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4WD
Posted 5/29/2016 12:03 (#5326649 - in reply to #5326591)
Subject: RE: Planting soybeans PLEASE HELP!!!!


Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80

gkt - 5/29/2016 11:13 Had a 7000 with a Kinze brush meter and the bean, Milo plates interchanged, keep your total pop at 150k not 100k. 75 per pass if two passes

 

To OP, your fertilizer/seed guy probably meant to have a FINAL stand of 100,000, BUT most soybeans bags only mention about 90% germination, thus you have to "overplant" somewhat just to achieve 100,000 emerged, living soybean plants.

I plant 19" rows (have homemade interplant row units, on an 8 row wide JD planter = one pass), and at roughly 135,000 planted seeds, my monitor says 2.4 to 2.5" between seeds (thus I'm roughly "5 planted seeds" per 1 foot of a 19" row) Remember that not all of those seeds will grow, either.

 

I would try for 4 - 5 seeds, per foot, per each pass, then at 4 seeds(per 38" planter pass) will equal rough 110,000 seeds per acre(with two passes), and at 5 seeds per each 38" planter pass will equal roughly 137,500 seeds per acre (with two passes). Remember not all of those seeds germinated or make it out of the ground.

 

{Edit: After I reread the OP post, looks like the seed guy and I both recommend 4-5 seeds per foot, on each 38" planter pass}

 

This is from Iowa State University internet .pdf file:

How do you calculate plant population and seeding rate?

 

Plant population per acre is equal to:

[43,560 ÷ (row spacing in inches ÷ 12)] X plants per foot of row

 

Seeding rate per acre is equal to:

                    Suggested plants per foot of row                   
Percent germination X Percent expected emergence

 

 



Edited by 4WD 5/29/2016 12:12
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