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July 12
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Finally, we’ve got a day with some clouds and it’s a little cooler.
Our field is doing fine. It could use a little shower, but I don’t think we’re
going to get any rain for a while.
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The plants in the marked row are doing well. Notice there’s no more crabgrass ...
I took care of that problem. You can see that we need moisture by the appearance
of that big crack in the lower left corner. Our soil has a relatively high clay
content, so when it dries the soil shrinks causing the cracks. When it rains the
soil will swell and the cracks will seal.
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Our first plant is still growing, but all the plants aren’t growing
very fast. I think our plants won’t be as tall as they normally would.
Remember, late May and early June was rather cool for
soybeans (but great for wheat!) and they didn’t grow very well.
That stunted them and I doubt they will completely recover. All the plants
are still flowering. Now, I’m looking for something else, but I don’t see it.
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 Our second plant is still flowering, too.
Its branches are getting longer. You can see the new leaves, which are a lighter
green. Let’s look closer at some flowers.
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These flowers in the middle of the picture are drying or shriveling-up
because they are four or five days old. You can see newer flowers on
this plant if you look around. Now, I’m looking for pods. Pods are the structures
that contain the soybeans. But I don’t see any. Probably by next Monday we’ll
be able to see some tiny pods.
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