I like When it is Cold April 20
4-19-2024
I know it seems strange to wish for cool weather during cotton planting season particularly when I am inviting criticism from some. I think maybe one reason for preferring a slower warm-up is that for the last several years, we have had these initial warm spells followed by an undesirable long cold spell in early May. That seems to cause us to have to hold up planting when we need to make a lot of progress. Last year might have been the worst when the cotton just wouldn’t grow. It would be at the one leaf stage, and we sprayed for thrips. Then 2 weeks later it only had 2 leaves on it and the thrips were back. I think what I’m really wishing for is that this cool weather we are expecting for this weekend into next week will be the end of the cool weather for this year and we will finally get a good May warmup that lasts. I hope it’s not like the parents that already had 2 sons and thought the odds were getting better for the next one being a girl. The annual planting forecast is now posted at commonwealthgin.com and will provide a daily updated expectation for cotton planting conditions.
Planting forecast is now live. This is a customer log-in feature for 2024 available on the menu bar upper left on the home page.
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