Re: Plowing corn stalks

Posted by Indydirtfarmer on October 18, 2004 at 03:12:16 from (66.83.236.250):

In Reply to: Plowing corn stalks posted by Moe on October 17, 2004 at 21:25:24:

By "heavy corn stalks" I'm guessing you're plowing behind a picker, or a hand picked field, as opposed to a COMBINED field. Most combines have a stalk chopper and/or spreader on the back. That leaves finer, smaller residue to turn under.

Also, you mentioned your plow is an older "rigid beam" type. That would indicate to me that it isn't a "high clearance plow", like most of the moldboard plows manufactured from 1960 on.

You failed to mention if the plow has rolling coulters or not. They would help tremendously.

"Plan B" Disk like Allan said......
You can also shread the stalks with a bush hog. (Disking will do a better job in MOST cases)

The "weed wire" you're talking about would just collect MORE stalks in my opinion. You need to make the residue smaller, so that it will pass through the throat of the plow.

DISK! John

Follow Ups:

• Re: Plowing corn stalks Paul in Mich 19:30:59 10/18/04 (0)
• Re: Plowing corn stalks Allan in NE 03:17:42 10/18/04 (3)
  • Re: Plowing corn stalks Indydirtfarmer 03:43:57 10/18/04 (2)
    • Re: Plowing corn stalks Allan in NE 04:13:07 10/18/04 (1)
      • Re: Plowing corn stalks Indydirtfarmer 04:22:21 10/18/04 (0)

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