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[Telemark]

I found some pinto beans very cheap. Also great northern beans.

You think pinto beans would work? Internet says they can shatter in dry weather. Would that be a problem? A lot of people talk about soybeans shattering, but I didn't know if that was just an issue for ag harvest.

 

[SD51555]

I found some pinto beans very cheap. Also great northern beans.

You think pinto beans would work? Internet says they can shatter in dry weather. Would that be a problem? A lot of people talk about soybeans shattering, but I didn't know if that was just an issue for ag harvest.

I don't think I'd recommend this for pod and grain production. I'm throwing these rando store beans for simple early season green forage.

 

[matinc]

SD I'm looking for next year's planting mix. This year 200 pounds rye and 100 pounds wheat along with a 20 pound mix of 5 pounds each of ysc chickory medium red Alfalfa and balsana per acre. Would you suggest any changes? Thank you for your guidance.

 

[SD51555]

SD I'm looking for next year's planting mix. This year 200 pounds rye and 100 pounds wheat along with a 20 pound mix of 5 pounds each of ysc chickory medium red Alfalfa and balsana per acre. Would you suggest any changes? Thank you for your guidance.

That’s a solid mix. I like throwing plantain in as well, but it’s not required, it’s just an easy add and an extra perennial broadleaf.


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[Telemark]

I don't think I'd recommend this for pod and grain production. I'm throwing these rando store beans for simple early season green forage.

Makes sense. I think I will try pinto beans next year and see if they manage to stay green through the dry period in August. I found a 25 lb bag for $20 at GFS just down the road.

Do you soak your beans or just broadcast?

 

[SD51555]

Makes sense. I think I will try pinto beans next year and see if they manage to stay green through the dry period in August. I found a 25 lb bag for $20 at GFS just down the road.

Do you soak your beans or just broadcast?

No, I just flung them out there and rolled down the millet.

 

[matinc]

SD when did you roll the millet?

 

[SD51555]

The weekend after labor day. I waited to see full heads, then I went for it.

 

[matinc]

SD what seed blend would you recommend for a poorly drained soil such as Peet moss area?

 

[SD51555]

SD what seed blend would you recommend for a poorly drained soil such as Peet moss area?

I’d find a way to drain it, or put it into white clover. That stuff can take standing water.


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[SD51555]

The throw and roll update on the road plot.

Trit, chicory, and clover.

Zero grass.

Lots of chicory.

Even have some collards popping thru.

And the most important part, the residue layer. Sets this up to be drought resilient next year.

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[buckdeer1]

How are the deer doing with the tricicale

 

[SD51555]

How are the deer doing with the tricicale

On the throw and roll plots, they’re not touching it. It’s there but it’s behind fighting for nitrogen from the residue and sun from the clover.

On my new plot that got all the prep sins, they’re already picking at it, but not demolishing it. I hope they stay off it for another month.

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[SD51555]

I haven’t seen my plots in the back of the property since a week or so after I planted them. I really wonder how they’re doing, but I’m not going back there at all until Halloween to hunt. I want to give it a good 90 day cool off from human presence.


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[matinc]

SD curious on why the throw n mow is fighting for nitrogen and the sun for clover? Ty

 

[SD51555]

SD curious on why the throw n mow is fighting for nitrogen and the sun for clover? Ty

All that grass sucked up a lot of the nitrogen over the summer. It should catch up, but there is no waste or surplus in a living plot like that. It will eventually give it back, but it may take a little bit. I think that's why the clover is doing as well as it is. It's gorging on the carbon from the grass roots and residue. I think that same problem is also what's keeping more rogue grass from sprouting up now.

The trit is coming along, but it's not doing as well as where I tilled. Far as the clover goes, it just comes much faster than the trit. The trit is ok and poking above the clover, but it's not fully exposed to the sun. Imagine a shadow being cast over part of a solar array. Same idea.

 

[matinc]

SD just wanted to share a picture of my buddies gravel pit that we put 100 pounds of wheat on a half acre and crimped what little bit was above the ground growing.

 

[SD51555]

SD just wanted to share a picture of my buddies gravel pit that we put 100 pounds of wheat on a half acre and crimped what little bit was above the ground growing.

Looks like it’s coming. Cooler weather should help that endure. Hope you can get some tonnage out of it.


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[Wind Gypsy]

I found some pinto beans very cheap. Also great northern beans.

You think pinto beans would work? Internet says they can shatter in dry weather. Would that be a problem? A lot of people talk about soybeans shattering, but I didn't know if that was just an issue for ag harvest.

Had dinner with a friend of mine last weekend who farms in NW MN. They plant primarily "edible" beans, pintos being one of them. He has always made it seem that "edibles" are much more sensitive to harvest timing and moisture at harvest due to shatter. They seem eager to get them harvested as soon as possible.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

The trit is coming along, but it's not doing as well as where I tilled. Far as the clover goes, it just comes much faster than the trit. The trit is ok and poking above the clover, but it's not fully exposed to the sun. Imagine a shadow being cast over part of a solar array. Same idea.

Man, i can't recall ever having a clover come on faster than a cereal grain?