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My uncle and brother made it up to the farm this week and informed me it rained enough to germinate the seed,. but just enough soil moisture and rain to germinate. Even though they are in bottoms,. i'm expecting a total loss by the end of the week with the 90's and no rain in the 10 day. Anybody else feeling the pain?? :(
 
Haven't even seeded any of my foodplots yet... even if we get rain, they probably won't be lush until mid to late Nov at this point.

MS has been just as bad... I spent the entire weekend moving the sprinkler around the yard in an attempt to save my centipede grass.
 
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I feel your pain man, only my seed is in the back seat of my truck, and my fert and lime is on the garage floor. We have been so dry this summer, I am debating just broadcasting my lime and letting it be for the fall and hoping for a stand of volunteer stand of something to come up. I think I have disc my plots at least 5 times knocking down weeds since I sprayed and killed it around the mid of August.
 
Oh yeah, I have a water truck with 1500 gallon tank and a fire hose. Guess I could offer that service as well, as lots of us need it this fall!
 
BSK said:
I'm not planting until we get a good rain and I can see another on the horizon.
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Same here, except I did plant about 5% of what I plan about a week ago following a good rain the day before, and more in the forecast (which didn't happen). That planting probably will have to be redone.

But the other 95% is just waiting on a good rain with a lot more forecast in the days after. Hopefully this will happen sometime between now and Oct 20, else I just may not plant anything. We need a "nice" hurricane now to move into the Gulf. ;)
 
Heartbroken also. Planted Labor Day weekend and I have had only one 30 minute shower the following Friday. Enough moisture to germinate and start coming up. All those rain chances the second week in September and missed em all. Now it has burned up! $550 thrown away! Wish I had bought a gun instead.
 
Unfortunately, the long range climate models suggest October will be warmer than normal and MUCH drier than normal, and October is normally our driest month anyways.
 
Well then, let them eat cake (and acorns & greenbriar).
If there's no soil moisture, just a waste of time and money to plant this October (or anytime).

RutnStrut said:
Planted Labor Day weekend . . . . . Now it has burned up! $550 thrown away! Wish I had bought a gun instead.
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Seems I heard a sage old chap say, "More seed is wasted Labor Day than any other day of the year."

Sorry you had bad luck on your plantings.
 
We normally plant last week of August or the first week of september and always did well . It was so dry and hot in s.e. Tn. and temps still in the mid 90's we held off and I think we did the right thing . The plots are plowed , disced , fertilized and disced again . Would like to wait for rain but getting antsy to get them in before bow opener . Hate to sow in the powder right now but about ready to take the chance . What do yall think ?

Weather channel showing something possibly forming in the Carribean , maybe it will get in the Gulf and head this way . Hoping with fingers crossed !!!
 
I planted about 20% of my plots last Saturday but missed that rain entirely. 1 acre is full sun and I checked it yesterday and it appeared nothing had germinated. Planted rape and turnips. Hoping it will do something when the rain comes.

I planned on drilling my other plots but I need a good rain with another good rain chance in the forecast. Hoping for the best. Have a feeling we will be planting in October.
 
I kept one field as a weed field with some clover mixed in. Kept another in clover. Didnt want to totally clean the table, and Im sure glad I didnt. My annual plantings arent doing so well in the drough. Only have growth in the shade. Really sucks.
 
Feel your pain also, we planted two, 1/2 acre plots. Haven't had a measurable rain since. Our big plot is disked and fertilized, but I ain't wasting another penny until we get rain. Probably going to have to replant or at least top sow, the two I have already sown. Turkeys have been eating the seed like candy.
 
i planted labor day also and will be checking the plots this weakened. I dont believe we have received any rain and am very concerned i will find nothing growing
 
I see they have put a small chance in for the weekend,. with cooler temps coming in behind the front,.. i wish all of you guys in the same boat as i the best of luck getting some rain out of it. Lets keep our fingers crossed,.. everyone wash a car!!!
 
If this drought keeps up, we are going to absolutely slaughter the deer on our stands of greenbrier, honeysuckle, and coralberry. Especially since we moved cattle off the primary hunting grounds back in June!!!
 
checked my plots that were planted on labor day everything came up but very little rain in three weeks with temps last week pushing 100 its not looking good. if i dont get rain this week everything will die. no rain in the 10 day forecast...... guess i will be planting agian in two weeks
 
We finally got a half inch of rain Friday night here in southern Rutherford co. First measureable rain we have had in weeks. Just trying to decide whether or not Im going to put our my seed today or not.
 
I have thought for the last 7 years that planting in early sept. is no longer a wise choice given the dry conditions we have been experiencing. Wheat is a winter crop any way and takes 3 days to germinate upon rain most of the time. why not wait till later even if dryer and at least get the benefit of "cooler" temperatures. The deer on our lease dont fully depend on food plots until late december and it is early december before they really use them much at all. the exception to that is when there are "NO" acorns. we never get really agressive with our planting until mid sept. and really would be better if we waited until late sept many times. just some thoughts from someone who has been doing it a while and these findings seem to be pointing toward a later planting not an early sept planting.
We have almost 30 fields. they range in condition from shaded to full sun and we almost exclusively plant winter wheat and a mixture of Ladino advantage clover.
 

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