What is the purpose??????

Farmall43 · May 29, 2016

The farmer across the road from me is culti-packing newly emerged soy beans. They are about an inch tall. He no tilled them in with a drill. What is the purpose?

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Matt

P I Pete · May 29, 2016

Probably to roll the ridges down so he can get closer to ground while combining without getting into the dirt, or to push small rocks in also. Pete

coonie minnie · May 29, 2016

Could be as below, however, there is some evidence that injuring the young plant stem will cause it to make more branches and yield more. This was featured in last months Farm Journal.

Gary H. · May 29, 2016

If no rain in the forecast probably packing the groutdoor to keep moisture

gene bender · May 29, 2016

mite be busting the crust so they can poke thru

RayP(MI) · May 29, 2016

Sister-in-law was doing that a while back with a large rubber covered roller. She said to smooth and level and push down rocks. Said it doesn't seem to hurt the plants if done at the right time.

tim s · May 29, 2016

The old timers would roll corn that was waist high, never saw it done but my Dad talked about doing it, he said it looked like a mess but the next day it was standing up and looking better than before...

notjustair · May 29, 2016

Kip Cullers would wait until the beans got a little farther along and then hit them with a mild burn down. He produced a greater yield this way. The theory is the same - injure the plant so it stools out more. My mom did the same thing with her onions. About this time of year she would tromp through the patch and step on the onion tops. She said injuring them would cause them to put more effort below. Who knows if she was right.

JMS/.MN · May 29, 2016

Prior to emergence, we roll SB fields with heavy steel rollers to push the rocks down...makes the auto header work way better, and keeps rocks out of the combine. After emergence, SB can be rolled at specific growth stages, without breaking the plant stem. Did that 3 years ago, just to get the rocks down. But, like the other poster said re Farm Journal, there is evidence of yield boost due to "damaging" the plant.

fixerupper · May 29, 2016

My beans were rolled a couple of days ago after they were no till planted. Yesterday I was riding the golf cart around out there and it was smooth as a road. Thwart acted like I was on a hard surface.

RedGreenGuy · May 29, 2016

Read a few years ago they used a metal drum with appox 6" chains attached (similiar to flail mower) to shred the tops of 10" beans. Made them bush out more for higher yield. Have never seen it around here.

Leroy · May 30, 2016

Cultipackers were used to help break crust for emergence. First because they did not have a rotary hoe. Then later the cultipacker was pulled behind the rotary hoe to help break up crust more as hoe would break up large chunks with beans and corn still traped and then the packer would release the plant so it could grow. I have done that many a time. But at planting time they were pulled behind grain drill to level and firm in the seed as no press wheels on the grain drills like there is now. Never seen a packer that would do anything to press rocks into ground.

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