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What would be an ideal population range to shoot for for beans drilled right into wheat stubble around the 4th of July? We are double cropping here in North Central Indiana (Lafayette area) and this is the first time I have been the one to get the equipment ready.

Using a John Deere 750 drill with 7.5 inch spacing. I was looking at the manual and although I think I'm reading the charts right, the numbers that I get aren't what grandpa had highlighted from previous years. (Got 40 BPA last year so something was going right)

I expect we will be using Pioneer M42 seeds. Approx. 2850 seeds/lb.

Thanks
 
Having never done it in small grain stubble,I'd have to aim for 60 lb/acre.We normally go around 52 in tilled ground.
 
You need to shoot for a minimum of 160,000 seeds per acre and should use a maturity that is in the mid 3 range. Remember that you have effectively shortened the growing season for your soybeans by almost 60 days. They will be short and not bush out very much. By using a mid 3 maturity you will be lengthening the growing season about as far as you can without fear of a normal frost.

40 bushel yields in double crops would be amazing. Around here 20bu is more the norm with the ocassional 30bpa and the occasional not worth combining.
 
Being from cent. MI , hard to believe you can get wheat off by 4th July being in north Ind. We would have to plant in 8" wheat with a time delay emergence seed and irrigation in order to successfully double crop wheat/soys. Wish you good luck. If you got 40 bpa it must be quite a climate diff. for what little distance between us.
 
You can do it. I've done it a couple of times in the Noblesville area. I've gotten 35 to 45 bushel/acre. I would think a population in the range of 180k to 200k would be reasonable for double cropping.
 
I live in the South Bend area and can tell you it is nearly impossible to double crop after wheat here, Lafayette is south of us about 75 miles or so so it may be possible there. However, last year it was tried all over this area and the yields ranged anywhere from bad to none at all. We grow about 70 acres of Barley each year and double crop after it but it comes off at least a week or two before the wheat does. Each day makes a huge difference in yield. I started last year planting on the 28th of june and got a yield of 38 bpa. Finished planting on july 4th and those made 16 bpa. Huge drop for only 6 days of difference huh!
 
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