Posted by MF Poor on December 01, 2009 at 02:57:37 from (72.4.0.230):
In Reply to: Subsoiling (ripping) posted by 37 chief on November 30, 2009 at 18:31:16:
Discing is counter productive for reducing compaction. It actually CAUSES the problems you're trying to eliminate. A combination of the tractors weight and the compaction from the disc itself creates a compaction layer that will hold water. Deep ripping or subsoiling will do far more to eliminate that compaction layer than most any other tillage method.
The BEST results with ripping are achieved when the ground is dry. You'll get more shattering action as opposed to merely ripping a slit in the ground.
Ground will eventually "heal" itself from compaction with freeze/thaw cycles, and the "heaving" that causes. That's one of the underlying principals in no-till farming. That however, takes time.
Not claiming to be an expert in the subject, but I've had good results with subsoiling in a couple wet fields of mine. I did it with a single shank subsoiler, and was moving overe each pass just slightly more that half the tractors width. (Running tractor wheel just clear of previous pass) It worked for me, YMMV.
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