Row Spacing for Soybeans
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
First off I want to tell you how much I enjoy the GrowingDeer.tv series. The series has really been educational for me, not to mention entertaining. I look forward to your email every Monday, keep up the great work.
My question, what do you use as your row spacing for Eagle Seed beans? I have heard 30-36″ but I was hoping to use a 7.5″ drill. The drill on your show looks to be narrower than the 30-36″. The field I am planning on planting is in north-central Wisconsin. The field is going to be 3 acres of alfalfa, as it has been for the last 5-6 years. I have not taken a soil test yet so I don’t know the specifics, but I think it should be pretty good.
Any ideas or helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Ryan
Ryan,
Thank you for the kind words! I also plant soybeans with a no-till drill and use a 7.5″ spacing. This actually gives each bean more room around the plant and allows for better utilization of sun, fertilizer, and soil moisture. This spacing is not good for a typical combine, but is great for four-legged combines (deer) that I want to harvest the crop!
Growing Deer together,
Grant
