Spillage

Farmer/combine left a pile of soy beans in the field. Would these be any good to plant next spring for a summer food plot?

Depends on the variety he planted. Alot of the hybrids won't come up true, or have poor germination rates.
But since they are free, plant them thick and go for it.

Like Eric said, depends on variety. But under the assumption this farmer is a grain farmer, then no, no use in planting. You won't get any pod development and probably very little leaf growth. I would instead use the spillage as a pile of feed. They'll eat it up.


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Plant them if you want, they'll be fine and produce fine... Soybeans are probably not a hybrid in this case... That's why soybeans are sought after from Big Brother (Monsanto) for patent infringements and such.. Just dont plan on combining or selling the beans....

What he said, they will also be RR if they are this variety. take 20 seeds place in a wet paper towel (keep damp throughout process) and in a sealed Tupperware container on the top of your refrigerator. Take a peek at them every day after day #4 at day 15 count what has and hasn't sprouted and there is your calculation for next year, you can then plant 3 to 4 of them in small cups and set in window or under a small light. Let one trifoliate (three leaf one stem) come out and then spray one plant with roundup mixture and then another three days later and so on, if it doesn't die its RR variety. Oh and Do NOT SELL, you will loose everything.

HuntNC said:

Plant them if you want, they'll be fine and produce fine... Soybeans are probably not a hybrid in this case... That's why soybeans are sought after from Big Brother (Monsanto) for patent infringements and such.. Just dont plan on combining or selling the beans....

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