Fontanelle, IA | Tomcat - 8/19/2026 20:20
Been very dry since late June. Everything looks rough especially in my part of the county. We are getting to the timeframe when alfalfa needs to be planted. With basically zero moisture to plant into does one plant and hope it gets rain and starts growing in time or wait for spring and plant then? How lates too late for my mapdot? Intent was to no till into wheat stubble.
Send it.
If it doesn’t germ this fall due to drought, it will germ better in the spring as the snow melt/firms the ground and softens the hard seed. If you wait for spring 2027, your mapdot will be a friggin mud mess and it won’t get seeded until May and then get blasted with June heat and drought and your spring seeded stand will die and you’ll have lambsquarters and pig weeds to bush hog all summer.
Been there too. |
Planting alfalfa in a drought
