OT Beans

[steelfronts]

What happened to my beans? Following corn and good cow manure on sandy ground the beans in 18 inch rows looked great good canopy and they kept getting taller. They got over waist high and started to tip over. About 30% are tipping over and its not cause they have alll that many pods maybe 12 to 20. What happened?

 

[dwrk]

Where are they tipping? At the base of the plant or higher up? I'd bet if you look at the base you'll see white mildew there, rotting the base off. Lots of it around this year with all the rain.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Too much nitrogen. The nitrogen in excess caused the excess plant growth. Tall plants, as you are finding out don't mean more beans. Soyobeans are a legume, they produce there own nitrogen.

 

[paul]

Too much manure. Shoulda put the manure on the ground for the corn, let the corn use up the N. The beans woulda got the P & K a year later.

--->Paul

 

[Anonymous-0]

Cut them for hay if the weather will let you.

 

[steelfronts]

Thanks for the replies. This was corn on corn for a few seasons. Manure is applied every year.