Firsttime Trying Soybeans

[wiscwhip]

Did the coop know you were planting late or is that considered a full season bean for your area? Maybe your a bit farther north on the "soybean scale" than I am giving you credit for? You are south of Crookston correct? Normal year planting(i.e. not cold, rainy, late spring, etc.) time would likely be around 5-15 to 5-20 for soybeans around your area, unless I am totally off.

 

[biglakeba$$]

For me, I plant whatever beans I can get my hands on for cheap. :)

I have gotten beans from central Iowa that grew gangbusters in central MN.

 

[wiscwhip]

For me, I plant whatever beans I can get my hands on for cheap. :)

I have gotten beans from central Iowa that grew gangbusters in central MN.

That is what we always did as well, because they would all be eaten to the dirt about 3 to 4 weeks after germination.;) But if I was paying full price, I would want to ensure I got the proper maturity group for the area and time I was planting.

 

[biglakeba$$]

I have never had any problems getting pods.

Am I getting 100% ideal pod development?? I cant say. But I have never had any year where I had a problem with it.

I am not going to spend additional dollars to get a farm crop equivalent is all I know. I spend enough every year the way it is to feed deer that I dont get to shoot. :)

 

[Terrific_tom]

Thanks whip. June 9th shouldn't be too late to plant .8 beans in central MN should it?

Stu you should have no problem planting on June 9th with . 8 beans. I looked back and last year I planted 1.9 beans on June 6th and they had no problems maturing in the Antigo area. I was going to plant my beans this weekend but something came up so I will be planting next weekend which is June 6th. I have 1.4 beans this year and am sure they will make beans unless we get an August frost. Glad I didn't plant last weekend as it is going to hit 32 degrees this weekend in Antigo. As far as 1 1/2 acres getting wiped out, I really don't think with your low deer numbers you will have to worry. I have gotten away with 3/4 acres with out a problem.

 

[bat man]

I thought I read any maturity would throw pods but if you plant the wrong group they never have the yield of the proper group.

I know my MDHA corn was way longer maturity than needed for my area and when it never dimpled and dried they critters never took to it.

I paid full price for my beans as I want deer in them during muzzle loader season. Its the low hole where I am and 8 years of trial and error suggest you can't beat them where I am for late season with snow on the ground.

 

[BuckSutherland]

Evening guys,

In regards to beans you generally want to get them planted ASAP where you can escape risk of them being frosted after they leave the ground. This far north beans planted earlier will ALWAYS out yield later planted beans unless something catastrophic happened to them. Bean yield in the north is driven by the amount of sunlight they get. The more sunlight the better. Also, many beans in the north go into reproductive phases after the longest day of the year. Plants that are further along will be much better off than those planted late.

Here is some stuff that can explain it better than I can:

http://corn.osu.edu/newsletters/2011/2011-08/three-reasons-why-soybean-planting-date-matters
http://www.extension.umn.edu/agricu...g/soybean-planting-date-and-delayed-planting/


We planted ours in Northern Cass county last weekend. With the heat we had the other day I would expect some of them are up already. I am not worried about uneven emergence in beans like I am in corn. I just want leaves out there ASAP to capture sunlight and stop any weeds from coming.

 

[kabic]

I think I missed out on any freezing temperatures. Here is what my beans looks like after 1 week. I think it may be a little early to see if there will be any differences in the beans I packed versus the ones just broadcast in the rain.

Beans that were packed




Beans just broadcast

 

[kabic]

Just some more plot pictures (pictures are good right)

This the bottle neck looking back towards the driveway where the previous plot pictures (post 12) were taken.


This is the back portion of the plot

 

[kabic]

This is the opposite back corner which is not connected to the main plot.


More pictures taken of the main section of the plot..kiddy corner(caddy corner if your from the south) from the original pictures (post 12)






Another angle of the same spot from 2nd picture in this post


Another angle of the same spot from 4th picture in this post

 

[kabic]

Deer seem to be checking out the plot or maybe they are just wondering where the clover went....

From the middle of the plot


Some dangers of working in area where junk used to be stored


My JD 1023E and King Kutter tiller

 

[wiscwhip]

Doesn't look bad kabic. The rain really looks like it moved your seed around a bit, some areas look pretty bare while others look like they are very overpopulated. Maybe you could go back and throw some more soys or even some cheap oats or rye or something in the bare areas, just to keep grass and weeds from taking hold?

Sweet little rig btw!

 

[wiscwhip]

Another thing I just thought about after looking at those pics, since this is your first time with soys, pay attention to the differences in the growth in the shaded areas and the parts of the plot with full sun. I'm betting you see quite a difference before the deer eat them all to the dirt in about a month.;) I sincerely hope that doesn't happen, but those are small, secluded plots and I know how that worked out on our old place. Hopefully they leave them alone long enough to at least be able to evaluate how they did for future reference. You may be lucky and have enough other ag in your area that they may leave them alone? We had none for at least 4 miles, and then that was almost always corn, very rarely, if ever planted in soybeans.

 

[kabic]

Doesn't look bad kabic. The rain really looks like it moved your seed around a bit, some areas look pretty bare while others look like they are very overpopulated. Maybe you could go back and throw some more soys or even some cheap oats or rye or something in the bare areas, just to keep grass and weeds from taking hold?

Sweet little rig btw!

I'm not sure how much of that is the rain moving seeds versus how I threw them out. Since I was throwing them by hand I noticed that there would be a build up where I was standing.

 

[wiscwhip]

Well, in the absence of a suitable hand crank spreader, one must do what they have too. ;) I can tell you this, the deer won't care how thick they are planted or how they got there.:D

 

[kabic]

The beans in the area I packed are looking better than the areas I wasn't able to.

 

[wiscwhip]

You have about 2 to 3 more weeks before the "buffet" will be open, then, look out!;) You should get a cam up over that area soon.

 

[kabic]

I was planning on putting a camera on it..but some unexpected stuff came up this weekend.

I have been also kicking around the idea of spreading some milorganite to try to delay the deer usage.

 

[wiscwhip]

The milorganite surely wouldn't hurt, you don't really need the N it provides, but it isn't much and the P and micros will only help the beans.

 

[kabic]

I need to find the time to spray my beans. Other than than a few weeds it looks good in mpst places. There is a spot in the back that looks heavily browsed.