Wilamayb said: (quoted from post at 18:55:19 05/08/10) As deep as the 44 will go. Around 8 inches.
The real misconception is that deep plowing is good. It's sorta like lots of black smoke out of a diesel. So long as you cover the trash thats the only real point.
Yes, you do want to cover the trash, but that is not the real reason for plowing. The real reason for plowing is to loosen the soil deep enough that the new crop can put it's roots as deep as needed to give support to the plant and also so the plant can find the moisture and nutrients needed to be healthy.
The only way that H would pull 2-14s 8 inches deep in 4th gear is if the soil were extremely sandy.
This post was edited by rustyfarmall at 06:36:54 05/09/10.
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