This morning between 7:45 and
8:30 I took two soil temperature measurements in some area potential cotton
fields. Cool and somewhat cloudy days
seem to be holding soil temps down somewhat and extending the effects of the
recent cold front last week. The area
also experienced some driblets of rain last evening and night that may have
aided in holding temps lower than I would have estimated this morning but did
not provide much soil moisture.
·
51°F.
Halfway Experiment Station, Halfway, Texas / Potential cotton / recently
heavily irrigated and wet topsoil / plowed / furrow irrigated.
·
60°F. Two
miles southwest of Hale Center, Texas / Potential cotton / fairly dry topsoil /
plowed / under pivot.
I
would expect that with a few warm sunny days soil temperatures should rebound
fairly quickly toward our minimum soil temp for planting cotton (68°F). A decent chance of rain is in the forecast
for this week and weekend. Showers may
prolong any warming trend, but without another major cold front expected, once
soils reach a warm state, they should at least remain at or near our base
acceptable soil temperatures.
Please
call if I can help,
Blayne
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