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Re: Planting Crops
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Posted by Farmer/Paul on February 27, 2003 at 04:33:56 from (216.95.136.234):
In Reply to: Planting Crops posted by T_Bone on February 27, 2003 at 03:59:38:
No till in my area has been popular because you can plant more acres in the same amount of time as in a conventional tillage sceneario. When we plant corn or soys in our clay soils we may till the soil 2, 3 0r 4 times to get the seed bed prepared depending on the year/soil conditions. Some people also opt to INCOPERATE their herbicide.That is spray and then work it in to the soil. In no till or min till situations thae farmer may come in and do a burn down with Round up tank mixed with a preemergent herbicide. The round up is to kill off any weeds that may be present (this is done mechanically in conventional tillage).You then wait a minimum of 3 days to let the round up get down into the weed and then plant. The yields here in no till soybeans and wheat have been equal to conventional tillage situations. My experience in no till corn is limited.
No till has many advantages. With out plowing old weed seeds are not being turned up and weed pressure from certain weeds actually decreases while certain annuals gets worse. In this part of Ontario, in some no till fields Dandelions (#1), milkweed,prickly lettuce and spreading atraplex can over take a field. This will call for another herbicide program to combat them. At this point 2.5 litres/acre of roundup have let me down trying to control dandelions in the spring burn down. An application of 2 4d in the fall seems to be controlling them for me. Soils structure seems to improve with the lenght of time the field has been no tilled. I have found greater soil tilth, far more earth worms & better drainage.
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