| sj3788 - 12/19/2024 08:43
Thanks so much for the answers so far, the reason I ask is that this year I was going to kill the corn ground ahead of time as the beans but it rained enough that I couldn't get to these 2 farms which are about 9 miles south of me, so planted into headed out rye and whatever else was growing. Floating row cleaners went right though it, rolled it down right after planting and then sprayed it, have done this off and on for years. These 2 farms had 9" of rain in July with maybe a 1" at the end of a very dry June and maybe another 2.5" first 2 weeks in August. Planted end of May. First thing is the yield, best ever by quite a bit from both farms ( rain at the right time! ), the other is no weeds what so ever. The one place has been no-tilled close to 20 years. Dealing with Waterhemp now in some areas so thinking maybe this a way to help control this crap. So just getting as much information now to decide what to do come spring.
We have experienced the same thing you just did. When you plant into a heavy cover like that and have enough soil moisture to get the plant up and going followed by drier weather your corn is going to shine. We have seen 60 bu advantages when the conditions favor having a lot of ground cover. On the other hand we have seen corn get slowed down and struggle when we have received excessive rainfall prolonged for several weeks after planting into thick covers. Last year we had the excessive rain and we had a field that looked sick. We flew on 70 units of N at V9 and the weather cooperated after that and the field went well over 200 but could have ended up being 1 of those disasters you here about on here. Point of the post is covers can be great but they do require another level of management and some experience. Monitor your crops through the growing season and ask for help if you don't know what to do when a situation like this comes up. |
Real farm yields from planting both corn and beans into dead/green covers.
