Electric Fencing Soybeans

[AU91]

Hey guys, I'm looking to put a fence around a 2 acre bean plot this year for the first time and was hoping to get some input from guys who have experience doing this.
1) How many strands front and back have you had success with?
2) Any particular brands of wire or energizer/charger that you have liked or disliked? It looks like I can get all the supplies at my local Rural King but if there are better options out there I'm all ears
3) It looks like you can get "poly wire" or "poly rope" with the wire being quite a bit cheaper. Any strong preferences for one vs the other?
4) How far apart do you typically put your t-posts?
5) any other tips/tricks that you have discovered

Any input is welcome and appreciated!!

 

[abell3]

This is what I have success doing.
2 rows. Outside row 1 line of poly wire about chest high. Inside row two lines. One at knee height. One at shoulder height. Few feet in between for spacing.
On hard corners or where the line will have the most pressure make sure to hammer in T post. If doing T post for whole plot thats the best.
One solar electric panel will work. Put at corner. Make a "gate" so you can easily get in and out of the plot if need to spray or fert.
Use a cooper post for your ground. Get much better voltage with that.

 

[hillrunner]

This is what I have success doing.
2 rows. Outside row 1 line of poly wire about chest high. Inside row two lines. One at knee height. One at shoulder height. Few feet in between for spacing.
On hard corners or where the line will have the most pressure make sure to hammer in T post. If doing T post for whole plot thats the best.
One solar electric panel will work. Put at corner. Make a "gate" so you can easily get in and out of the plot if need to spray or fert.
Use a cooper post for your ground. Get much better voltage with that.

Do you have a picture of this? That's much taller than I've seen done.
Are you mostly successful with that spacing? Do any duck underneath?

 

[hillrunner]

Mine are lower but some deer are figuring out they can jump it.

 

[deerdown]

I like using the rope so the deer can see it easier, I also used to twist it to catch more wind so someone told me. They also say to get the deer used to it, put some peanut butter on the rope in a few places so they get an understanding pretty quick.

They'll knock it down a few times, but after that it seems to work..

Definitely want a gate or 2 and need to keep plants from resting on the rope/wire.

 

[abell3]

Your picture above is how I did it the first year. Had every deer just jump it with ease. They laughed at me as they jumped. Ha. Have a cool trail cam video of it.
Yes, deer go under and they still jump it with ease. You can't keep them all out. Just deter most of them.

 

[abell3]

The cheap black fence holders are nice and easy to use but your line will be on the ground about 20 times during the summer. give and take.

 

[chipterp]

I agree with abell3 unless your just fencing a piece off of a larger ag field they just go right over or through. We have had this happen multiple times where the first year it worked pretty good but the next year it was like but wasn’t even there . We are in very high density deer area also

 

[2-bucks]

I have fenced a 2 acre bean plot the last 2 years.
- metal posts at corners or any change of direction.
- 4 ft plastic posts in straight runs.
- 1" Electric tape for visibility. inside strands about 1' and 4' off ground. outside strand about 2.5 to 3' off ground. strands about 4 to 5 feet apart to give the 3d effect and discourage jumping.
- two copper ground rods.

bought everything at farm and fleet. it works great. never had any knocked over. I can find very minor brows in the plot but nothing that hinders the overall growth.

there are no crop fields within a mile or more of my place and I have decent deer density. by decent I mean I see about a dozen on my plot every evening in season.

 

[Marty Edwards]

Here’s a few pics from ages ago (notice the gen 1, 2 man banks blind. Hated those things.

I always used 3 wire strands on the inner and one strand of turbo tape on the outer. Used t posts spaced ~10 long steps apart. Outer tape fencing I used the cheapo plastic posts. Rarely did I have intruders. Excellent grounding, sometimes doubling up on the ground rods made a big difference. Really important to keep the vegetation off of it so it doesn’t short out.