Late planting and replanting: What you need to know

By Brianna Smith

After several weeks of rain and persistent delays, many Ohio farmers face tough decisions about late planting and replanting. Taylor Dill, Ph.D. student in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at The Ohio State University, advised by Laura Lindsey and Osler Ortez, shared timely insight based on her work with the statewide Battle for the Belt research trials.

Dill shared that farmers need to consider their row spacing, seeding rate, and relative maturity when considering late planting.

“So, for late soybean plantings, the later you plant, the higher seeding rate we want to be planting,” Dill said. “Upping the population helps to increase yield. You need more plants physically out in the field, because late planted soybeans do not have the same opportunity for vegetative growth. In our Battle for the Belt fields, we have seen that with late planting dates both vegetative and reproductive growth are accelerated, which means that there is less time for node formation, which leads to less pods per plant.”… Continue reading