any ridge tillers on here?

brutus49DC · Apr 29, 2016

In the 90's we ridge tilled silty clay loam soil. I liked planting in moisture, the lack of soil erosion and it was an easy way to deal with cornstalks. I had a 7000 with Hiniker row cleaners then got B&H row cleaners. I cultivated with a wide row black Hiniker which I still have and would be easy to narrow up to 30 inch rows. I have a Buffalo Scout guidance hitch which I didn't have when I ridged. I would just have to get a planter set up again. I still have my B&H row cleaners. I would just have to get two more. Maybe I am crazy to think about it but it worked pretty well and we got good yields. It had many of the benefits of strip tillage but the raised seed bed warmed up and dried out quicker up north.

rdandersom · May 1, 2016

Did it in the late 80s and it worked well then.I never found the right row cleaner for my soils/climate.The seed suppliers were focused on drilled soys. I think roundup burndown and 3 coulter no till on the ridges might have worked better. I walked away in the early 2000s when my landlord sold and the new owners jacked the rent up.

dfarmann · May 15, 2016

I liked the system but quite because of increase in acres. Still my biggest problem was drying out the ridge, if I removed ANY soil I had mud underneath. I have since given up acres and thinking of going back to it. I need to make a tool to lightly disturb the top of the ridge so it can dry out. I can remember about seven years ago planting corn and driving in standing water with the tractor and the top of the ridge was a perfect seedbed. I'm 38" rows so I build a tall wide ridge.

any ridge tillers on here?

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