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Central Missouri | You are correct that those buds will take over when deer eat the tops off but in healthy ve- v1 soybean plants those buds should develop into trifoliates. It’s an indication of early cytokinin content on the plant. Cytokinin is the dominant hormone until soil temp gets to either 60 or 70 degrees I can’t remember which.
Cytokinin at high levels early encourages branching and root development. On early planted beans you don’t need as high of a population because of the branching and branch node production compared to say doublecrop beans where soils are much warmer thus less cytokinin thus less branching.
I have added a picture of early planted beans where the cotyledon buds are starting to grow trifoliates.
A couple things on the picture notice there is no herbicide damage or swelling on the stem. Nodules are starting to form on roots and the cotyledon buds starting to grow trifoliates.
Edited by ehoff 5/3/2026 08:26
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Does frost automatically kill soybeans?
