Maturity Group
Planting Date

 
Cotyledons above the soil surface
Unifoliate leaves unrolled sufficiently so the leaf edges are not touching
Fully developed leaves at unifoliate nodes
Fully developed trifoliate leaf at node above the unifoliate nodes
Three nodes on the main stem with fully developed leaves beginning with the unifoliate nodes
Four nodes on the main stem with fully developed leaves beginning with the unifoliate nodes
Five nodes on the main stem with fully developed leaves beginning with the unifoliate nodes
Six nodes on the main stem with fully developed leaves beginning with the unifoliate nodes
Seven number of nodes on the main stem with fully developed leaves beginning with the unifoliate nodes
Eight number of nodes on the main stem with fully developed leaves beginning with the unifoliate nodes
One open flower at any node on the main stem
Open flower at one of the two uppermost nodes on the main stem with a fully developed leaf
Pod 3/16 inch long at one of the four uppermost nodes on the main stem with a fully developed leaf
 
 
Pod containing a green seed that fills the pod cavity at one of the four uppermost nodes on the main stem with a fully developed leaf
One normal pod on the main stem that has reached its mature pod color
95 percent of the pods have reached their mature pod color

 

 

 

VE (Emergence)
VC (Cotyledon)
V1 (1st Node)
V2 (2nd Node)
V3 (3rd Node)
V4 (4th Node)
V5 (5th Node)
V6 (6th Node)
V7 (7th Node)
V8 (8th Node)
R1 (Initial Bloom)
R2 (Full Bloom)
R3 (Initial Pod)
R4 (Full Pod)
R5 (Initial Seed)
R6 (Full Seed)
R7 (Initial Maturity)
R8 (Full maturity)