trash plugging plow

Kelly in tx · Jun 17, 2015

This spring has been very wet. I was able to combine about half of an oats field. I was planning to bale the oat straw, so I disconnected the straw spreader and thus left a windrow of straw. It rained and I wasn't able to finish combining OR to get any of the straw windrows removed by baling. Now the field is a mess. It has windrowed oat straw and weeds (and lotsa mud). Assuming the mud will dry someday, I want to plow the field. I worried there'll be too much trash and I'll constantly plug up the plow. Should I try to shred the field? If so, only the windrows or the entire field? Should I try to disc? I'm doubtful I can do that as I think the straw will plug up the disc. Ideas? I can't burn because it is too close to a neighbor's house/barn.
Thanks, kelly

oc-18guy · Jun 17, 2015

do you have a tedder?you may be able to go down the windrows and scatter them enough that they won't plug the plow.

willie in mn · Jun 18, 2015

Or do you have access to a silage chopper with windrow pickup attachment? Take the chute off so it really scatters. Don't have to chop very short.
HTH
Willie

Kelly in tx · Jun 18, 2015

Thanks for the ideas. Nope, I don't have (or have access to) a tedder and nope, I don't have access to a silage chopper.

D beatty · Jun 18, 2015

Do you have a bush hog or stalk chopper? If you do let dry a little and run chopper over it.

Texasmark1 · Jun 19, 2015

Bale it if you can, otherwise: Tedder it first. Then shred. Then tandem disc, then offset, then spike harrow; blackland, if loam forget the tandem round. Done deal....had the same problem in one field. In the other was going to do that and a neighbor said he wanted the crap as hay was going to be in short supply this year; said something is better than nothing and he can supplement it. I said fine, baled it and worked over the field afterwards. Glad I baled it as it would have really been a mess to try to get that field cleaned up. Sold it for expenses; good deal for both of us.

notjustair · Jun 21, 2015

I have a field that I just shredded before disking. I hate doing it because sometimes with that much green matter laying down the disk will ride up, but it gets disked today so I guess we will see. I keep reminding myself that this year anything goes. I have done things I would never do in a drier year. Took a drive around the county last night. It seems everyone is in the same boat.

Shred it but not too low (that windrows the clippings on one side of the mower), disk it - maybe twice in opposite directions, then field cultivate it. Do it when rain isn't forecast for a couple days so the weeds will dry down.

JMS/.MN · Jun 21, 2015

Rake the windrows, dry them, bale them. Might market to an construction company needing ditch bank cover.

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