Spring Grass

[tsellars]

Anyone else's grass seem to be coming on a little slower this year than last few years? We have had enough moisture, but we haven't had any consistent temps for more than a couple days at a time here in North Central Arkansas.

 

[rollinhills]

Same

Anyone else's grass seem to be coming on a little slower this year than last few years? We have had enough moisture, but we haven't had any consistent temps for more than a couple days at a time here in North Central Arkansas.

Same here in Ky.

 

[alacowman1]

Mine looks great thank God. Just needs some warm days..gonna be 38 in the morning ..

 

[TCRanch]

Same! Even most of the trees are just starting to bud. I'm blaming it on the fluctuating temps: high 80 one day, next morning wind chill 33. Plus, we haven't had as much rain and the wind has been brutal - 30 mph is common. We really need to burn but haven't been able to because of all the Red Flag warnings, and now it's getting too late. Especially if we're going into a drought.

 

[chaded]

Doing good here.

 

[Down in Dixie]

My fescue is growing great. Just starting to see some of the summer grasses sprouting.

 

[kickinbull]

Anyone else's grass seem to be coming on a little slower this year than last few years? We have had enough moisture, but we haven't had any consistent temps for more than a couple days at a time here in North Central Arkansas.

Same here, SCKY

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

4" of fresh snow today and was 16 degrees yesterday am. Be a month before we know how our grass is going to grow. Haha

 

[1982vett]

It's green but no rain in 3-4 weeks….won't be green much longer with it getting into the mid to upper 80's later in the week.

 

[farmerjan]

68 Sunday, and mid-upper 70's all last week... 34 today and rain, sleet and SNOW .... 2 " and it is flat out cold out. Nasty, supposed to get just below freezing, sun but only upper 40's tomorrow... mid 20's Tues night... then warming and up to the 80's by end of the week. Pastures are slow coming and grass still short... it doesn't know what to do....

 

[tsellars]

68 Sunday, and mid-upper 70's all last week... 34 today and rain, sleet and SNOW .... 2 " and it is flat out cold out. Nasty, supposed to get just below freezing, sun but only upper 40's tomorrow... mid 20's Tues night... then warming and up to the 80's by end of the week. Pastures are slow coming and grass still short... it doesn't know what to do....

It is definitely confused!

 

[tsellars]

4" of fresh snow today and was 16 degrees yesterday am. Be a month before we know how our grass is going to grow. Haha

Been watching that northern weather as well. We take a fishing trip each May to Ontario, starting to wonder if it will be thawed out by the time we go.

 

[kenny thomas]

Slow here in SW Virginia also. But been dry.and is in the upper 30's now

 

[CowboyRam]

I am pretty sure our first cutting is going to be later than normal. This is the coldest April I can remember in the last few years since I have got involved with the farm.

 

[farmerjan]

@tsellars ; My brother has a fishing boat on Lake Ontario... Praying Mantis Sport fishing. He may be a typical yankee and sometimes a PITA and as a sister I can say that... but he does one he// of a job as a captain from all I have heard...

 

[Dave]

It snowed on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday last week. Friday when it didn't snow it was 20 degrees in the morning. Grass did green up a couple weeks ago but it sure hasn't move any since.

 

[tsellars]

Slow here in SW Virginia also. But been dry.and is in the upper 30's now

How long did all your stockpile end up lasting? I may have missed an update in one of the other threads.

 

[tsellars]

@tsellars ; My brother has a fishing boat on Lake Ontario... Praying Mantis Sport fishing. He may be a typical yankee and sometimes a PITA and as a sister I can say that... but he does one he// of a job as a captain from all I have heard...

@farmerjan I looked them up, they catch some big trout! We catch one of those occasionally purely by accident, they fight harder than anything we catch. We pull our boat 21 hours chasing the little brown bass, all the locals think we are crazy

 

[kenny thomas]

How long did all your stockpile end up lasting? I may have missed an update in one of the other threads.

I started feeding full time on February 28th. Always quit feeding on April 5th but had to go until the 11th this year.

 

[BFE]

Cool to cold and wet here. March was very warm and dry. Wish we could flip it and April.