🌱 SOYBEAN – HOW TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE BUT INCREASE YOUR YIELD?! 🌱

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Every year, soybeans gain increasing popularity among farmers and become a strategic 👨‍🌾 crop for Ukraine 🇺🇦. To get better acquainted with soybeans, let’s take a brief look at the specifics of their cultivation, focusing on the growth phase and how to improve yield.

💠 Emergence – 1st trifoliate leaf – during this period, plants do not yet have true leaves and are very susceptible to stress. The root system is poorly developed, and nutrition is limited, partly due to the seed reserves. To pass through this period (from emergence to the appearance of the first trifoliate leaf) as quickly as possible, it is necessary to stimulate root and vegetative growth in a short period. This can be achieved by treating the seeds with complex micronutrients and biostimulants (with an emphasis on Phosphorus, Zinc, and auxins).

💠 1st – 3rd trifoliate leaves – during this period, soybeans are most resistant to herbicides against dicot weeds. That is why all herbicide treatments should be attempted during this period.

💠 2nd – 4th trifoliate leaves – the formation and development of true leaves and internodes, lateral shoot buds and inflorescences are taking place. Complex micronutrient fertilizers are necessary (a balanced NPK formula works best) + Boron + biostimulants with high cytokinin content to form an adequate amount of lateral shoots.

💠 4th trifoliate leaf – the beginning of budding – herbicide treatments are still permissible: the latest period when soybeans can be treated with herbicides against dicotyledons is the appearance of the fifth trifoliate leaf, which marks the beginning of budding. It is important to remember that herbicide treatment at the beginning of budding can cause abortion of the lower row of beans.

💠 Budding – the beginning of flowering – the formation of generative organs and the laying of flowers, which will be the future potential yield. It is necessary to provide favorable conditions for pollination and pod formation. That is why complex micronutrient fertilizers are needed (with an emphasis on Phosphorus and Potassium) + Boron + anti-stress agents (with a high concentration of free L-amino acids) during this period.

💠 Pod filling – the final yield indicators are formed during this phase since it is still possible to influence the quality. To increase the protein and oil content, foliar feeding with complex micronutrient fertilizers (emphasizing Nitrogen and Potassium) can be carried out.

⚠️ Remember, until the full flowering phase, we work on QUANTITY, and only after that on QUALITY of the harvest!

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