Mike Bolin
5 year old buck +
Tried to take advantage of the weather forecast yesterday. The forecast called for light showers in the late afternoon/early evening, so I figure it is a good time to get the dwarf Essex rape and groundhog radish in the ground. It is around 3/4 of mile to the plot and since it is a small area, I grabbed the bag seeder and walked in. I had the radish seed spread and had just loaded the seeder with the rapeseed when a light shower started. No problem, perfect actually, except that it turned into a 45 minute downpour. Water started to puddle up so I packed up and got out to the truck. Bag seeder got soaked (as did I) and seed bag got pretty damp too.
I was going to go back this morning and broadcast the seed, but the access hill is too muddy to walk up. Probably be a couple of days before I can get up there. Is it worth my time and effort to plant this seed or should I just get new seed? I wonder if the radish got beat into the soil or floated out. I know this has happened to others before with a lot more experience that I have so I am looking for some guidance from anyone that wants to reply.
Thanks, Mike
I was going to go back this morning and broadcast the seed, but the access hill is too muddy to walk up. Probably be a couple of days before I can get up there. Is it worth my time and effort to plant this seed or should I just get new seed? I wonder if the radish got beat into the soil or floated out. I know this has happened to others before with a lot more experience that I have so I am looking for some guidance from anyone that wants to reply.
Thanks, Mike