Hutcheson vs Roundup Ready soybeans

[DRG3]

I had a failure of my Cowpea/lablab plot, so I'm going to go back with soybeans from my local farm store. I'm going to burndown the field Saturday and then hopeflly plant the following weekend.

My question is- other than being roundup ready vs not, what is the pro/con to Hutcheson vs RR bean? or do I do some of each?

I don't have a drill so I will be broadcasting. I've not had any luck with broadcasting beans to day, but I'll try again.

Kentucky Zone 7A

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

will you be disking in the soybeans after broadcasting? I don't think you will have much luck unless you get the seed covered.

 

[DRG3]

will you be disking in the soybeans after broadcasting? I don't think you will have much luck unless you get the seed covered.

Yep, I'll have a fully tilled seedbed and then I'll either lightly till, or hook up the disc and lightly disc

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

I plant soybeans ever year by disking, broadcasting beans and disking again. it works great and soybeans are pretty forgiving about seed depth as long as they are covered.

You'll need some type of herbicide to take care of weeds in your soybeans unless you really like to weed by hand. I use a pre-emergent herbicide just after planting, then follow up with some type of post-emergent herbicide in a month when weeds start to take off.

The amish around here grow some pretty decent soybean crops without spraying, but they cultivate between the rows a couple times per year and then they walk down the rows and hand weed to get the weeds growing close to the bean plant. Cultivation like that requires the beans to be planted in rows.

 

[DRG3]

I plant soybeans ever year by disking, broadcasting beans and disking again. it works great and soybeans are pretty forgiving about seed depth as long as they are covered.

You'll need some type of herbicide to take care of weeds in your soybeans unless you really like to weed by hand. I use a pre-emergent herbicide just after planting, then follow up with some type of post-emergent herbicide in a month when weeds start to take off.

The amish around here grow some pretty decent soybean crops without spraying, but they cultivate between the rows a couple times per year and then they walk down the rows and hand weed to get the weeds growing close to the bean plant. Cultivation like that requires the beans to be planted in rows.

What kind of soybeans do you plant

 

[Bill]

I'd never grow a good bean field if I couldn't spray.

 

[Catscratch]

Ive grown plenty of beans with TnM. A good layer of thatch can suppress weeds long enough for the beans to canopy. Won't be weed free but it's often not bad.




A cultivator can be used with broadcast plantings. You just have to be ok with the cultivator taking out the beans that are in it's way on your first time though. After that just drive in the same tracks and your "rows" will be made.

 

[Turkey Creek]

Ive grown plenty of beans with TnM. A good layer of thatch can suppress weeds long enough for the beans to canopy. Won't be weed free but it's often not bad.




A cultivator can be used with broadcast plantings. You just have to be ok with the cultivator taking out the beans that are in it's way on your first time though. After that just drive in the same tracks and your "rows" will be made.

Thats a good point. You would probably be ahead in the game if you were willing to sacrifice some means to cultivate. That is the nice thing about no-till which is where I want to be someday. Less soil disturbance means no new weed seed brought to the surface and the thatch layer also helps suppress the tiny seeds that most weeds germinate from.