Recent pics of soybean plots
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Blizzard Ridge
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Good looking plot
G3 Ranch
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The plots on the east end of the ranch totaled 12.5ac in three plots are not good, much more deer plus the rainfall every weekend kept me from spraying, weeds got away from me. I finally sprayed last weekend...maybe too late, it's a mess. I'll get pics this weekend. Summer plots are a PITA
G3 Ranch
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Thanks, I had planned on not planting beans again if I couldn't get them to canopy this year.
G3 Ranch
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I honestly don't know the dpsm. It's like two different properties east to west. The east end borders the Grand river and the deer numbers are high. The west end borders a cattle ranch and a few neighbors, deer numbers are moderate to low. I'm hoping to get more deer on the west end with consistent food plots & habitat improvement but there's definitely more pressure on the deer there. So how do you calculate dpsm?
Bowman
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This might help.
http://www.farms.com/expertscommentary/possible-causes-of-yellow-soybeans-93224.aspx
I planted soybeans before and like most have said about having a large enough plot, mine got wiped out. Since I did not use exclusion cages, I tried and experiment this year. i planted sudangrass and soybeans in a fenced garden to gain organic matter and nitrogen. Not much heat here yet. The sudangrass is just getting started and the soybeans are not even close to yours.
http://www.farms.com/expertscommentary/possible-causes-of-yellow-soybeans-93224.aspx
I planted soybeans before and like most have said about having a large enough plot, mine got wiped out. Since I did not use exclusion cages, I tried and experiment this year. i planted sudangrass and soybeans in a fenced garden to gain organic matter and nitrogen. Not much heat here yet. The sudangrass is just getting started and the soybeans are not even close to yours.
Beans are looking good! I am pretty sure I could grow some good canopying beans on our place if I tried because DPSM is ridiculously low but the size of the deer we do have is good.
Do you know if that buck you were after last fall made it?
Do you know if that buck you were after last fall made it?
G3 Ranch
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Just a WAG, I'd think our DPSM at half of that, higher to the east, lower to the west. I've not noticed any browse line or real damage. I have had 24 deer in a trail cam pic in one plot. with 6 plots makes me wonder how many deer were in the other plots at the same time.
G3 Ranch
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Thanks for the link.
I read something similar to that piece, that's why I was thinking too much rain. Could be something else though, it's not really good soybean dirt.
G3 Ranch
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Thanks Johnny,
Summer plots at my place are tough. I think I have every nasty invasive growing in my beans on the east plots. For whatever reason the west plots are fairly clean cept some j-grass. Holler if you want to put in an acre or two next year, I can get them cheap...just regular ag beans.
I never seen the buck again after I caught the interlopers hunting on me. My gut feeling is he was killed, wish I knew for sure.
G3 Ranch
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Thanks dogghr,
Yeah, I'll be going Back to the LC rye mix this fall. I no till drilled the beans about a month earlier than normally planted here hoping they'd be drying down before time to overseed. All my plots had LC rye mix before the beans. Lots of rock here, two of the east plots aren't too bad though. I'll post a topo... it's far from flat.
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dogghr
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Sounds like a great plan. Like the looks of the place. Just raggin you as I know parts of OK far from flat. Still jealous. Was noticing that backwater off the main river channel. Good fishing? I'm thinking thats prob a good bowfishing spot especially if you have carp and gar like we do. Makes for good summertime fun and practice with the bow.
60-90 lbs of potash/ac this fall...or 2 ton/ac broiler litter.
Keep inoculant in fridge before planting. Inoculate seed just before planting (within a few hours).
Normal for new leaves at top of plant to be light green. But if lower mature leaves are not dark green that indicates a nitrogen fixation issue. Lower leaves will turn yellow and senesce as the plant begins podding....that is normal too.
Keep inoculant in fridge before planting. Inoculate seed just before planting (within a few hours).
Normal for new leaves at top of plant to be light green. But if lower mature leaves are not dark green that indicates a nitrogen fixation issue. Lower leaves will turn yellow and senesce as the plant begins podding....that is normal too.
G3 Ranch
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Sounds like a great plan. Like the looks of the place.
Thank you.
Just raggin you as I know parts of OK far from flat. Still jealous
I get it, just treading lightly after posting the rattlesnake pic...
Good fishing? I'm thinking thats prob a good bowfishing spot especially if you have carp and gar
It's good fishing, a lot of guides work the river during the spoonbill run. I've not fished it yet I usually go for striper or hybrid striper on other lakes. I've never bowfished, looks like it'd be a kick.
Thank you.
Just raggin you as I know parts of OK far from flat. Still jealous
I get it, just treading lightly after posting the rattlesnake pic...
Good fishing? I'm thinking thats prob a good bowfishing spot especially if you have carp and gar
It's good fishing, a lot of guides work the river during the spoonbill run. I've not fished it yet I usually go for striper or hybrid striper on other lakes. I've never bowfished, looks like it'd be a kick.
G3 Ranch
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Been giving serious thought to litter. You have a hook up nearby?
I did not inoculate the beans this year, I planted beans & cowpeas last year and did. The guy I bought seed from talked me out of it since I had inoculated beans there last year, he grows a lot of crops. Maybe a mistake. I did pull a few plants and only found nodules on one, that's been a couple weeks back so maybe there's more now? I really need to pull another soil test, done one spring of last year and was low in everything plus needed 1 ton/ac of lime. I have not tested since the lime application.
You can see yellowing in my beans. This ground is considered blackland prairie - a calcareous soil - high in lime. Natural pH of around 7.5 - or slightly higher. Not even recommended to grow soybeans in calcareous soil. They are supposed to be very poor at fixing nitrogen in high pH. I apply 200 lbs 17-17-17 per acre at time of planting and then a month or so later, apply 100 lbs per acre 34-0-0. That pretty well brings them out of their yellow appearance. I know a lot of folks will say beans dont need nitrogen - but it works for me.
I think I will take you up on the ag beans. I want to try soybeans...
Shame on the buck...I had 3 bruisers that disappeared during hunting season last year and have not returned. I believe they didn't make it since they were very regular for 2 years here...
