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SE Iowa | I’ve done this sort of thing twice in my short 6 year career. First time was 2020 second time was 2022. In each time for various reasons much different I tilled while wet and it became hard dry bricks before the planter rolled and anywhere with residue, marbles, or bricks just laid dry. A few places left slots and sat dry or tried to germinate. In both cases 75% came up and 25% laid dry. Of the 75% some were gray and floppy. Had a four inch rain 2.5 weeks later in 2020 and had a .75” rain followed by another .5” rain 2 weeks later in 2022. In both cases the floppy corn that survived made it and just did ok, some could not hang on through the dry spell, the good stand was of course fine, and the laying dry for the most part came up weeks later and again just does okay. Fields looked like thunder and yielded 165 and 191. In both cases they were 20-30 off what other fields were running without those issues. Both were nothing but my fault. Your case is different but I’d certainly say if you got rain soon it could be respectable but if you’re in a high yield environment ripping it up and replanting after a rain could possibly be more profitable. If it doesn’t rain for weeks yet you probably will be stuck with what you have. If I learned anything from those experiences it is to dig and dig often behind the planter, plant deeper, pay closer attention to downpressure, and DON’T till it up wet. (I’m bound to mess up the last one again but the others have stuck with me) | |
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Corn question on the dry subject below
