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Southeast Colorado | Like Joelt said above..............it probably wouldn't hurt to add a little more water if you have the ability to fertigate some N through the pivot. If you already have a full 6' profile in the soil than just add at least 40 lbs of N as quickly as you can. If you're really not wet deep........then go ahead and put more water on. I've figured out that growing irrigated wheat works best if you have at least a 6' profile before the wheat goes dormant. Then you don't need a lot of water in the spring. If you don't have a full profile.........and mother nature just gives you a dry, or normal spring for that matter..........then you just can't catch up to grow good wheat. You're asking for a better than average spring to pull it off.
Now with that said............most years, for us, it's hard to build that profile. At least economically. That's pretty much why we've quit growing irrigated wheat. Now this year we have a full profile and haven't even had to irrigate. Life is good. If I can just get these windrows rolled into bales now. Hard to make hay in wet country. Whoulda thunk? | |
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First time irrigated wheat.
