What I'm seeing today

[jedstivers]

Forgot to do any today, just have a blurry one from early today.

 

[kenny thomas]

Them looks like hill cattle. They are walking funny on flat ground with no rocks. :lol:

 

[melking]

Jed, if you don't mind the questions, how much does one of those bales of cotton weigh?

 

[jedstivers]

19500-22500. They end up turning out 13-15 bales of lint cotton at 490-500lbs each, rest is seed and trash.

 

[jedstivers]

 

[GMN]

Thats really neat I've never seen a cotton field before, or how its harvested
Hope its a good harvest and prices go way down!
GMN

 

[chrisy]

Jed When I first saw the pic I thought it was snow, but that is neat to see cotton like that.
CF I didn't like the look of your white, I hate snow and hope we don't get any this year we had far to much last winter.

 

[jedstivers]

More of the same, give me a few more days an I'll start taking pics of something diffrent. Wish others would post pics on here of whats going on on the day where they are.

 

[plumber_greg]

I'll try to get a pic of a plumbers' crack for you to see. gs

 

[LRTX1]

I'll try to get a pic of a plumbers' crack for you to see. gs

As long as it is from that helper gal you posted about before.

 

[1982vett]

. Wish others would post pics on here of whats going on on the day where they are.

Feeding hay on barren ground isn't worthy of posting.....

 

[jedstivers]

I'll try to get a pic of a plumbers' crack for you to see. gs

As long as it is from that helper gal you posted about before.

That's what I was thinking.

 

[cow pollinater]

What kind of planting date do you guys shoot for on your cotton? We've been done for quite a while.

 

[jedstivers]

What kind of planting date do you guys shoot for on your cotton? We've been done for quite a while.

We like to plant 4-20 to 5-10. This cotton was planted behind flood water, started May 30th, finished May 38th. Then on top of being late we turned real cool in Sept. an it just shut down. Usually done by 10-10, 10-15 or at the worst 10-20. Last year done by 9-28. Bout 3 or 4 good days an I'll be done but have rain for Wed.

 

[cross_7]

What kind of planting date do you guys shoot for on your cotton? We've been done for quite a while.

We like to plant 4-20 to 5-10. This cotton was planted behind flood water, started May 30th, finished May 38th. Then on top of being late we turned real cool in Sept. an it just shut down. Usually done by 10-10, 10-15 or at the worst 10-20. Last year done by 9-28. Bout 3 or 4 good days an I'll be done but have rain for Wed.

ya'll have some long month's in arkansas

 

[LRTX1]

I would suspect June is a real short month there.

 

[jedstivers]

Don't want any cotton planted in June, have to get done in May.

 

[Ouachita]

Don't want any cotton planted in June, have to get done in May.

I'm guessing by getting it all in by May, it completes growth and you harvest before first frost? What is your average first frost date in that part of the state? Ours is Nov 7, but we were 3 weeks early this year, and have already had 3

I'll see if I can figure out how to post some pictures. Amazing the difference in our areas of the state; not just geography, but land use too

 

[GMN]

how do you posts pictures?

 

[jedstivers]

Don't want any cotton planted in June, have to get done in May.

I'm guessing by getting it all in by May, it completes growth and you harvest before first frost? What is your average first frost date in that part of the state? Ours is Nov 7, but we were 3 weeks early this year, and have already had 3

I'll see if I can figure out how to post some pictures. Amazing the difference in our areas of the state; not just geography, but land use too

We just want it in to get enough heat units to mature, unlike this year where the cool sept shut it down. Our frost date is the same as yours.