JakeBrakeIH
Member
Hey guys, we have been hiring a custom planter to plant our corn seed and he is very pro No Till. We have been doing this way for number of years and in most cases had really good luck with it. One field we have has had not the greatest corn on it the past few years and wonder if we need to try some different thinking.
We just took soil samples from around the farm to help compare "good ground to poor ground" and I found it interesting that this one field's soil texture was much different. Rather than being a good mix of loam, clay and silt, it was very fluffy/airy if you will. It wouldn't make a ball in your hand where the other fields would. It also seemed as if the old roots and other organic matter was having a hard time decaying?
My question is, in this situation would plowing it help bury the field trash and old roots to speed up decaying? The field has no been tilled in roughly 15 years. It went from a hay field and directly into a no till corn field.
Thanks!
We just took soil samples from around the farm to help compare "good ground to poor ground" and I found it interesting that this one field's soil texture was much different. Rather than being a good mix of loam, clay and silt, it was very fluffy/airy if you will. It wouldn't make a ball in your hand where the other fields would. It also seemed as if the old roots and other organic matter was having a hard time decaying?
My question is, in this situation would plowing it help bury the field trash and old roots to speed up decaying? The field has no been tilled in roughly 15 years. It went from a hay field and directly into a no till corn field.
Thanks!