Sunday, June 8, 2014

Spring rains help and hurt

Spring rains help and hurt depending on how much and when it fell.


     I have received an inch and 2 tenths of rain this week and it has the corn looking real good and growing fast.  My Grandchildren are measuring it for me.


Some of the areas had heavy rainfall May 12th and had to do some replanting of beans so this rain will get them germinated and growing and with  temperatures reaching 70's and 80's for several days they will yield close to the same as the original planting.


If you look close at this picture there is three soybean plants just below the 72 inch mark that will not survive.  They got the heavy rain just after being planted and the ground so hard that the seed was not able to push through the soil and snapped off under the ground.  Even though you see the bean stem the growing point is removed and replanting was necessary.

                                                           Serving together,  Dean 

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