PLANTING SOYBEANS

MTC · May 12, 2009

Hi guys-do any of you plant soybeans with a grain drill?Thought about it this year.Thought after planting with drill to roll the cultimulcher over them to get good soil to seed contact.Any thoughts?Oh good it is suppose to start raining again.We need a break in the rain.Thanks

Anonymous-0 · May 12, 2009

used to do some with an MM drill and later with a PDA JD press drill, used to drag them with a spike tooth behind the MM, used to seed about 2 seeds per inch on a 6" spacing

MPK · May 12, 2009

Used to seed them with a John Deere Model B grain drill in 36 inch rows. Put seed stops on the unused rows. Worked good but uneven depth. Pulled a packer behind the drill. This was back in the 50's when we still had only a 2 row corn planter. When we got a 4 row planter we used that.

thurlow · May 12, 2009

Have used a Model B (single disk opener), 8200 and a couple of 8300s.......all John Deeres, all 7-inch; number series all with double disk openers and all with drag chains, except the last one had press wheels. They all required a properly prepared seed bed and never had a problem getting a 'stand'........assuming enough moisture. Don't know why you'd need a culti-mulcher.

MN Scott · May 12, 2009

I plant my beans with a Deere 8300 drill with double disk openers on 6 inch rows with drag chains. The main drawback is the rows in the tractor tire tracks. They are just barely covered and you need rain to get them started. Also I have fluted feed metering rolls so getting the population you want takes some expermenting. I would not pack the soil over beans. If you get a hard rain and a crust they can have a hard time emerging without the extra compaction from a packer. Also I would not drag after planting as some seeds will get covered way to deep. I always get a good stand but I am on the lookout for a good bean planter at a reasonable price. dboll, two seeds per inch on 6 inch rows? That must be 4 to 5 hundred thousand population? I plant 180000 and my seeds are spaced 1 to 6 inches. Another graindrill drawback, poor seed spacing.

Leroy · May 13, 2009

We planted many an acre with a McCormick MF and a Deere FB, both 13-7 drills and would pull a light weight single roller packer behind them with a spike tooth harrow behind that. The packer did the same job as the press wheels on a corn planter and the spike tooth smoothed the ground so you were not constantly hitting dirt with the combine in harvesting. And both those drills were from late 40's-early50's and packer wheels were avaible from new on them but was an option the buyer did not want to pay extra for. The new drills all have the press wheels that do the same as a packer does.

Anonymous-0 · May 13, 2009

Cornell researchers used to say they got a slightly higher yield with a drill because the side pressure of the close rows caused the bean plants to grow up instead of sideways. This resulted in pods being higher so less missed low bean pods at harvest.

Anonymous-0 · May 13, 2009

oops, I meant per foot, I plant beans on 20" now with a modified IH air planter, may no-till some beans this year

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