EC Nebraska | texasfarmer87 - 9/28/2023 21:45
You have wind right? You have hot windy days right? On a hot windy day with sprinkler putting on 1 inch I’m guessing your only getting 6-7/10 of water down in soil..
Moisture probes have proven that.. slower and lower the better.. but I’ll let it rest..
We don't normally have a lot of hot windy days during irrigation season. A few of them, sure, but less than half a dozen? We get our wind in the spring. We had more hot windy days than normal this year, and you saw the screams from Nebraskan's that "our crops are burning up" Because, more years, we just don't get more than a handful of days like that. When we do get wind in the summer, it's thunderstorms with cool rain. It can be destructive, absolutely. But they carry hail more often than dry heat.
Oh, I agree that drops are more efficient. But this year is the closest we come to your kind of weather. Sure, drops would have paid here this year. But 7 years out of ten, there really isn't that much difference in water use.
I'm betting that you don't have anywhere near the amount of leaf disease that we think is normal either. |
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