    The planting and fertilizing will be a single pass this year.
    Should speed things up and reduce the fertilizer bill.

    deertracker
    Posts: 9241
    #1609630

    I hate checking my email in the morning and seeing that Farm Logs notification that we got rain up north. It is already very wet in my plots. I’m concerned the way my schedule is filling up that I won’t get up there in time to get my corn in. What do you guys think the latest it can get in and still be productive?
    DT

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11664
    #1609659

    It is already very wet in my plots. I’m concerned the way my schedule is filling up that I won’t get up there in time to get my corn in. What do you guys think the latest it can get in and still be productive?
    DT

    Do you know what the maturity time or maturity rating is on your seed? Generally, you can roughly figure it out if you know the rating.

    If you don’t have the seed already, given your situation, I’d say get the fastest maturing seed you can. You’re not going for the highest yield, you just want reasonably maturity in the growing window.

    Grouse

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1609674

    DT, it very early yet, heck it ain’t even April. You have a solid month before you have to start worrying about that.

    Like Grouse said, look at the seed bag for maturity date. I wouldn’t even worry if you had to plant beginning of june.

    deertracker
    Posts: 9241
    #1609683

    Yes, we already have the seed. It is up north so I’m not sure what it is.
    DT

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11664
    #1609686

    It probably doesn’t matter what the maturity is anyway, for all practical purposes. Unless it’s some super-slow maturity for use in Indiana, etc, then you’re fine. Worst case scenario is the deer are eating cobs that are only half full. They really won’t care.

    Grouse

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11664
    #1610393

    My property has had .75 inches of rain in this week. I know it’s early, but again it’s looking like another wet, soggy spring even though there wasn’t that a huge amount of snow.

    I really need a summer without extreme amounts of rain so I can get my new plots into production. Picking rock when the plots are pure mud is hard at best and if the ground is too soft, I can’t even get the tractor into the plot.

    Just give me NORMAL amounts of rain. That’s all I ask…

    Grouse

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1610398

    My property has had .75 inches of rain in this week. I know it’s early, but again it’s looking like another wet, soggy spring even though there wasn’t that a huge amount of snow.

    I really need a summer without extreme amounts of rain so I can get my new plots into production. Picking rock when the plots are pure mud is hard at best and if the ground is too soft, I can’t even get the tractor into the plot.

    Just give me NORMAL amounts of rain. That’s all I ask…

    Grouse

    Send some of that rain back to the west, we are getting very little this spring. Second half of the year last year was pretty much a drought. We need ground water badly. I’ll take all you can spare coffee

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11664
    #1610588

    I know it’s a dangerous thing to wish for LESS rain. And of course there’s always someone who’s wishing for more.

    I just happen to be in the position where I need things to get fairly dry for a period of time longer than anything we’ve had in recent years. This is just to get the new plots ready for first planting.

    After this initial prep, I can work around the wet weather. But I’m really at a standstill with the current rain pattern.

    And .5 inches more rain yesterday…

    Grouse

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