How little water can I get away with?

[Goat66]

Planted the lease already, but I can't plant at home because I live on Sahara Mountain I guess. I've got a 1/3 acre spot tilled and limed. If I spray the thing with my 25gal motorized sprayer it'll probably take 4 to 6 hours of standing around out there. The spots I've sprayed so far are pure dust once you get a few centimeters down. Is this a waste or will this process tide the seeds over until 2008 when it rains? I need to get this stuff planted soon, especially since I have the next few days off.

 

[BSK]

If you don't have adequate soil moisture, DON'T PLANT.

Here's any easy way to see if you have adequate soil moisture:

Scrape away the top inch of soil. Get a handful of loose soil from 2 to 3 inches deep. Squeeze the loose soil in your hand. Open your hand. If the soil HAS NOT packed into a ball and stays that way--if it crumbles out of the ball--you do NOT have adequate soil moisture.

 

[Goat66]

Thanks, I figured that was the right answer but I'm coming down with "the fever" and needed someone to talk me out of planting.

 

[BSK]

 

[Creek]

We finally got some good substantial rain last night. I could here it hitting the roof last night and I just smiled. I hope you get the rain you need.

 

[156p&y]

Thanks, I figured that was the right answer but I'm coming down with "the fever" and needed someone to talk me out of planting.

LOL me too brother.

 

[Boone 58]

Man it has been raining all around our lease on wayne county and finally it came a good un on our 30 fields spread out over about 4000 acres............
Will plant mon thru thur!!!
Hot Dog!!!