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  1. Thetrooper

    Big fellow eagle soybean

    Anyone planted the big fellow variety soybean from eagle seed? Going to put in 3.5 acres of it. Have heard mixed results as far as grain production. I've heard it won't produce beans up North but the definition of north to a guy in MN vs GA are two different things. If it's the mason Dixon...
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    Bench grafting persimmons

    Have any of you guys had success using a whip and tounge while bench grafting young persimmon seedlings? I have a lot of persimmon seedlings in the ground ready to graft this year. But also have a ton of small first year seedlings coming in the mail soon that I would like to graft and pot at...
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    Miscanthus screen

    For any of you guys who have planted miscanthus will a single row work for a screen? I have several thousand feet that I want to screen off and don't know if switchgrass alone will cut it due to topographic dips and humps in the field. Don't want to be a cheapskate on the rhizomes but I would...
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    24D on switchgrass

    I've got about 8 acres of switchgrass that is starting to come in for it's second year. The sprouts are coming off last years clump bases and are about 3-6" long. Will 24D hurt an established switchgrass field? It's only on year 2 so it's not fully blown up yet but I have some thistle and...
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    Chufa part 2

    July 10 chufa fully canopied with no substantial competition. Vegetative growth appx 4ft long but stands 2-3ft tall. By early August a new flush of ragweed and foxtail came through which I didnt see fit to spray seeing as the chufa was 70 some days into its 90-100 day growing cycle. Once mid...
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    Chufa part 1 & commentary from renowned wild turkey expert yoderjack "the wise"

    Put in 2 acres of chufa May 2021. This crop is big down south for turkey management so I figured I'd give it a go in Ohio zone 6b. I planted a 1/2 acre strip in 2016 but the turkeys demolished it before October. I planted more this year to give it a chance of survival until spring for turkey...
  7. Thetrooper

    Green soybeans

    Hey guys first time poster here. I'm located in zone 6b southern OH. So I have been managing my 100 acres for 10 years now and planted probably 40-50 plots, mostly your standard clover, brassica, ceral grain type plots. I have put in chufa a couple times, milo switchgrass and more trees than...
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