2017 season off to a wet (flood) start

[nybirdman]

I am in Northern NY state(right on the border);I lost my first planting of corn;replanted June 15 a full month behind "normal". My plantings are just food plots for the wildlife,so not like someone looking to make a living "farming".Everything is growing good right now.

 

[mjw357]

Well it's been a couple of weeks, what's the story? Any green out there?

 

[Dave5264]

Hi Guys, we flooded again twice more since my first post. unprecedented in this area

it was biblical rain here until mid july.

however, i do have stuff coming up. Initially the oats came up, and then we flooded again. tips of the oats leaves turned a bit yellow.

however, now I have a field of green, some areas are better than others and I have a mix of oats and hay/grass.

its a bit like a bad haircut out there, there are several bare patches with nothing where i had standing puddles for over a month (still do).

Ill re seed them if it dries out by the fall.

hard to tell whats growing where just now, we havent had much heat and sun so everything is way behind where it should be.

I have another 5 acre field ready to plant yet and another 10 acre field I had plowed last fall and planned to disc & till in spring but it got so wet I couldnt get into it at all, and now I have 10 acres 7' of canary/orchard grass growing in there. it will be a PITA to re cut that and re plow it all.

fun and games

 

[radioman]

i feel your pain .its awful here in NYS too .. im getting so much rain here - my lawn is getting flooded weekly. I have standing puddles everywhere. soon will have graduation party for my son this sat and not sure where to put the tents.... its raining today as we speak.

 

[nybirdman]

We got another down-pour the other day;6.6 inches in couple hours;so called 200 year rain.Lots of roads washed out,culverts over whelmed.Standing water every-where.Lucky, my property drains really well;two days of sun and I will be dry.

 

[Dave5264]

anyone know what this grass is ? is coming up alot in the field I planted and subsequently flooded 3x . the field next to it flooded the same but i dint plant it and it doens have it. I planted Ryegrass, creeping red fescue and timothy

is this creeping red fescue ? or is it some sort of invasive swamp grass

 

[Dave5264]

Im told its Slender Rush.

 

[jimmysisson]

I agree w slender rush. I have it around the edge of my pond. The root ball is tremendously difficult to root out.
Jim