Posted 10/18/2023 18:02 (#10446452 - in reply to #10446441) Subject: RE: Chiseled black dirt
Cwi
Gro-Mor Farms - 10/18/2023 17:52
<p>Just what advantage to you expect by ripping/chisel plowing? In my mind you just destroyed soil profile/structure that it takes me several years to build in a notill environment. Not trying to be critical, but wondering if the investment in fuel, labor and iron is profitable for your operation.</p>
If you don't kno, you don't kno! If it's like some of our black clays after a year like this year it turns to cement! You won't even get a planter row unit in the ground with 500lbs of down force! We rip it to loosen it up let the water go down and fracture the soil if it gets cold enough to freeze there like it does here. There is no such thing as no till around here except on our blow sand
Chiseled black dirt
