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Mikenesd

Posted 4/7/2014 22:33 (#3803394)
Subject: slow rye growth

Clark SD

It seems to me that the rye we have is not growing very fast. After looking at the temperatures for the few days they may be part of the reason for the slow growth. The following table shows the daily min-max air and soil temperatures plus the rye growing degree days (GDD).

			min	max
	min	max	2 inch	2 inch		2 inch
	air	air	soil	soil	air	soil
	temp	temp	temp	temp	temp	temp
date	(F)	(F)	(F)	(F)	gdd	gdd
03/28/2014	12.99	35.66	30.91	30.91	0	0
03/29/2014	14.98	46.82	28.45	30.91	3	0
03/30/2014	34.1	60.8	30.91	35.66	10	0
03/31/2014	11.97	44.65	30.91	35.66	2	0
04/01/2014	7.73	29.28	29.28	30.91	0	0
04/02/2014	15.95	33.31	30.1	30.91	0	0
04/03/2014	28.45	34.88	30.91	30.91	0	0
04/04/2014	23.33	38.72	30.91	30.91	0	0
04/05/2014	23.33	60.11	30.91	35.66	10	0
04/06/2014	26.77	62.17	30.91	43.92	11	2