Roundup Ready Soybeans
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 17
Roundup Ready Soybeans
Does anyone have any experience using RR soybeans. Have some plots that I suspect will have excessive grasses and weeds this spring. I am wanting to experiment with RR soybeans as a spring/summer planting with the thought of having a relatively clean plot to plant clover in September, I am located in SW Arkansas. Any comments or suggestions appreciated.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
same idear!
this season will be my first try w/ rr crops. it sure does make sense for weed control for fall clover plantings. ideally, should the ground be worked mechanically (ie roto-tilled) a week before spraying, or is this counter-productive b/c of weed seed germination?
this season will be my first try w/ rr crops. it sure does make sense for weed control for fall clover plantings. ideally, should the ground be worked mechanically (ie roto-tilled) a week before spraying, or is this counter-productive b/c of weed seed germination?
#5
RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
StrmChzr
It is counter productive to spray before planting. Just remember that you want to spray BEFORE the weeds are 4" tall.
Last year - I sprayed mine 4 weeks after planting (6/19) - this is what it looked like:
I sprayed again 5 weeks later - Around July25th - this is what it looked like then:
I did not spray again - and by the end of the growing season they looked like this on 9-19:
The year after the first RR Soybean plot - the soil is still quite bare - and perfect for spring planting clover and rolling it in - or to just disk and plant them again.
FH
It is counter productive to spray before planting. Just remember that you want to spray BEFORE the weeds are 4" tall.
Last year - I sprayed mine 4 weeks after planting (6/19) - this is what it looked like:
I sprayed again 5 weeks later - Around July25th - this is what it looked like then:
I did not spray again - and by the end of the growing season they looked like this on 9-19:
The year after the first RR Soybean plot - the soil is still quite bare - and perfect for spring planting clover and rolling it in - or to just disk and plant them again.
FH
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bay City MI USA
Posts: 389
RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
I planted RR soys for the first time last year in one of my food plots. I was very happy with their growth, ease of weed control and the deer activity all summer. They stayed nice and lush until the first frost (This was early October here in Michigan). Then I broadcast a mix of rye , winter wheat and oats into the still standing bean pods. The mix came up very nice and was a double draw of fresh greens and plump bean pods.
I'll be doing the same thing this year.
I'll be doing the same thing this year.
#7
Join Date: Aug 2004
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RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
cool idea answerguy!
hey farmhunter,
my posts can be tricky reading, but you know what i mean (not what i'm saying!) LOL..
what other rr crops (excluding beans and corn) are you guys planting in your food plots?
hey farmhunter,
my posts can be tricky reading, but you know what i mean (not what i'm saying!) LOL..
what other rr crops (excluding beans and corn) are you guys planting in your food plots?
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bay City MI USA
Posts: 389
RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
what other rr crops (excluding beans and corn) are you guys planting in your food plots?
Although I've heard that they aren't too far away from introducing RR sugar beets.
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Berlin WI USA
Posts: 85
RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
RR Soybeans was a godsend for us. We had a lot of problems with weed control in our early days of foodplots (and we still do a little bit) but it kept us alive in the food plot game with it's ease.
Answer Guy a question for you...
When do you plant the supplemental winter wheat and oats? We generally hit our RR beans two or three times for weed control, obviously you plant a few weeks after your last application of RR, right? Do you broadcast the seed over the beans and allow the rain to make the seed bed for the winter wheat and oats? Please explain what you do...you have peaked my interest.
Thanks
Answer Guy a question for you...
When do you plant the supplemental winter wheat and oats? We generally hit our RR beans two or three times for weed control, obviously you plant a few weeks after your last application of RR, right? Do you broadcast the seed over the beans and allow the rain to make the seed bed for the winter wheat and oats? Please explain what you do...you have peaked my interest.
Thanks
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Bay City MI USA
Posts: 389
RE: Roundup Ready Soybeans
ORIGINAL: Kyler
Answer Guy a question for you...
When do you plant the supplemental winter wheat and oats? We generally hit our RR beans two or three times for weed control, obviously you plant a few weeks after your last application of RR, right? Do you broadcast the seed over the beans and allow the rain to make the seed bed for the winter wheat and oats? Please explain what you do...you have peaked my interest.
Thanks
Answer Guy a question for you...
When do you plant the supplemental winter wheat and oats? We generally hit our RR beans two or three times for weed control, obviously you plant a few weeks after your last application of RR, right? Do you broadcast the seed over the beans and allow the rain to make the seed bed for the winter wheat and oats? Please explain what you do...you have peaked my interest.
Thanks
I did run my cultivator over the field, but I think if I had broadcast just before a rain it would have been ok. The cultivator kicked up just enough dirt without knocking down too many of the soys.