Getting Back on Track
7-3
This year, cotton generally has seemed behind in growth particularly where nitrogen applications were either delayed or have not gotten rain to get them going. On top of that, the impact of the heat finally caught up with us this past weekend and cotton has been slowing down quite a bit everywhere. Now with rain rangeing from 0.4" to over 2" it should get back on track. I am not seeing any cotton growth out of hand and a little bit of cotton that had pix applied really needed this rain. If it rains everyday next week, we could see some challenges on getting work done if the forecast holds true.
Our cotton blooms are occurring based on the heat unit predictions. Everything that was planted through the first 10 days of May is blooming or likely to bloom this weekend. Mid-May planted cotton will bloom next week. I am confident that the later planted cotton will really respond to this rain and be the cotton that will need more aggressive pix treatment. Early planted cotton with blooms is a little bit mixed with some only being 22-24 inches while other fields are about 30.
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