Bean seeding depth.

[Flat 10]

Winter beans. What’s ideal depth ? 4inches? I guess main issues are crows and pre-em. Have ploughed or claydoned in previously so been well buried. Pre-ems obviously quite strong, pdm, kerb and some clomazone potentially.

 

[Bob lincs]

We’re putting them in at 5ish “ with our weaving sabre drill

 

[Flat 10]

We’re putting them in at 5ish “ with our weaving sabre drill

If you were nearer you could do mine too

 

[Bob lincs]

If you were nearer you could do mine too

I’m not far away .

 

[HarryB97]

Over 3 inches is fine but generally the deeper the better. Atleast with them being deeper it gives you more time for getting the pre em on.

 

[JCfarmer]

I drilled them in with the Claydon 2 weeks ago today at 4 inches deep. Chits about an 1" now.
Roundup and pre em went on monday just gone.

 

[Rob.89]

I drilled mine with a claydon at 4-5 inches and left unrolled from the 17th October and was glad they went in that depth as it rained and couldn’t get pre em on which included roundup until 4th November and I was only just in time as they were very close to emerging.

 

[Barleymow]

Ploughed in 6"

 

[two-cylinder]

Ploughed ours in Oct 20th up nicely now.

 

[Flat 10]

Well I would have ploughed in 20th Oct had I time.....

 

[two-cylinder]

We had to be early: because it's a heavy sticky field, now would have been impossible.

 

[GeorgeK]

The more weather and time the seedbed gets before pre em and glypho the better I reckon. It's compacted headlands and driving on areas already drilled that jiggers beans up, don't think they mind being good and deep so long as the soil is soft

 

[MrNoo]

A right mix here, used an old cultivator drill and most of them went in circa 3-4" deep but there were quite a few at 2", got Pre emms on day ofter drilling, just poking through now, rooks have been a bit of an issue but not bad, a few dead ones left about seems to deter them.
The rest on heavy ground I spun on and ploughed (only just) and some I managed to run over with the powerharrow and one field was too heavy/wet so just did the tramlines. Dont expect to see them up till Christmas as circa 6' deep on some pretty snotty clay if they come at all.