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Anonymous-0 · Mar 27, 2013

I have a 7 acre field that has been un touched for 3 years. The grass is dead and knee deep and im wanting to plant corn on it so that i can use my 120 John deere corn snapper that i just bought. Should i burn this off before i plow or should i plow the grass under i have a 2-14 JD plow behind my JD 520LP.

Fullers Farmalls · Mar 27, 2013

Plow it under. Well I would brush hog it down then plow it under. Thats me others would probably do it differently.

chevytaHOE5674 · Mar 27, 2013

With knee deep dead grass your going to have lots of plugging issues with that old plow. Brush hogging it down into small pieces or burning it off are ways to help get around the plugging issue.

Or find somebody with a modern high trash clearance plow.

old harv · Mar 27, 2013

You should be able to just plow it down. It would be better if you have trash boards on the plow, but if you don"t I wouldn"t worry about it, another pass with the disc will likely fix it. Burning fields scares the tar out of me because I had one get away on me once. I plowed about 20 acres like that last year and it went ok. Some grass and weeds stuck up between the furrows, but mostly disappeared after 3 passes with the disc. The first year the ground won"t be as nice as it will from then on no matter what you do.

Dick2 · Mar 27, 2013

If you have good colters on the plow that are correctly adjusted, you should be able to turn that grass under.

gene bender · Mar 27, 2013

You want to plow it under you need the dry matter for the soil. It will keep it from getting too compacted just go slow enough for the plow to do its work.

JD Seller · Mar 27, 2013

I would NOT bush hog it down if it is only knee high. The rotary mower will make the grass into a bunch of small piece that the rolling cutter on your plow will have twice as much trouble cutting. Your plow will plug much more if you mow the grass first.

If you have a cover boards then the plow should turn it over easily. IF not then take a long piece of #9 wire about 4-5 feet long. Tie it to the plow frame so it folds the grass under the dirt as it is turned over. The end of the wire will be under the turned ground.

I repeat again. DO not MOW the grass first it makes it harder to turn under. Do not disk it either that makes the ground too loose on top and the coulters will not cut it then either.

I have plowed hundred of acres of sod. Just set our plow and it will turn it under. What do you think the mold plow was invented for??? Turning grass/sod under.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 27, 2013

Thanks for all of the input everyone my only problem is my plow is missing its coulters but i am going to try it out and see how it goes. ill post some pictures next week and show yall what good ole mississippi dirt looks like bottom side up!!!

RandyB(MI) · Mar 27, 2013

You can also use a 5' long heavy chain (5/16-3/8) for each bottom. Same deal, it must be long enough that the trailing end is under turned dirt. I watched a neighborhood farmer with a 5000 Ford and three btm turn under rye as high as his hood and nothing left showing. He was an old time perfectionist in his farming. You talk about a pretty field. Wish I had a camera that day because most don't believe it. RB

Mike (WA) · Mar 27, 2013

Its not going to be any fun without coulters. But you never know until you try. Even if it does end up a real mess, you'll just need to disk it a few more times.

You do have a disk, don't you? If not, I'd hire someone instead.

Hal/ Eastern WA · Mar 27, 2013

If you lived here and burned 7 acres of dead grass, I would expect that you would be in trouble with the law!!! Maybe not where you are. I think I would just try plowing the grass under and then run a disk over it a time or two.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 27, 2013

I do have a ten food disc its very heavy and cuts well.

Red1 · Mar 27, 2013

attach 8 - 10 feet number 9 wire to the rolling couler shank...that will help turn that grass under.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 27, 2013

One last question is what should I set my tire tres centers to pull this 2-14 three point plow

redtom · Mar 27, 2013

I guess I'm having a hard time understanding where exactly one locates the wire or chain as suggested. Do you tie it across the fronts of the bottoms on the colter shanks so its crosswise to the plowing? I've never heard of this.

wijim · Mar 27, 2013

I with JD on this DO NOT brushog it or disk it. Just plow it under,I have plow many many acres of tall grass and thats the best way to do it. Jim

Hendrik · Mar 28, 2013

In sod, we always used jointers (same as cover boards?) mounted next to the rolling coulters.
The chain or wire attached to the plow frame or coulter is an excellent addition too, although, IMHO, it is not a substitute for jointers.
Wish you success, Hendrik

showcrop · Mar 28, 2013

Check with your local Fire Dept. Ours used to go out and burn a bunch of fields in the spring for training. We would get donations for it and then buy beer and pizza. Ha! The good old days. But seriously, it adds very valuable potash to the soil.

buck 520 · Mar 28, 2013

i made a trial run yesterday evening.. i moved my wheels all the way in and my plow is leaving 6-8 '' of un plowed ground when i put my tire in the furrow.... what else can i do to make up the difference???

showcrop · Mar 28, 2013

(quoted from post at 06:28:26 03/28/13) i made a trial run yesterday evening.. i moved my wheels all the way in and my plow is leaving 6-8 '' of un plowed ground when i put my tire in the furrow.... what else can i do to make up the difference???

What sort of hitch does your 520 have? On a regular tractor you just adjust it to whichever way it needs to go with the stays, which hold your implement from moving from side to side.

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