Fish,
How did your place handle the storm? I hope everything ended up ok at your home also??
Lake is almost to 17 feet above normal so the creek has backed up. I can't get to the back field but I bet its flooded. I'll know more once the lake goes down.
Lake is almost to 17 feet above normal so the creek has backed up. I can't get to the back field but I bet its flooded. I'll know more once the lake goes down.
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Heard through the grapevine that the gates are malfunctioning and are letting a small amount of water out when they're not supposed to. Could be down sooner than expected
Whats on the planting agenda this year UF? I love seeing what all you do and searching for ideas on this years plot.
I will be doing wheat/oats plus 1-2 others I am not sure on yet
Since I can't get to my plots yet due to flooding I'm probably gonna go very basic with a spray and throw. Elbon Rye, Clover, Chicory seem to be a great combo.
This thread is awesome. Full of useful info. Been thinking about starting a plot after reading most of this thread so I got a soil test done. I have a ph 8.0.
This thread is awesome. Full of useful info. Been thinking about starting a plot after reading most of this thread so I got a soil test done. I have a ph 8.0.
Is a plot out the question?
Heck yeah...plant away. 8.0 pH is a tolerable level just like 6.0 is on the low side.
Any help on reading the results of soil test, pdf above?
The test calls for you to add 85 lbs of P (phosphorus) per acre
That's a crap load of P to put out.....and I'm not kidding. Since most high P fertilizers are 16% P at the most....you would have to put out 566lbs of 3-16-0 fertilizer to get 85 pounds of phosphorus down.
That would be extremely expensive and probably not worth it IMO.
You can buy big bulk bags of bone meal on eBay but most don't give a ratio of P.
My advice would be to put as much P down as you can afford/manage now and call it good. Adding organic matter to the soil over time can also raise P levels. That's easy to do by growing Elbon Rye or similar in the fall and mow it after it gets tall in the spring...but it takes time.
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