Posted by Bill VA on April 23, 2015 at 09:05:58 from (76.3.243.86):
Looking ahead some today.
We've got some pasture that has been idle for many years and what pine trees haven't taken over, olive autumn has. We're clearing the pines this summer (another story) and probably this fall - after the frost, we'll take down the autumn olive via bush hog. I'm only focusing on recovering the autumn olive pasture at the moment. What the bush hog doesn't grind up, we have to deal with sticks and small/shallow stumps - trash. What I'm thinking about doing is plowing under the remains of the autumn olive and adding lime (per soil sample) and some nitrogen fixing legume. The idea is to somewhat bury the debris and hasten it's rot, as well as enriching the soil. Maybe a legume is not the answer, but what I want to do is let it grow and then plow it under to help enrich the soil. After that - the goal would be to make hay fields from the pasture.
This pasture is somewhat rolling. Kind of like the top of a beach ball - somewhat flat on top, but then curves down on all sides until to steep to safely run a tractor. With the slope, I'm thinking we need to get our hands on a hillside plow.
Question - am asking for trouble from the get-go plowing under olive autumn debris and roots? Any particular angle before a hillside plow is necessary?
Down on the flat lands - this fall we will start over with those fields. The present plan is to burn them down and no-till plant. However there is some lumpiness to these fields and I've thought about plowing them when we start over to kind of smooth things out when we are done and help get the lime in the soil.
Our problem is - our land is the Saudi Arabia of rocks! I'm looking/learning about rock pickers and if we plow anything, I think we might need to consider one - maybe a rental.
Short of buying another plow - what we have is a low hour Ford 101 - 2 bottom plow. Pretty sure it is a 101. I know it's OK for the flat ground, but not so sure on the hillsides.
Question - is there any to adjust a 3 pt plow to move it over like a hillside plow?
Lastly - I mentioned burning the fields down. It would be via round-up. Where does moldboard plowing mix-in with that? No need for round-up if you moldboard or is both recommend, round-up and then plow?
Any tips, advice is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Bill
Under Edit: probably should have been clearer in my post above - the pasture I want to reclaim is for new hayfields, not for pasture grazing.
This post was edited by Bill VA at 18:50:23 04/23/15.
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