- Location
- Mid Lincolnshire,UK
Looks more like rape to me - never seen branching like that before in beans.
Harvesting Spring Beans
- Thread starter Zippy768
- Start date
Yes it isIsn’t it fat hen
Came through after flowering, so no chance to spray. Still been a cheap one to grow, just 250kg/ha of 0-18-24 and a fungicide. Judging by the trailers, 28t off 6ha
Beans are dead, haven’t checked moisture, decided a few in the shed with a moist week forecast was a better option.
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Finished mine yesterday, averaged 1.9t/acre, so pretty happy with that especially considering they were in many small fields
- Location
- Shropshire
Averaged 6.42t/ha over the weighbridge. Half had two fungicides - no yield difference to the single fungicide but much greener stems.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
How have you all cut it remotely dry??
Didn’t realise dry and beans appeared in the same sentence
Driver faster. If they're tall, slow the reel down and lean it against the crop so they feed feet first, and send her on. It'll feed much better than trying to pull them in with the reel.Only went about 100 yards in, but the crop didn't seem to want to flow into the header. Only travelling v steady.
Also managed to get unthrashed pods in the sample.
Will need a bit of playing when we get going. 18.7% so will leave a few days and hopefully get some sun on them
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
20%
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
How long would they store worth pedestals at 20%?
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
I've had them in store at over 20% and didnt get to dry them until after Xmas, they were fine
- Location
- Lincolnshire
There was a time when beans were sold at up to 18%... in sacks.
- Location
- Mid Lincolnshire,UK
Did search through old TFF posts regarding drying beans through an Opico dryer. Search said yes, can be done, but having nearly wrecked mine after 4 batches have decided never again - (bent agitator and sheared intake auger)!
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
I assume that is because they were only fit to cut on a frosty day in December
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Cannot recall exact year but think it was 1992 a farm I was involved with was harvesting Beans and Linseed on and off through until December. Ended up with above floor lateral stores with heaps of Bean plus plenty of pods and stalk and Linseed bolls general crap. Blew air through winter on and off. Kept walking over the top and two of us used to stir them up with beet fork to break the crust. Beans and Linseed went kind of mouldy. Come longer days in March farm bought a modulating gas burner and managed to dry the beans and Linseed. Then we ran them back through the MG38. Came out an absolutely super sample. Nice and bright - both beans and Linseed. And heaps of crap blown out the back!
- Location
- East yorks
Know of two fields locally that were harvested this March
Will Blackburn
Member
- Location
- Cheshire
Beans will keep at 18%, finished ours at 17.5% yesterday, bit last minute before the storm, kept getting muggy drizzle instead of the forecast dry days.
Will Blackburn
Member
- Location
- Cheshire
17mm here, they take a bit to wet them, a bit like it is to dry them, biggest issue was cutting a grassy stubble higher than the bottom pods.Mine are still out there, just hoping the ship didn't sail whilst we were sorting sheep Sunday in the sunshine.
7mm rain here this am...