Saturday, May 4, 2013

Research Update (May 4, 2013)


Diligence Technologies, Inc., West Tennessee

Weather continues to dominate the news from west Tennessee.  Even though we have yet to have a solid week of planting, we were blessed with enough windows to get the corn trials in the ground that needed to be out there.  The corn that's up just needs a little sunshine and heat.

Now comes the big switch to cotton.  We were able to plant a few cotton trials last week, but it remains to be seen if that is a good thing.  Several inches of rain and cool temperatures this weekend will probably mean a rough start for anything in the ground right now.  However, the bulk of the cotton seed is still in the bag, and I can see a whorl-wind of planting when it finally dries up.

It looks like pigweed (Palmer amaranth) season has officially arrived in west Tennessee.  I saw areas this week with the first really strong flush of pigweeds I have seen this year.  That's about month (maybe more) later than what we saw last year.

Please give me a call if you have questions or are looking to set up a little research this season.

Tim

Proverbs 27:23-24
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; for riches are not forever.


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