NEMO | scottyb69 - 11/5/2025 01:42
I farm some bottoms that need tiled, but thats not an option for now. I have just tons of zeros and thin stands in spots because of it being wet gumbo. I was thinking about buying a 3 point ditcher and cutting ditcher every 120 feet. I have a 40 foot planter and 30 foot header, so thought that would be the best width. I was going to cut ditches to the road ditch. Im gonna assume start shall on one end and deeper at the road ditch so water runs to it. Will this work? How deep do you cut them?
I have a friend that farms all bottom ground. Surface drainage and ditching is a yearly thing. It is the key to high yields on his ground.
Pretty sure you need to 'read' the lay of the ground and ditch appropriately. Systematically ditching every 120 feet might help, but I bet you need to find the old channel or look at GPS info to do the ditching. A straight line ditch won't always fix what needs to be done.
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Ditching ground to drain does it work?
