Rye planted with beans questions

[Trophy Collector]

I've got some standing beans that r getting browsed pretty heavy but I don't want to till them under. Does rye grow by just broadcasting down the rows n hoping for rain or is it better to leave the disc blades straight n hope it doesn't flatten everything?

 

[yoderjac]

Surface broadcasting a cover crop into standing beans as they yellow is a well proven technique. I like a combination of Winter Rye, Crimson Clover, and Purple Top Turnips for my area. They all are good soil builders and great deer food. They keep the ground covered until I plant beans again in the spring.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[NWWI]

When things get over browsed or fail the most reliable thing a person can do is broadcast winter rye into an existing plot. I just spread it by hand and let the rain do the rest. It has bailed me out a few times.

 

[browndog]

I just got done broadcasting rye into some over browsed beans....bring on the rain.

 

[Diesel5610]

I have two bean plots that will be getting over seeded with rye in the next couple weeks. Works very well.

 

[John-W-WI]

Agreed with all of the above. Rye will grow in the bed of your truck if you don't sweep it out.

-John

 

[Tree Spud]

I've got some standing beans that r getting browsed pretty heavy but I don't want to till them under. Does rye grow by just broadcasting down the rows n hoping for rain or is it better to leave the disc blades straight n hope it doesn't flatten everything?

If you leave an open bag of WR in a wet barn it will germinate, drop some seed in the cracks of your driveway or your pick-up/atv bed it will grminate.

WR is the single best thing you can broadcast onto standing crops, dropped vegetation, or semi prepped soil. It should be broadcast in the north here after Labor Day ... make sure you have Jack confirm that Solistice of the sun ...

Spread ~2 bushles per acres, and try to add 5-6 lbs of red clover per acre ... both will germinate before fall with a great green up in the spring.

btw ... WR will germinate as low as 32 deg F ... so when snow thaws it keeps emerging ...

 

[Fall's Legend]

Agree with the above. I always broadcast rye grain into my yellowing beans. Besides food and helping the soil I believe it also helps with weed suppression the next season.

 

[browndog]

I just spread some more rye into another bean plot this morn. I know it's a little early but with the rain coming the next few days I figured what the heck. I spread rape and radish seed in another bean plot almost 3 weeks ago and maybe received about a 1/4" of rain until last night. I didn't want to get into that situation with the rye next month and have the seed lay there for 3 weeks without rain.

 

[Ben Glantz]

I just spread some more rye into another bean plot this morn. I know it's a little early but with the rain coming the next few days I figured what the heck. I spread rape and radish seed in another bean plot almost 3 weeks ago and maybe received about a 1/4" of rain until last night. I didn't want to get into that situation with the rye next month and have the seed lay there for 3 weeks without rain.

Maybe something to try- This year I spread the first round of rye last weekend in one plot and will plant another couple plots this weekend in a similar mix to LC's. Then I hope to spread rye about every 2 weeks up until Sept 1 or so. This should give me rye at 3 different growth stages. Read about it awhile back, called the layerd food plot approach. I did it last year and it worked but I think my first planting was a little too heavy. I went with a little less seed this time around.

 

[j-bird]

I have a decent bean stand and will be broadcasting a mix of turnips and oats/wheat/rye over them and will let the rain do the rest. Rye in particular will almost germinate on dry concrete. Give it a little moisture and it will germinate and as long as it continues to get the level of moisture it needs to survive you will be just fine. Overseeding like you are talking about is a great way to get additional forage growing in the same plot acreage.

 

[SWIFFY]

I agree with the above! I loved the weed suppression it provided the next year as much as the food it offered the year it was spread. Its a win-win!