This should be our last soil
temperature reading shared here and it is the one everyone has been waiting
on. Planters have already been rolling
for the majority of this week getting cotton in the ground and rightly so. Soil temps have been just warm enough that
when the upcoming weather forecasts were considered, the conditions are considered
finally advantageous for cotton seedlings.
Just in case a grower has been waiting on planting cotton until
temperatures were just right, I took one reading yesterday, May 14 at 2 pm, and
one this morning at 7:45 am.
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69°F.
Halfway, Texas (5-14). Potential
cotton / moderate moisture / plowed / pivot irrigated.
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64°F.
Three miles north of Kress (5-15).
Potential cotton / good moisture behind irrigation / plowed / pivot
irrigated.
The 64°F degree
reading was taken less than 24 hours behind a pivot application of water. This may represent how the temperature of the
water cools the soil. In situations like
this, with hot days forecasted, the soil will warm well before the ground will
support a tractor. Just a few degrees
cooler and there might be some concerns.
Now most of our concerns about soil conditions and planting can return
to seed bed moisture content, early season pest and weed considerations.
Please call if
I can be of assistance.
Blayne
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