| sj3788 - 3/31/2025 15:09
Thank you so much, this is only way to learn. I use to drill and it worked great but time consuming. So tried some flown on, hit or miss. So last number of years just spreading with a fertilizer spreader, no fert. with it. Not worked in, has worked great until this year. .2" of rain the whole month of October. Some good stands and some not good at all. All cereal rye on bean ground and some on my coc. Rest of corn stalks too late to do. This has worked so well but we'll see how it turns out in next 6 weeks or so. Have a lot of weeds come up in the last 2 weeks, rye looks better, hopefully it all helps as our forecast from Wed night to next Sunday calling for 4-8" of rain. Great way to start April.
Thanks. I think where you have decent cover crop establishment you'll see much less erosion potential if you really do get 4-8" of rain. Not unusual for the c. rye to help get fields ready to plant after lots of rain. I've had big rains, then drill in beans green about a week later as the c. rye helps dry things up plus creating better soil structure.
So far here in W. Central Illinois, it's dry enough I might be terminating the c. rye fairly early, like early May if it stays dry, but maybe a couple weeks later or so if it's on the wetter side. I plan on starting to no-till drill beans in green April 10th or so this spring, depending obviously on the weather and then keep a close eye on potential drought conditions to try and pinpoint better the termination of c. rye. |
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