How to Grow Soybean: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Glycine max

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Sow / plantGrowingHarvest

Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Wilting Yellow leaves Leaves dying White powder Leaf spots Fruit problems

Pests and diseases (62)

Fusarium Yellows Fusarium Wilt Powdery Mildew Brown Leaf Spot Sclerotinia Rot Citrus Melanose Rust Southern Blight Anthracnose Damping-off Root-lesion Nematode Root-knot Nematode Brown Rot Bacterial Spot Leaf Spot Downy Mildew Ring RotReplant DisorderPod BlightWitches' BroomFrogeye Leaf Spot of SoybeanDwarf DiseasePotassium DeficiencyCrinkle LeafPhomopsis RotManganese DeficiencyMosaic DiseaseRhizoctonia Root RotSeed StainMild MosaicSudden Death SyndromeMottle DiseaseCrown BlightRoot Rot DisorderPlant-parasitic NematodesGray Leaf SpotCharcoal RotWhite Root RotFusarium Wilt and Damping-offKernel Brown SpotPurple Seed StainViolet Root RotRugose Leaf MosaicStem CankerStem BlightPhytophthora Stem RotPod RotStunt DiseaseDefoliation DiseaseLeaf ScorchLeaf RotBrown SpeckAscochyta BlightCorky Root RotTarget SpotFusarium Head BlightChlorotic Mottle Virus DiseaseReplant DisorderAnthracnose ScabBlack BlightBlack RootBlack Root Rot

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.