red river valley se of fargo | Hello, this is my first year trying notill on beans. My area has basically zero notill because the soils are generally very heavy. I have a half section that happens to be pretty sandy and is well tiled.
I planted an eighty notill in cornstalks on 30" rows, then I double planted another eighty notill on cornstalks in a diamond pattern.
Neither field looks very good. The beans are pretty pale and yellow. The field was fertilized heavily with p & k (about 150% of soil test recs). I didn't really apply any N besides what was in the MAP . My sulfer levels are marginal as well.
In the first years of notill on cornstalks should I expect to have to apply some additional N? I applied my p & k in the fall over the top. I didn't dare apply N or S in the fall for fear of losing it all. Do I need to do a spring application of AMS or something to make this work well?
Edited by kritzy 7/5/2015 13:39
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notill beans question?
