Winter beans

jjm

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
North Yorkshire
Would it be asking for a failure if I ploughed winter beans in on heavy clay land that was meant to be going into second wheat but that is a none starter now as achieving an acceptable seedbed will be impossible....?!
 

Zan

Member
Did it years ago most years, always got a crop so you should be fine. Quite often didn’t get the top worked, just a bit rough on the sprayer for the year
 

Fuzzy

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Bedfordshire
Would it be asking for a failure if I ploughed winter beans in on heavy clay land that was meant to be going into second wheat but that is a none starter now as achieving an acceptable seedbed will be impossible....?!
In my experience on heavy clay, beans like a good seed bed just like any other crop.
 

Spud

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
YO62

When would you expect to combine Feb planted winter beans?

We usually drill ours with out Kockerling AT300 with 17" shares - I'm thinking of cutting some down to about 10" to pull less kelter up and make it easier to pull. Not ploughing them down on sticky land here, been there got that tee shirt, and the rough ride with the sprayer and combine after!!
 

teslacoils

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Always liked the idea of bolting a hopper on top of the terrano, pipe down each leg and bung them in. Maybe next time - seed sold out apparently, but I expect a lot will not get drilled this time round.
 

Simon Chiles

DD Moderator
Not before September. You wouldn't put them in as deep in February.

It doesn’t always work like that. It all depends on the weather throughout the growing season. I’ve planted crops late and they’ve harvested earlier than normal and others early and they’ve harvested late. I’ve planted winter beans mid April and harvested them in the third week in August before.
 

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