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Pembroke, New Hampshire

Five to ten inches tonight and tomorrow. I guess I won't be rototilling soon. Is anyone else tired of winter weather?

4/4/2007 11:24:16 AM

Massillon, Ohio

i'd welcome 10 inches of snow!!! we still have one snow day left to use....

and who needs to rototill anyways ? lol ;)

4/4/2007 12:27:51 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

I've heard from 3 different people today that a spring snow after the ground is thawed, is good for the soil. One person added that it built up nitrogen levels. Anybody know a scientific explanation for this?

4/4/2007 12:49:20 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

We received 6 or 7" of snow here yesterday. I was happy, as we need need the moisture.

4/4/2007 12:56:46 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

From my understanding..Nitrogen being the largest single component in the Earth's Atmosphere. Is trapped by the falling snow and is converted into nitrites.

4/4/2007 2:16:04 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

snowing here as well, dam hopefully not too much nitrogen?

4/4/2007 2:40:28 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

urg snow. barbarians like 80+ warm. ugh no want plants to die for fair...beat frantz

4/4/2007 4:38:58 PM

Deer Park, WI

Your question piqued my curiousity regarding the idea that precipitation could be a significant contributor (as well as leacher) of soil nitrogen levels.

Lo and behold, there appears to be a fair amount of information on this topic. According to the source below, annual precipitation contributes 6-7lbs of Nitrogen, in the form of nitrates and ammonium, to the soil. Apparently, this is less than 10% of the amount needed to produce a healthy corn crop, however its nothing to sneeze at either.

Perhaps this partly answers the question why the garden just seems to grow better when mother nature waters vs the hose? Enjoy....

http://www.sws.uiuc.edu/hilites/nadp/nnr.asp

4/4/2007 7:00:09 PM

Deer Park, WI

My apologies, i left off a vital piece of info- 6-7lbs/acre.

4/4/2007 7:01:39 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Now a good thunderstorm....with ground lightning will produce even more nitrogen...

4/4/2007 7:50:17 PM

Jericho Vermont

The old VT farmers used to call a spring snow "poor mans manure". Maybe because of added N to the soil.

4/4/2007 8:21:49 PM

Addison IL.

From 70 degrees to 29 degrees here in 24 hours..

4/5/2007 12:35:32 AM

Sloughhouse, CA

I hate to tell you guys. It was 77-80 in the central valley ( Sacramento) today. But we do need more rain.

4/5/2007 3:11:06 AM

the windchill is 3 degrees. I don't want to walk to class!!! There's crocuses blooming on campus and tulip leaves up, and now the poor things are probably freezing.

4/5/2007 8:42:05 AM

Litchfield N. H. 03052

Hi to the good doctor, Is that 582 burning a hole in your pocket? Rod hope to see you at the seed swap at J Beauchemin's. The date is 4/14/07.
Bill

4/5/2007 2:16:17 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

I'll be there Bill. I'm just hoping that 582 germinates. It's 6 years old (and it's been in your possession, which means it's likely to have been stored someplace bad, like under your mattress), so I'm going to have to beg for a back-up, just in case.....

4/5/2007 2:24:30 PM

San Jose [email protected]

oh yeah the winter is killin us here in in nor cal, it has been about 70+ for a couple of weeks, when will it end...

4/5/2007 8:13:11 PM

New Hampshire

I already took a soil sample already here in northern Illinois. Who would ever trying to grow a AG in those short NH growing seasons?

4/5/2007 9:50:10 PM

Belmont, NH

If I remember right, a guy by the name of Charlie Houghton grew pumpkins here in the "granite state". Let's see the WR for 2002 was.....

Good luck this year, Jim.

Bruce

4/6/2007 6:57:18 AM

Litchfield N. H. 03052

Jim, at least I live in the warm part of the state, by the way, I have also taken a spring soil sample this month. Have a Happy Easter Jim and your family.

4/7/2007 8:56:27 AM

Rainbowlake Alberta

I am still dealing with 4 feet of snow.

4/7/2007 12:11:45 PM