Got out on the ground today

Bruce from Can. · Apr 30, 2022

I thought things looked fairly dry, so I took this thing out, and ran over some ground that will go into beans this year.

Corn had been combined off this field last November, and a few days later, I dragged this thing over the corn stalks to kinda cut them up some, and maybe get some dirt on them and keep them close to the ground so they could stay wet and start to rot. Also lots of trash to stop erosion.

I guess one more pass I a week or so, should make this field fit and smooth enough to plant. Sure saves a lot of time and fuel doing minimal tillage compared to conventional.

larry@stinescorner · Apr 30, 2022

good to keep the trash in there,,it gets microbes working,,and worm activity going , Was watching a farmer with a ripper,,it went down deep and fights compaction,,seemed like a good idea too

paul · May 1, 2022

Did you do any fall tillage? I dont see much for stalks, in my back yard there is no break down of stalks as winter takes over before you combine until you are planting in spring.

A bladed machine like that just doesnt work well in our wet clay. It packs the ground and makes it hard. And wont dry out. We speed shanks that lift and air out the ground.

Chisel plow in fall, one pass with a field cultivator in spring, plant. Doesnt much get any better than that.

Here in my back yard. In different conditions it looks like those high speed disk things work pretty good.

Paul

caterpillar guy · May 1, 2022

Sure looks good. All tillage works best when used according to conditions. I'm wondering if I'm going to dry out to plant with ruts from last fall.I've got ruts on top of the hills. Was looking at it yesterday before this rain H would squash in in some places. Looks like some of the tile ar not working so that's the new job retiling it.

coonie minnie · May 1, 2022

Better look out, no-till is the next step.

Geo-TH,In · May 1, 2022

We used a subsoiler to break up the hard pan so water would drain.

Sometimes farmers use a chisel plow to break up the ground. They don't go as deep as a subsoiler.

The subsoiler uses a lot of HP, a lot of black smoke..

Got out on the ground today

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