May 8, 2024

QUIZ – Moisture

Three quick questions on moisture – two related to germination of annual weeds and one on water reserves in the soil.

1. What are these seedlings?

Weed seedling for May 8 quiz
2. What did the CCC agronomy specialist recommend the farmer do about the weed seedlings in question 1?
3. If the Brown soil moisture probe shown in this photo goes three feet (36”) into loamy sand soil, approximately how many inches of available moisture is in that soil? 
Brown soil moisture probe
Brown soil moisture probe

 

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