scmn_06 - 10/5/2010 23:39 I have been taking some soil samples in the fields that I feel the ground is abnormally "hard". What I have seen is the first 4-6 inches is "hard". After that it is structured very nicely. The soil probe takes a little effort at first but once past the 6 inch mark it goes in with the same effort to 18 inches. Thus I am concluding that I have a surface compaction issue caused by heavy rains (a few weeks ago) and fall harvest equipment. -- It sounds to me like the hard soil (upper 6" of profile) is the part that has had a lot of tillage over the decades, while the deeper soil (generally tilled a lot less, or maybe never disturbed) has good structure!! (There's a lesson here.)
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respectfully,
Edited by mhagny 10/7/2010 04:19
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