-E. Taylor
In an effort to see if the cover crop present before dry bean planting affects bean maturity I rated maturity of the 4 different bean varieties under the 4 different cover crop treatments yesterday at the Student Organic Farm. I’ll know more after I do the official analysis, but it does appear that at this site rye may have caused the beans to mature faster. I will be presenting this information along with affects on yield, population, and weed density at the North Central Weed Science Society meeting in December.
Sept. 28- #5 rating (least mature)
Sept. 28- #1 rating (most mature, ready for harvest)
*Note that these two photos are of different variety beans.