Posted by da.bees on December 31, 2016 at 22:06:58 from (68.203.133.191):
In Reply to: Plow Question posted by Steve@Advance on December 31, 2016 at 18:55:35:
The dirt in N.Central Tx is black and shrink's to open cracks when it dry's. I've had pretty good luck letting rippers all the way down on a box blade to break apart ground that hasn't been tilled for a long time,or use a chisel plow. A MF65 will not pull 2 14" moldboards more than 3 inches deep but a disk-plow does much better,that's what farmers around here used in the 40s and 50s on black dirt. The one for her tractor would have 2 disks. If you have or can barrow a chisel or box blade w/rippers you don't need anything else other than a rear tine tiller. Sand doesn't loosen it at all but compost will,lots of compost. Mixing in lots of compost between now and spring will have her ready to plant in 2017. Ask around to see if a tree service will drop a free load of chips at her place for use as mulch around plants.Cover middles with chips to keep down weeds during growing season then plow them under as compost at end of season. If you can get chips and or manure and have a front loader,keep a big pile damp and composting year around. I find a rear tine tiller more useful than a pto driven. A pto tiller work's well to tear ground up the first time each year but you can't get between rows and around plants after that.
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