I spent the day out on the four wheeler soil sampling. I'd be lying if I said I didn't plan this for today when I saw that it was going to be 24C. What a beautiful day and I am only slightly sun burnt.
The first field I went to was mostly muck. Still quite wet in spots so I had to be careful where I drove. I was amazed to see the amount of Lambsquarters that had emerged on the warm dark muck soil. The chickweed was flowering already, the fleabane and dandelions looked like winter hadn't touched them.
The second and third fields were mostly clay loam. Only a scattering of annuals at the cotyledon stage but enough sow thistle to be worried about. The sow thistle as well looked like winter never slowed it down. These fields were drying off nicely and the dust was flying as I drove over them.
My concern after seeing the amount of weeds emerged is that we had better keep an eye on any fields that will not be planted till late May or June. Not a good idea to let the weeds get too big before burning them off. However, if the sow thistle is growing now, a couple of L of glyphosate might do a good job setting it back for the year.
I apologize for no pics of what I saw today. Soon I'm going to be toting a smartphone along with me and I will truly be blogging while outstanding in a field.
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