Re: Plowing to make a yard??

Posted by Bill Smith on February 28, 2003 at 12:54:42 from (128.242.4.59):

In Reply to: Plowing to make a yard?? posted by Steve Mason on February 28, 2003 at 11:58:31:

I am assuming the ground is not currently tilled and has some sort of grass already growing there. The plow would be good for tearing it up. If there is alot of, or tall vegetation you might want to burn it off or shread it up with a rotary mower before hand. If you mow it first and it leaves alot of mulch, you might want to let it sit for awhile before plowing. That will allow for further breakdown of mulch and will cause less problems when you try to work that mulch into the dirt while tilling. Then plow the whole thing up. After plowing, don't get into a real big hurry. Maybe let it sit like that for awhile. A rain or two on it like that would be nice. Then disc it up. Perhaps go diagonal to the way you plowed. Maybe let it sit like that for awhile. Maybe disc it again in different direction. Then harrow it in yet a different direction than discing. Maybe harrow it again in yet a different pattern. The reason for leaving some time in between the various stages of tilling it, especially if it gets some rain on it to help it settle, is because if you plow, then disc, then disc again, then harrow it a few times all in a short time frame the soil is going to be extremely soft, and since you plowed it will be worked up fairly deep as well. It will be easy to level it during that stage, but will be hard to do a good job because of your tractor leaving ruts and will be hard to predict how the soil will settle when it does rain. So letting the soil settle a little in bewteen tilling stages would be better. You will have a little better idea of what you are actually doing while you are out there working it down. The high spots and low spots will be easier to see after the soil settels a bit. And if allowed to settle a bit before you hit again, will allow for the tractor wheel's to not sink in as far. Maybe do it over the coarse of a month or two would be the best. The reason for hitting it in different directions is so that you can nock off those high spots in different directions. Then when smooth enough, you can procceed with grass seeding.

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• Re: Re: Plowing to make a yard?? Steve Mason 13:10:11 02/28/03 (1)
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