Dumb, dumb, dumb

[seedcorn]

I had a bunch of soybeans that I didn't know what to do with, so I scattered them into the garden and worked them in. Peppers loved it as did the onions. The tomatoes-once the heat quit and rain started again, have become MONSTERS. Vines are growing everywhere but what I want-ripe tomatoes-stopped. Lot of green ones though. Should have known when they started to release their nitrogen and carbons, things would go nuts. Curious on my sand/gravel if this is a one year affect as CEC's are extremely low compared to clays, mucks, loams, etc.

 

[thistlebloom]

So do you mean you just broadcast the soybeans on the ground where your veggies are growing and cultivated them in?
They didn't sprout?

I guess you'll be able to tell next year if this was just a once and done deal.
How much more season do you have there?

 

[Ridgerunner]

It would be interesting to get a soils analysis this winter to see the effect on CEC. It is compost which is a temporary effect, the stuff continues to break down and it will leach out over time, especially in a sand/gravel when you get rain. I don't know if "over time" means a season or a few years. If you have any more put it on this fall so it should be in good shape next spring. I'll be cleaning out the chicken coop onto the garden if another month or so, wood shavings as well as the poop. I don't do that every year but can tell a huge difference when I do.

 

[Pulsegleaner]

It can happen. Because of my bean hunting sorting work, I often end up dumping a lot of beans on the mulch pile. and I have had to learn that you have to REALLY aerate them afterwards; you can't just let natural forces take over. Large amounts of beans left to rot excrete SO much nitrogen and carbon that it can actually get to produce something poisonous to plants (it's the only think I have ever seen than can kill wine berry vines). Plus of course it smells like dog s**t.

 

[seedcorn]

Rotting beans do stink.....

They were year old soybeans, so I broadcast them, let them get pounded by rain and sun, then tilled them under. A few sprouted, just pulled out. Couple got away-no big deal.

 

[digitS']

Now don't be so hard on yourself, Seed'.

Sure, there may be a myriad consequences to any act. But, you needn't condemn yourself in three titles and identical posts.

Just my opinion.
Steve

 

[baymule]

How could I NOT open a post titled Dumb, dumb, dumb??? If the soybeans had that sort of effect on your garden, maybe it wasn't so dumb. You broadcast them, let them sprout, then tilled them in? Sounds like good fertilizer to me!

 

[seedcorn]

Afraid too much. & I should have known

 

[baymule]

Yeah, you can overdose plants with too much nitrogen. Do it again, but use fewer soybean seeds.