spring beans sown at 37.5cm spacing. With fertiliser down under the seed
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Becauka
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What depth and what sowing date?
They look quite deep.
rustymcsocks
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A great stand of beans there, any I have seen are gappy enough this year, reflecting the poor germination talked about earlier in the season.
rustymcsocks
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They went into moisture and we've had 37mm of rain in April excluding what fell yesterday.
Becauka
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What row spacing are they?
rustymcsocks
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30cm(12"). 3 metre machine with 9 legs.
Becauka
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Is there a yield advantage in sowing beans at that spacing, as opposed to 5 inch spacing?
rustymcsocks
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The theory would be that more light can get to the lower leaves. From what I can see there is no significant yield advantage to this spacing. Time and diesel would be the main savings.
We had a Planet seeder that used be used to sow sugar beet and my father used to sow peas and rape with it . I think the rows were about 18 inches . I used to walk behind it to keep an eye out for blockages and I have a picture somewhere to prove it . My father let me sow a field of forage rape with it when I was about 12. It could be used to sow beans .
I’m sowing at 33.3cm For the last 9 years with no difference. Anywhere from 2.25 to 3.2t/ac depending on rainfall. Thus year I’m at 37.5cm on this drill but I’ve no worries. Crop looks good. Here are pics from 22/4/20 but bear in mind we’ve absolutely no rain in Dublin since mid March
Sowing depth is ca 4”
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rustymcsocks
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I'd say the same that there is no difference in yield. Did you alter your existing drill or change machine?
No. I bought another drill and kept the Sumo DTS3 as. It’s a superb piece of kit.
I bought a polish strip till called Czajkowski STK300. It has a few unique features. It’s 3m but only 8 ripper legs. So they are 37.5cm wide. But you can move or reposition the legs depending what spacing you need
It sows the wheat and barley at 320mm wide band. Beans are a narrow tip
At the moment I’m sowing strip till maize at ca 75cm. Well actually at the exact spacing to suit my Samco HD. So I’m double strip tilling on the GPS on the first pass I place approx half the fert and on the next with the balance and the sower.
I bought a polish strip till called Czajkowski STK300. It has a few unique features. It’s 3m but only 8 ripper legs. So they are 37.5cm wide. But you can move or reposition the legs depending what spacing you need
It sows the wheat and barley at 320mm wide band. Beans are a narrow tip
At the moment I’m sowing strip till maize at ca 75cm. Well actually at the exact spacing to suit my Samco HD. So I’m double strip tilling on the GPS on the first pass I place approx half the fert and on the next with the balance and the sower.
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Becauka
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When is flowering, in an end of March sown crop?
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Cork
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The lesions on the lower leaves of the top pic look like Ascochyta.
lots of weevil damage too I think.
Some Downey Mildew on the leaves too.
Is it in patches or just random plants? Do you know which variety?
lots of weevil damage too I think.
Some Downey Mildew on the leaves too.
Is it in patches or just random plants? Do you know which variety?
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Cork
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It might be no harm to get someone to look at them
DCol
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Apparently glanbia were out today and hadn't seen it before!
How long since that particular field had beans in it?