Disc or Shred - or Both?

Need a little guidance. I have an old M, and a shredder mower and a 10" tandem disc. My sweetcorn is done ("Coons got about 1/2 of it!) and I want to clean up the patch. What"s better? Can I just run the disc over the standing corn, or do I need to shred it first?

I"m having fun on a green acres patch. Grew up on a farm, but never have done any actual farming! Thus the questions.

Thanks all for your input!!!

Oak

I my self would run over it with a brush hog first then disk it in. That way you disk in small stuff not try to cut and disk it in at the same time. Doing it that way also makes it brake down faster and helps build the soil some with organic matter that will compost very fast

I would run the shredder mower over it, then disk
it under. Hal

Shred it and then as soon as possible, plow it, or roto-till it under. That green stuff decomposing IN the soil is very beneficial.

yup, thats how I do it.

What are you doing with the field next? Are you planting a fall crop?

If all you do is disc it, you will need to go over it more than once... once with the rows to bury it and then crossways or at an angle to cut the stalks.... might as well shred it first... it will do a better job.

Don't let the coons get it next year. Put up a coon fence--electric fence charger & wire about 8 inches off the ground. Go around the patch with the wire & then plug the fencer in. Do this about 2 weeks before the corn is ready to get them educated. Deer are another story.

Thanks all!

I"ve been shredding, then tilling. Just got the disc, so I"m looking for an excuse to use her!

I usually till everything in for green manuer, then I sow some wheat or wheat and vetch, etc. for a cover crop. Next year, I"ll plant something different in this area. Sometimes potatoes or who knows what. I rotate. My gardens are over an acre - I love gardening!

As for the racoon/deer story: I had been patroling the sweetcorn, and saw no damage. Until we started picking deep into the patch. I had been putting out Zest soap flakes, which usually works, but the little rascals came in from the back side of the patch this year. (The field corn was right up against where they came in, so I didn"t notice their work until I got back in there! A friend of mine swears by putting up red blinking Christmas tree lights. My dad plays a radio for "em. I had the fencer all ready to go - and decided I didn"t need it. Wrong!!!

If I can keep the deer from taking out the tassle tips, I usually get by ok with them. My new little Blue Heeler loves chasing the deer back into the timber, so maybe he"ll get a new collar or something.

Thanks again! Gotta go shred....

I quit raising a garden about 8 or 10 years ago because the deer got so thick. Did not try an electric fence but about everything else... Zest, repellent sprays, hanging aluminum pans and junk CD discs, dogs, nothing worked more than a week or so. Even the dogs got so they became friends and ignored them. Counted 21 deer within sight of the house one evening.

Do both , shred it then when it dries up disc it up then get a electric fence for next year it works!! But, when picking the sweet corn rember that the fence is there it is a shocking experiance when you forget the fence and walk into it ( thats the voice of experiance talking ) good luck Kenny