Soybean Flowers, Herbicide Labels, and Wheel Track Damage…Oh MY!

Authored by Shawn P. Conley and Rodrigo Werle

We are starting to get the first reports of soybean beginning to flower (R1) in our early planted situations. As we enter the soybean reproductive growth phase there are a few things to keep in mind. The first is that soybean will produce flowers for ~3 to five weeks, depending upon planting date and environment. During that time soybean will abort anywhere from 20 to 80% of the flowers that they produce. Generally it is the first and last flush of flowers produced that are most likely to be aborted. Continue Reading.

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