Bloomfield MO | Kneedeep 2011 - 5/14/2024 09:00
When I first got this little farm, it was all grown over and abused.
The ground was compacted from years of farming and stayed wet longer than it should.
I started ripping the small fields and got one of the bigger fields subsoiled before planting corn that year.
I was gone a few weeks and when returning noticed right off how the subsoiled field was taller, greener and just looked healthier than the field across the waterway.
Even though I prefer to notill, I still subsoil every few years just to loosen the ground.
I can tell when it needs to be ripped by how hard it is to get good soil samples.
That’s where I’m at with my hill farms, that I’ve been no tilling. A CaseIH 2500 or a Deere 2200, in-line ripper in the fall, every 3-4 years ought to help. |
Tiling through dried up pot holes. How effective?
