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RockyMO

04-09-2007 07:12:23

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Well the saga of this years planting has finally finished. I managed to get both fields (about an acre a piece) planted. The first field has not been turned over for about 12 years and was solid with fescue. Some pretty nasty stuff to work. I turned this field over with a 2 bottom plow and the next morning it had 4 inches of snow on it. No point in trying to disc that. Then it rained, and rained, and rained. Since the ground had been turned it held the water like a lake, would not drain. I decided that I was just going to have to work it wet. I kept the disc high and started working, constantly turning and fluffing the ground. After a couple of passes I would lower the disc some and keep going. My method worked. After 3 long days in the seat every thing was finally planted. Now we will see if sugar beets will work in this area.

Rocky in MO

Turning over the field.

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I found the bottom of the world here.

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At last, it's done.

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plowed before

04-09-2007 16:39:59

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 07:12:23

is it me or is something wrong with that first picture ????

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Jeff-oh

04-10-2007 14:19:13

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Re: Progress at last in reply to plowed before, 04-09-2007 16:39:59

Yea, he going left to right. Probally what had to be done at that point in the field.

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gerard

04-09-2007 16:01:39

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 07:12:23

That field was too wet when you plowed it - and from the pic I"d say your top link was about 2" too short. As for discing when wet - next time, leave it "till it"s dry. You have to farm according to the weather, not some other convenient schedule. Unless your soil is very sandy, working wet ground forms a pan a few inches down that drowns worms, kills humus and severely stunts crop growth. In conditions like that, planting later will usually give you a better crop, maybe even earlier, as it hasn"t got to fight through crusted soil, and suffer poor root nutrition.

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John Mason, Michigan

04-09-2007 10:21:42

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 07:12:23

Rocky, I think we had my TO35 deeper than your TO30. Like you I am a weekend "farming for wildlife" farmer. What are you planting for? Lucily our soil is totally organic. Usually there is no need to plow.

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RockyMO

04-09-2007 10:42:07

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Re: Progress at last in reply to John Mason, Michigan, 04-09-2007 10:21:42

I will admit that you won this one. A few years ago I was playing in the mud with a jeep and got it stuck. This was on a county road none the less. We still have dirt roads around the farm. The neighbor says no problem, I will pull you out with my tractor (4wd white, all 4 tires about 7 foot tall) it's worth it to be able to laugh at your jeep. He got about 10 feet off the gravel, high centered and got stuck, 30,000 pounds of tractor sitting there spinning all 4 wheels. This is where he lost his sense of humor. He gets another neighbor to attempt to pull him with a semi truck, we can reach him from the gravel with a chain. You guessed it, semi got stuck in it's own drieveway. By now it's about 3:30 in the morning, we all went home and went to bed. Next morning we went to the saw mill and borrowed a log skidder. The skidder didn't even act like it was pulling anything. That night still gets discussed any time someone thinks there stuck, it's you should have seen what Rocky started.

Rocky in MO

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pojo

04-09-2007 09:21:18

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 07:12:23

You should be ashamed of the damage you've done to that soil. 30 hrs to fit 2ac? When it's ready to work , the ground will let you know!

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RockyMO

04-09-2007 09:31:46

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Re: Progress at last in reply to pojo, 04-09-2007 09:21:18

The farm is 150 miles from home. I only get to go there on weekends. If I wait for the soil to tell me it's ready here in MO. with that kind of a schedule I will never plant anything. A dry field to me on a monday is just as unplanted as a wet field on a saturday. If I want anything to grow I have to do it under the conditions as they exist, not as I want them to be. This was also a field that had not been disturbed in several years. The next time it will be much easier to work.

Rocky in MO

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mike a. tenn.

04-09-2007 07:42:42

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 07:12:23

looks really good! i have no idea how you did that in all that muck, but however, it looks like it worked. i wouldn't have even attempted to disc bein' as wet as it looks in your pics as i would have never got our clay broke up that well.

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RockyMO

04-09-2007 08:23:35

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Re: Progress at last in reply to mike a. tenn., 04-09-2007 07:42:42

Hi Mike, I just kept going over it and over it. I decided it was never going to dry on it's own (supposed to rain again tommorow). By continuously turning the ground or fluffing it, each pass adds more surface area to the wind and each pass becomes a little drier and easier to work. When I started there was standing water in numerous places, as you can see it dried out pretty well. It took 3 days of about 10 hours a piece on the tractor to do 2 fields but I think they turned out real well. I intend to plant wheat in the winter and something else in the spring. by turning the ground a couple of times a year it should become easier to work. I know the TO 30 sure earned it's keep this weekend.

Rocky in MO

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john[mo]

04-09-2007 10:17:20

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 08:23:35

hey in what part of missouri is your land?

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RockyMO

04-09-2007 10:29:59

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Re: Progress at last in reply to john[mo], 04-09-2007 10:17:20

Hi John, My land is in Macon, where abouts are you?

Rocky in MO

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john [mo]

04-09-2007 19:55:32

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Re: Progress at last in reply to RockyMO, 04-09-2007 10:29:59

i am in wayne county by wappapello lake. i have only used my to 20 for grading dirt with the blade and pushing dirt back into the trench for my water line to the house.

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