Posted by paul on April 06, 2018 at 13:12:16 from (76.77.197.114):
In Reply to: Discing Question posted by nrowles on April 06, 2018 at 11:04:09:
There are three I oliments to work up ground.
First is primary tillage. This rips,busts up, or turns the ground. A plow. A chisel plow. A tougher than average heavy field cultivator. A subsoiler. A real heavy disk with very large blades - real heavy deal. Any of these going 8 inches or deeper.
Follow with secondary tillage. In clay soils, a field cultivator. In non-clay soils, a disk works well. Often go about 4 inches deep. In some conditions doing this two or three times maybe with some rain between works best. All depends how lumpy, and where you want to end up.
Follow with a finishing deal - typically a drag or harrow. Often goes an inch deep.
In the right soil, without too much 'kraut' or trash on top, with the right moisture, one can make a lighter disk or field cultivator work up the ground. That takes a lot of experience to realize when something can be accomplished, and it won't work 'the best' but it can be done.
Sandy ground you can get away with a lot, disk might work all by itself. Wet clay ground you really have to plan out, if it's dry you can't get an implement to bite in the ground, if it's wet the implement will just plug up with playdough and make a hard packed subsoil. Lot of details and 'it depends' there.
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