Food Plots Dry spell

[tnbucs1]

Planted some plots over this past weekend and despite our unusually wet summer I see no rain in the forecast for the near future. Hope this changes.

 

[JohnnyBond]

pretty much going to be a dry 30 days ............ :eek: :eek:

 

[W.Seay]

Me too! Looks like ill be replanting!

 

[spoon]

I'm little worried about a short drought as I got 4 customers plots to plot and my own to get planted. Why did I start working a real job again :crazy:

 

[southernhunter]

if it turns off dry thats just going to suck after this wet summer

 

[TS_13]

Yep..... I am not thinking about planting for at least a couple of weeks.... too much time and money to jump early.

 

[timberjack86]

Yep I planted clover and turnips the day after the last rain we had. LOL

 

[southernhunter]

Calling for 40% chance Monday here . I think I'll take a shot at it this weekend .

 

[tickweed]

forecast is saying gulf is fixing to get active

 

[Hunt 365]

Good extended soak this way today!! Hope it clears up tonight to knock down some doves, but we needed it bad! My plots were starting to get burnt, but this should save them!

 

[muddyboots]

Rained off and on all day here.

 

[Boone 58]

Got a good shower today!

 

[tnbucs1]

Yep I think we lucked out over the weekend.

 

[Swampster]

Think I'll chance it with a portion of my area. Still a lot of ground moisture and maybe I can get lucky with a shower along the way. I'll finish prep work all over.

 

[southernhunter]

Nothing still on the Alabama / tennessee line in Lincoln county .

 

[TheLBLman]

Hope I didn't make a mistake in planting what I planted between August 29 and Sept 2. It should all be coming up now and over next few days (got rained on Sept 2), but no rain in forecast now for nearly two weeks.

I keep remembering something Dr. Woods said, something to the effect, more seed is wasted on Labor Day than any other day (planting too early).

 

[Hunter 257W]

I planted 7 small plots on August 31 and got rain that night and the morning of Sept 1 but since then nothing. They just sprouted and came up about 1 inch tall. It looked healthy Saturday (Sept 7th) but if we don't get rain in the next week I don't know. What irritates me is that I wasn't able to plant a single thing for Spring/Summer plots because of rain and standing water and now it's going to do a reverse on me. Blasted weather.

 

[landman]

We planted 10 acres no-till yesterday, still had plenty of moisture in the ground

 

[timberjack86]

No rain on my plots in 2 weeks :(

 

[drrxnupe]

According to weather.com, Sept is the 2nd driest average month (3.6") of the year. So far 0" to date for the month of Sept. Knowing this makes me want to rethink when I plant.

 

[TheLBLman]

To my total surprise, "lake effect" came into play today, and we received a little unexpected rain in Stewart Co. Maybe a little more will happen tomorrow.

 

[TheLBLman]

. . . Sept is the 2nd driest average month (3.6") of the year.

And what rain that falls in Sept, the rainfall tends to more towards the last week of Sept, i.e. much seed is wasted on Labor Day weekend.

 

[drrxnupe]

If you planted within the last day or so, you now stand the chance of having your seeds washed away. Total monsoon as we speak here in middle TN.

 

[landman]

We got 12 acres sprayed before the rain today, started no-tilling again but got too wet in the flash flood rains in Stewart Co today.
But 9 miles up the road no rain

 

[Hunter 257W]

I did get some rain after all - about an inch - so looking forward to seeing some growth by the weekend.

 

[Boone 58]

Rained a good bit here in Lawrence county!

 

[PalsPal]

much seed is wasted on Labor Day weekend.

Is there a time frame in which sown seed needs rain before it will not germinate?

Just curious what the difference would be in getting rain a day or so after sowing or it being 3-4 weeks?

 

[Boll Weevil]

I don't know an exact timeframe but soft-coated seets and cereal grains typically become bird food pretty quickly. If you have lots of turkeys, they can wipe out ungerminated seed that was broadcast faster than you can imagine.

Drilled will likely have a higher germination rate (if it's sown in moist soil) and less "bird predation" (because it's buried).

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I cant get any rain to save my life. Early planted plots (Aug 10-20) are doing great but almost no rain since is hurting my later planted stuff. Sucks

 

[woodsman87]

Hate complaining about weather because its out of my control, but my farms need it bad. Hasn't rained at my place since August 13th I believe. I don't know when I'm going to be able to plant. Small chance of rain this afternoon, but not going to chance planting with not rain. There is also no good rain chances in sight. Just a big cool front then by next Tuesday is going to be upper 80s low 90s again, drying us out even furhter.
I guess its good for farmers picking the corn, but not for my food plots. I am going to be in trouble if I can get my stuff planted by about October 15th.

I looked at some graphs of the state of TN and AL, and an image, and right where our farms is was one of the driest places in the southeast. It appears that the middle of high pressure is hovering over my house. I am not a meteorologist, just griping that I need some rain. I noticed Monday and Tuesday this week, places about 30+ miles from me got all the rain they needed. Monday it fizzled out about 30 miles from me, and Tuesday it bulit up about 30 miles from me and stayed in the same place, and gradually moved NW instead of E or SE like normal.