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Planted about 15 acres Friday and Saturday. Missed the rain. Maybe I should have washed my truck too :)

Looks like at least 7 to 8 days before next rain in the forecast. The joys of food plotting :)
 
I have been the cause of a few droughts the last few years. When I used to own an old CJ jeep I could make t rain by leaving the top at home


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RobbyW":1ylvm3rj said:
I have been the cause of a few droughts the last few years. When I used to own an old CJ jeep I could make t rain by leaving the top at home


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That's funny !!
We got some rain here tonight. The birds probably needed a drink from all the seeds they've been eating from my plot.
I hunted Saturday morning and watched a flock of cardinals and doves eating away. I had just reseed a couple days before.
I left my blind and went to the Co-op and bought some straw and put it over my little food plot. If they didn't eat too much, this rain may help.
 
I'm cursed as well. I planted three weeks ago and used the "throw and mow" method. My little seelings are hanging in there but not by much. It has not rained in over two weeks at our house but manages to rain all around me but not where I need it!
 
Planted a little over three weeks ago and it has been dry ever since. I think the turkeys got most of my seed.
 
My plots are up but in bad need of a rain too.
Imagine if your livelihood depended on that fickle rain. Thank a farmer next time you get a chance.


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I planted Sunday and got a HARD rain monday. I have some clover poking it's head up, but all the wheat is laying on top where the hard rain settled the dirt. If the birds don't get the seed, will it still be good to go for the next rain?
 
RobbyW":2ajpte5s said:
I have been the cause of a few droughts the last few years. When I used to own an old CJ jeep I could make t rain by leaving the top at home


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I have a Jeep Wrangler and I have been driving it every day with the top off hoping for some magic :)
 
I just planned a tent camping trip with the kids so that usually gets it done. My yard grass is smoked which is great but my little food plot behind the house is unfortunately following close behind.
 
Latest projection for rain here is October 16. My plots have been in two weeks tomorrow. By October 16th they would have been in just over three weeks. My only hope is that they were no till drilled in dead grass so maybe it is covering it to a point where the birds won't get all of it. I also used a higher seed rate than normal. I think I will broadcast wheat and rye in some of the areas in front of the next really good chance of rain.
 
You may be ok if you aren't on a ridge top. I top sowed turnips a week or so ago on the garden and I have a carpet of seedlings. The only moisture we've had in a couple of weeks is the dew and a little fog.
 
US drought monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

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Tennessee drought monitor: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?TN

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SOUTHEAST: Temperatures were mixed in the region, with the eastern portions 4-6 degrees above normal while the east was 2-4 degrees below normal. Outside of the Florida peninsula and eastern North Carolina, dryness dominated the region. The drought impacting the region worsened as the combination of the dryness and above-normal temperatures allowed for degradation this week in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, western South Carolina, western North Carolina and Mississippi. Generally speaking most of these areas had a full category degradation where the data supported it. Exceptional drought was expanded into more of northwest Georgia and into far northeastern Alabama. Moderate drought expanded over much of central Mississippi while pockets of severe drought were expanded over Alabama and Georgia and into Tennessee.
 
I was surprised when I checked my plot Saturday (Oct 8) because the Imperial clover is coming in thick in a lot of the plot and is about 1 to 2 inches tall. I don't know what to say about the Chicory because I can't see anything that I recognize as chicory in there. With the next chance of rain being way out at Oct 22, I don't know if that tender little clover will survive or not.

That's an interesting map there Vermin. My farm is right on the line between moderate and severe drought in Franklin county.
 

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