I just spread a little more N on my fields this morning in hopes that I catch the tail end of this rain/snow and the N is allowed to slowly soak in this time. I planted too early this year. My field is close to hitting on all cylinders now and its been like trying to feed nitrogen to a race horse. It's putting off massive amounts of growth but then running N deficient after using up the small doses I'm adding. I could have skipped some of that by not planting as early as I did. I can easily plant a field in mid-October and still be able to put on plenty of growth.

I think in the future my planting time will be on the first good rain of October no matter if the conditions are still favorable prior to that. If I didn't like to bow hunt I might even push it back a little farther than that. That's taking into consideration that my field is very fertile now. If you're still struggling to get any growth out of the ground then planting earlier may still allow you time to get ahead of browsing pressure.

Also, just to add a side note....spreading N by hand with a bag spreader has been horribly inefficient at getting an even spread. Gonna go ahead and get me another 3 pt spreader.

Last edited by CNC; 12/08/17 04:21 AM.
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