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No rain
#7993686
09/30/20 06:13 PM
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ELKMTB
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missed the Sept rain. Planted after it dried out. No rain for past 14 days and none projected for next 10-14. ugh.
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Re: No rain
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#7993688
09/30/20 06:17 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
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Texas buckeye
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its why i haven't been more aggressive getting my planting done. no rain for a while now.
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Re: No rain
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#7993690
09/30/20 06:21 PM
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Stompy
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My fields are all turned and was suppose to plant (50 acres) wheat today. Canceled till next Wednesday after looking at the forecast. Might cancel again, will check the weather next week.
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Re: No rain
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#7994373
10/01/20 12:28 PM
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Joined: Apr 2011
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Western
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Same as Stompy, missed the last rain, waiting on the next.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: No rain
[Re: Stompy]
#7995052
10/01/20 10:49 PM
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Joined: Nov 2009
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leswad
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My fields are all turned and was suppose to plant (50 acres) wheat today. Canceled till next Wednesday after looking at the forecast. Might cancel again, will check the weather next week. What about the dove hunting
FJB
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Re: No rain
[Re: leswad]
#7995183
10/02/20 12:36 AM
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Joined: Jun 2010
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Stompy
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My fields are all turned and was suppose to plant (50 acres) wheat today. Canceled till next Wednesday after looking at the forecast. Might cancel again, will check the weather next week. What about the dove hunting Doves love turned fields.
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Re: No rain
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#7995218
10/02/20 01:13 AM
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bp3
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Reports of Army worms in Young county.
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Re: No rain
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#7995223
10/02/20 01:21 AM
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Joined: May 2007
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TX_LT230FH
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Need some rain- maybe sometime soon. Planted my fields last Saturday and threw out 2 1/2 tons of fertilizer on the fields and the pasture. Lots of the wheat farmers up where I am are "dusting theirs in" so I'm hopeful...
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Re: No rain
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#7995572
10/02/20 02:11 PM
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Joined: Aug 2010
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stxranchman
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I had enough rain in mid Sept to get the weeds and grassburs started again, so I ran a disc and drag over my plots again two days ago now. Still have some moisture but it is drying out fast and will have discing the fields again. I was going to try to plant this first week of October but the next 7 days shows now chance of rain so I may wait now till mid Oct...still worried about army worms.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: No rain
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#7996421
10/03/20 01:08 AM
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activescrape
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Got our fields all done today. Will just wait for rain.
"It's not dyin' I'm talkin' about Woodrow, it's livin'!"
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Re: No rain
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#8001788
10/07/20 09:18 PM
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Stompy
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Still waiting on rain and none in sight, at least for 10 days. Might have to start season without wheat fields.
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Re: No rain
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#8001814
10/07/20 09:39 PM
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Texas buckeye
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I am still waiting to drill my seed. Last year I didn't have the drill and tilled up my plots and didn't get rain for around 6 weeks. I hated hunting over dirt patches for the first month and a half of season. I am gonna wait to drill until I see rain in the forecast or we get rain. I was hoping the hurricanes might turn a little to the west (second time this year I have wished that) but it doesn't look like it is going to happen. Will prob be a few more weeks before seed goes in the ground.
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Re: No rain
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#8001834
10/07/20 09:56 PM
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WBT
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I'm in the same boat as everyone else waiting for rain. What's the consensus, is it better to dust the seeds in now or wait to plant a day or two before a good rain is in the forecast?
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Re: No rain
[Re: WBT]
#8001847
10/07/20 10:09 PM
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Stompy
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I'm in the same boat as everyone else waiting for rain. What's the consensus, is it better to dust the seeds in now or wait to plant a day or two before a good rain is in the forecast? I'll wait till just before a decent chance of rain. Between the birds and the harvester ants (big red ones) I would loose some seed if I planted now.
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Re: No rain
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#8001854
10/07/20 10:14 PM
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Dalroo
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Yep, I was contemplating disking this past week and getting some wheat in the ground, but zero chances of rain in 10 day. Patiently waiting, but if it gets too late, will probably pass for this year and not waste the money or time.
Dalroo Deep in the Heart of Texas How about that Brandon!
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Re: No rain
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#8001867
10/07/20 10:27 PM
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Texas buckeye
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Sad thing was I watched my rain chances go from 70% sat evening to 0....sad deal. Was hoping to get some rain and seed, but nothing hit and the temps were 10 degrees higher than forecast, so hunting was a little different.
Last edited by Texas buckeye; 10/07/20 10:27 PM.
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Re: No rain
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#8001887
10/07/20 10:48 PM
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WBT
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I've already disked up my field and have more than 1,000 pounds of seed sitting in the barn. So I'm going to plant at some point. I've just never waited past the first week or two of October.
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Re: No rain
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#8002389
10/08/20 11:34 AM
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don k
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Does not look good. If it doesn't rain in the next few weeks it is going to be a long winter.
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Re: No rain
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#8003240
10/08/20 11:32 PM
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boxerdog
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East Texas today and tomorrow is getting a decent amount of rain, glad I planted Sunday.
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Re: No rain
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#8003265
10/08/20 11:55 PM
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Joined: Feb 2005
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Greg Z
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It looks like several days of rain ahead after the 20th with rain in the forecast.
Greg Ziemer Sewell Lexus 214-597-6006 Life's short... Enjoy the ride!
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Re: No rain
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#8003371
10/09/20 01:25 AM
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Stompy
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Checked a wheat planted dove field today that was planted on Tuesday. Every harvester ant mound was solid wheat and they were all over the field carrying seed out.
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Re: No rain
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#8004370
10/09/20 09:28 PM
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Joined: Jul 2005
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Ranch Dog
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I planted oats last Sunday. I thought I would be tied up for 10 days with a prescribed burn and then had something else planned after that. That was a mistake, somewhat, here in DeWitt County. The plots in the back will be fine until it rains. I irrigated the front to get them up, but the high temperatures will probably cause the grass to compete with the oats. Win some, lose some. I had planned to overseed the plots at the end of October with clover.
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Re: No rain
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#8010029
10/14/20 07:43 PM
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ELKMTB
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At least you know the seed is good while waiting....
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Re: No rain
[Re: don k]
#8010122
10/14/20 08:34 PM
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Western
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Does not look good. If it doesn't rain in the next few weeks it is going to be a long winter. Same here in Wise Co. Leaves on the oaks are drying out and seed in the shop. Now add that hogs have moved in, 1st since 04 so,,
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: No rain
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#8019411
10/22/20 04:15 PM
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Stompy
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Waited as long as I could, wheat went in yesterday (50 Acres). Sure hope we get some rain soon, If not this will be the second year in a row out of 22 years that I start the season with no wheat.
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