Cotton planting conditions April 30, 2018

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Keith Edmisten, Professor of Crop Science & Soil Sciences and Extension Cotton Specialist

Guy Collins, Extension Associate Professor – Cotton

The chart below illustrates how we define planting conditions. We cap DD60’s at a maximum value of 10 for each day. If you are computing DD60 accumulation on your own and a day is predicted to have 15 DD60’s, only use 10 for that day. We also lower the planting conditions by one category if a low of 50 or less or DD60=0 is predicted on day of planting

Relationship Between Predicted DD-60s and Planting Conditions.
Predicted DD-60 accumulation for five days following planting

Planting conditions

 

10 or fewer Very poor
11 to 15 Marginal
16 to 25 Adequate
26 to 35 Good
36-49 Very good
50 Excellent
Avoid planting cotton if the low temperature is predicted to be below 50°F for either of the two nights following planting or predicted daily DD60’s is near zero for the day of planting.

Soil temperature at a 3-inch depth was 61.6 degrees at 8 this morning (April 29). That is below what we would like to see for planting cotton, however, the soil temperature reached 65 by 11:00 a.m.

The DD60s predicted for the 5 days following planting at Rocky Mount are included in the table below and the predicted conditions for Laurinburg are below that. Notice the low night time temperature for the 30th. If you plan to plant on the 30th or May 1st, pay attention to soil temperature as you may want to delay planting until temperatures reach the mid-60s. Special thanks to Dr. Sandy Stewart for helping us with a program to help automate the calculations for this chart.
Rocky Mount
*DD60’s are capped at 10 for any one day.

Laurinburg
*DD60’s are capped at 10 for any one day.

It is certainly possible to achieve a good stand-in marginal conditions. Please consult Strategies for Planting Cotton in Suboptimal Conditions if you decide to plant under marginal conditions.