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ironwood

ironwood

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I have heard several different numbers for pounds per acre of soy beans. These are going in notill into sod with a four row planter. The County employee I spoke with(owner of the drill) said 40lbs per acre and a half. Another sorce said 50lbs per acre and yet another said 70lbs per acre.

The last word I received said if I over seeded the yeild could be cut severly.

Let me know what you know. Thanks
 
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I have heard several different numbers for pounds per acre of soy beans. These are going in notill into sod with a four row planter. The County employee I spoke with(owner of the drill) said 40lbs per acre and a half. Another sorce said 50lbs per acre and yet another said 70lbs per acre.

The last word I received said if I over seeded the yeild could be cut severly.

Let me know what you know. Thanks

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The links should help you out but I have to say that I have never seen a problem with "over planting"
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For one thing the deer are likely to hammer it pretty hard anyway. Yield from a farmers perspective will maximize at a certain population rate and fertility levels...but it takes a heckuva lot to reduce yield.

As the links should explain...there will be -X- number of seeds per # and based on 50# you can figure from there. Many seed companies are selling by seed count...normally at 80,000 seeds per bag. So you have to check with the seed dealer also. You can easily go as high as 200,000 seeds per acre if drilled or broadcast but that's pretty high for a 4 row. I have planted mine with a 4 row no-till also but I went over it twice so it was closer to 15" rows.
If your using RR beans you need the canopy that prevents further weed growth or you may need to spray several times. 15" rows will give you decent canopy but even then it's iffy.
If the field is hidden and it's a small acreage...plant on the heavy side because the deer and turkeys will both eat much of it before it ever get's more then a few inches high
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You'll love to see how the deer use June planted beans, when things go right with weather, they seem to be the tastiest as they are much younger and tender- planting rates depend on row width and spacing. Seed it heavy for a plot as depending on the size- you may never get a canopy for weeds.
 
Check your seed size on the bag. It will be something like 2700 seeds per pound. Try to drop around 220,000 seeds per acre. I assume you are drilling them. For this example you would need 81 pounds of seed per acre.
 
Thanks for all of the good info. This is my maiden voyage with large food plots. It wouldn't happen with out the encouragement from here.

I will double up with the planter and try for a seed rate around 220,000 per acre. I am a little concerned about the lack of rain. I will be planting through brome sod (mowed) sometime this week.
 
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I will double up with the planter and try for a seed rate around 220,000 per acre. I am a little concerned about the lack of rain. I will be planting through brome sod (mowed) sometime this week.

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The lack of rain is a problem for many of us...but beans love heat and can take a lot of drought, combined with the fact you are no-tilling into sod gives you a big advantage. The killed sod will hold what moisture is there and they should do very well!
Good luck and keep us posted on how they do!
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Well the beans are in, I ended up using a 10ft Great Plains no till drill with 7.5 inch rows. It all when very slick and I plan on spraying Roundup on the mowed brome the first of next week. I didn't use any kind of fertilizer and I hope this doesn't come back to bite me.
 
Good move using the Great Plains drill with the 7.5 inch row spacing.
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Don't worry about not fertilizing, instead spend your time hoping for timely rains.
 
Were you doing RR beans here so you can do something else in the fall or frost seed clover in the spring or is this going to be an annual plot all the time?
Brome is hard to kill this time of year, I'd make sure it is growing well after a mowing before spraying or else you have to really lay on the chemicals. I think brome slows down and I have not been able to get a good kill this time of year with regular round-up rates.
 
Brome is going to be even harder to get a good kill on right now because it's not growing from lack of rain. Most farmers who plant beans on expiring CRP acreage, plant it to beans and spray Roundup twice. Once after the brome has been mowed and starts regrowth and a second time when the beans get 4-6" tall and and brome and/or other weeds have started up.
If you follow these beans with beans or corn next year it won't be a problem because you will re-spray anyway. If you plant something else though, like pharmer mentions you may not have killed the brome as well as you had hoped.
Rain will get the brome growing which is the key to a good kill. If it doesn't rain it will stay brown and semi-dormant and won't absorb the Roundup well.
Keep hoping for rain!!
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In August I think I'll spread turnips in the thin areas. Next year one large four acre piece will be a test plot for a local plot seed dealer. The remaining five acres I believe I will plant to corn. I am pretty new at all of this so we'll see how it all developes.
 
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