growing soy beans
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: growing soy beans
- From: b* s*
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:53:23 +0900
I planted some soy beans in May, thanks to Tom Scut and Ann Conlon. At that
time my first year of no-til soil was soft and wonderful. Some of the beans
were planted straight in the ground and some I put in pots. I soaked some
of them and not others. The ones in the pots disappeared totally, as if
they disolved. Of the ones in the ground, only a few came up and the others
either disintegrated or were devoured by something - slugs, cutworms....
I have about four plants which made it and am harvesting the beans. My
questions are: should the beans be soaked before planting? How much water
should they get during the growing period? What critters might be eating
soy bean seedlings?
Barbara
