Too late for winter beans?

[Tompkins]

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....

 

[Laggard]

Do you know the thousand grain weight? Otherwise, around 250kg/ha

TGW is 700

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

My HSS Vespa was 651 TGW, 91% germ.

Wow 91%

They can't have been very holy.

 

[czechmate]

Vespa is normally a big seed even for a bean, I bet it’s nearer 400kg/ha.

sounds expensive 🫣

 

[tw15]

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

 

[Bman]

I have wondered about cultivating them in rather than ploughing down

 

[Davylad]

Too early for sowing spring beans or not dry enough for cultivation?

 

[tw15]

Too early for sowing spring beans or not dry enough for cultivation?

Two quick pics of our beans today that were spread and cultivated in .

 

[Davylad]

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]

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.

 

[Davylad]

Often tempted to spread and plough in … But nervous of the resulting yield over a precision drill ..Thanks for the reply..

 

[Flat 10]

Often tempted to spread and plough in … But nervous of the resulting yield over a precision drill ..Thanks for the reply..

My experience is that weather has more effect on yield than establishment method

 

[tw15]

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 .