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RayP(MI) · Jun 20, 2008

Drove over and looked at your field this afternoon. Yup, it sure looks purple. Field on west side of road looks pretty good, if a little spotty, - like a lot of other fields I have seen the last few days. But yours looks stressed, kinda puny! And purple for sure. Would assume not a moisture problem, as other fields look good. What was planted in that field last year? Any chemicals used last year? Have you considered running some soil test to see if it is a potassium deficiency? I don"t have any answers, but lots of questions! Definitely PURPLE! (Field by stone house looks a little stressed, but not bad.)

rrlund · Jun 20, 2008

The wife said somebody was down there. I thought it might have been you. The field on Brown Road was alfalfa sod,moldboard plowed. The guy who has the corn across the road from it says he thinks it's the variety.Says he thinks it'll grow out of it.I'm still suspicious of the seed size,wondering if there was enough energy in it to put down much in the way of roots. The one by the stone house is second year corn after alfalfa. Had a LOT of manure on it this spring before I chisel plowed it. Just gonna be a waiting game I guess. A week ago,I wouldn't have bet it would still be alive today.The stuff right on County Farm that I planted a week after Memorial Day after I took the hay off is catching up to it.

RayP(MI) · Jun 20, 2008

Blue Chevy Blazer - about 4:30pm - if that's what she saw, that was me!

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2008

It may be of help...
Red tipped leaf, in oats, is an extreme form of foliar disorder associated with deficiency in NPK,zinc and sulphur in the soil.
The intensity varies with the season. In cold,dry winters the colour deepens to almost purple while mild wet winters it is merely washed out orange, affected plants are stunted.

www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/field crops/13520.html.

rrlund - yer purple corn

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