Problem with Soybeans

[Twochicks]

Hi everyone -

Have a question about my soybeans. I started some seeds a few weeks ago and they grew SUPER fast and looked AWESOME! So, I transplanted them and they went downhill fast. I'm hoping to revive them so I bought some 'Burpee Booster' which is an innoculent for peas and beans.

They are planted in regular potting soil, with miracle grow mixed in the water. I just did put the booster on last night, but I'm afraid it may be too late. I'm going to start some more seeds this weekend, so hopefully I'll be able to circumvent their early demise. Lol.

Anyone have any tips on growing a few soybeans? What soil do they like best, acid or alkaline? pH? Nitrogen?

I'm in Upstate, SC ... lots of heavy clay.

 

[obsessed]

This is my first year as well. So I have nothing for you. In fact I just planted them and they haven't even sprouted yet!

 

[bid]

Transplant shock? maybe? I would try just planting the seed where you want them to be rather than starting them and then transplanting them.

 

[digitS']

Welcome to TEG, Allana .

I grew soybeans for the 1st time last year and hope to find room for more in 2010. It was only a single 35-foot row but there were at least 6 varieties . . . it was fun!

Some didn't do so well, others surprised me with production - I don't recall losing a single plant. They were all direct-seeded and I had assumed that like most beans, they wouldn't appreciate transplanting.

This certainly isn't soybean country. I have never seen a commercial field nearby but was just reading about soybeans grown near Billings, MT. However, Billings is about 500 miles away on the other side of the Rockies.

Probably, I could increase the production of my beans and other legumes by using an inoculate but I haven't done that in years and years. Various wild legumes will grow in untilled ground here and the garden where they are grown has had spoiled alfalfa and manure from horses fed alfalfa spread on it repeatedly over the last 30 years. It just seems that this should be enuf and I've never been really disappointed with yield.

High pH in soil here . . . even the irrigation water can run up to about 8 on the scale. I didn't fertilize the beans with any nitrogen - just kind of thought that was the job for a legume. But, I have to say that I use a light sprinkle of an organic fertilizer on the peas and 1st planting of snap beans.

Last year was my 1st experience with edamame. Like I said, it was fun !

Steve

 

[Twochicks]

Thanks for the welcome. I'm going to be asking quite a few questions in the near future. I've jumped into gardening with both feet, both thumbs and everything in between.

Thanks for the replies. Good idea about sowing them instead of transplanting. I'll try that with the next batch. Looking forward to a good harvest this summer. I LOVE them steamed in the pod with some sea salt sprinkled on ... Yum!

 

[obsessed]

Any luck on your guys soybeans? Mines did horribly. I planted mine in the ground and out of 25 beans (that I think were like 3-5 bucks!) I got seven plants. The plants never got over a foot and got all rusty looking. One one plant produced and gave me a handful of seeds which I ate and were delish.

 

[hoodat]

Hi everyone -

Have a question about my soybeans. I started some seeds a few weeks ago and they grew SUPER fast and looked AWESOME! So, I transplanted them and they went downhill fast. I'm hoping to revive them so I bought some 'Burpee Booster' which is an innoculent for peas and beans.

They are planted in regular potting soil, with miracle grow mixed in the water. I just did put the booster on last night, but I'm afraid it may be too late. I'm going to start some more seeds this weekend, so hopefully I'll be able to circumvent their early demise. Lol.

Anyone have any tips on growing a few soybeans? What soil do they like best, acid or alkaline? pH? Nitrogen?

I'm in Upstate, SC ... lots of heavy clay.

Legumes of any kind do not take well to transplanting. If conditions force you to do it, start them in paper or peat puts so they can be transplanted pot and all without disturbing the roots.

 

[digitS']

Any luck on your guys soybeans? Mines did horribly. I planted mine in the ground and out of 25 beans (that I think were like 3-5 bucks!) I got seven plants. The plants never got over a foot and got all rusty looking. One one plant produced and gave me a handful of seeds which I ate and were delish.

Most of mine came up well. I wanted to plant 3 varieties of the about 8 that I had in 'o9. I remembered the 2 that did the best and managed to plant one that was really too late.

Oh well, that one didn't come up to good .

I am leaving now for Spraying on Sunday. (Others Pray on Sunday. I'll do that later. ) Will try to remember to take a picture.

Steve

 

[cwhit590]

Welcome Alanna!

Just had to mention that I went to school down in Greenville, and spent a lot of time w/ some family in Greer. I can't imagine gardening in that red clay....or the summer heat.....

Hope you have better luck with the soybeans. Like others said they will probably like being direct-sown into the garden.

 

[digitS']

Any luck on your guys soybeans? . . .

Here they are, O.

Naturally, I forgot the camera so this was taken with the cell phone.

About the same as last year except the row is more like 75 feet. As important, I don't have a whole lot of varieties that won't produce well. No cowpeas, no adzuki (that didn't do anything worth talking about :/).

Just back from spraying the be-jeebers out of most everything. (That's my organic spray tank down the way.)

Steve