Wilamayb said: (quoted from post at 18:31:06 05/09/10) Have mercy..... I was responding to this quote of yours.
"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."
It's safe to assume that you have never used a no-till planter. It does not till the soil. The disk openers simply slice through the sod then the seed is dropped in the slice.
Using your logic of the reason for plowing this no-till would never work.
Plowing reduces moisture!!! It does not help the seed find moisture!
You also stated something about roots. For the record it has been proven that plant root lodging is worse in moldboard plowed ground and also results in decreased yield.
I never said moldboard plowing is better than no till, but before we had no till, and even before we had minimum till, moldboard plowing was the best we had, and you needed to plow deep.
As far as moldboard plowing reducing moisture in the soil? That is why you did as much of your plowing in the fall as possible.
There is also much eveidence today that even if you do plant no till, the soil DOES benefit from full tillage once every few years.
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