Too late for winter beans?

Tompkins

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Location
NE Somerset
Drilled Tundra in April 2018 due to wet winter/spring. Didn't rain then for the rest of the summer and they died on their feet.
Hasn't put me off drilling winters in the spring though....
 

tw15

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Location
DORSET
Our spun on vespa beans in early Dec and cultivated in are up looking good . Picture was taken a couple of weeks ago
 

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Davylad

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Did you spread them with fert spreader? How even are the plants and what depth did you get from cultivation.. Crows an issue ? .. Sorry for all questions but interested in the process! Thanks 👍
 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
Location
Fen Edge
I've cultivated beans in twice with a lemken terra disc type machine. Once was quite good. The other time the crows ruined 20% of the area. I don't think I will repeat as i will either plough in or have purchased a tine drill so will cult and tine drill. The spreader spreads very even but depth is variable and some get caught by the pre-em.
 

tw15

Member
Location
DORSET
Did you spread them with fert spreader? How even are the plants and what depth did you get from cultivation.. Crows an issue ? .. Sorry for all questions but interested in the process! Thanks 👍
Even enough spun on at around 280 kg ha then cultivated in with a 9 mtr willrich working down about 3 inches deep then most got a light roll a couple of fields didn't . Yes a few more from deeper are still just popping through . I got a pre em on only just before they emerged about 10 ten days before they were emerging . At least they are in the ground and are growing . I think we all get hung up on what we should do when really all the seed wants is soil contact and moisture and light . S barley spun on and cultivated in the same way last spring looks like it will be the farms best ever yielding . The last is going this next week so well know the final results soon but by the looks we should easily have a load or 2 left over to shift when the contact is fulfilled .Dog and stick at its best .
 

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