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What to do with the soybean plot????
What should I do with the 3 acre bean plot after it freezes out? Should I leave it standing and let the pods burst on their own, or should I mow it with the brushhog to break them up? Half and Half?
Brian |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
one way or another the deer are going to eat it and just letting it stand takes less work.
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RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
I would leave it alone for rabbits and birds , the deer might still get some food from it......
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RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
I shot my only buck of the year last year- in mid December with a late season black powder tag - - eagarly eating the soybean pods in about 16" of snow.
There weren't any wasted beans in the plot we had. Maybe we could have seeded it overwith rye as an option in late sept. -- but I don't think it was needed. FH |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
I ran right over my soybean plot with the graindrill last year planting rye and the deer hammered the rye. But the soybeans are MUCH better this year after proper inoculation. I'd post a pic if I knew how.
But I know how deer come into a bean field after it has been combined. So I thought I'd ask what you guys thought is best. Brian |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
ORIGINAL: ostdc I ran right over my soybean plot with the graindrill last year planting rye and the deer hammered the rye. But the soybeans are MUCH better this year after proper inoculation. I'd post a pic if I knew how. But I know how deer come into a bean field after it has been combined. So I thought I'd ask what you guys thought is best. Brian Leave the soys standing as much as running them over with the grain drill will allow. |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
Like I said, the beans have done much better this year. I don't think I could go over them with the grain drill without tearing them right out of the ground.
I just wondered if I should mow them to break the pods and scatter the beans or leave them standing and the pods whole. I'm leaning toward leaving them standing. Brian |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
ORIGINAL: ostdc Like I said, the beans have done much better this year. I don't think I could go over them with the grain drill without tearing them right out of the ground. I just wondered if I should mow them to break the pods and scatter the beans or leave them standing and the pods whole. I'm leaning toward leaving them standing. Brian As close to two weeks before your first frost wait for a rain and right before broadcast WW into the soys. |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
October 1st would be great. Up here, our first "expected" frost date is Sept 15. The weatherman predicted spotty frost last night. I don't know if it froze up there or not. I sure hope not.
I may go out and broadcast some ww. Brian |
RE: What to do with the soybean plot????
Leave the beans standing through the winter, re-work the plot in spring.
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