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Posted by Bus Driver on April 19, 2007 at 16:08:05 from (66.44.241.190):
In Reply to: Since jlmtractor asked a basic question... posted by Mike CA on April 19, 2007 at 13:21:40:
Sod planting is especially popular for corn and soybeans in my area.The practice of sod planting today is the result of several developments of recent times. One is herbicides which kill the existing vegetation so that the new plants have less competition for soil nutrients. The other is tractors with enough horsepower to pull the planters used today. Kinze is one of the preferred brands of planters. Untilled ground and debris from the previous crop really challenge the tractor-planter combination. Here, one person can plant about 60 acres of corn per day with sod planting. Plowing and discing would require several days for the same acreage plus much more fuel would be used. Plowing helped reduce debris from the previous crop as well as control weeds. Disc harrows helped smooth the rough ground resulting from plowing. A disc plow left REALLY rough ground, a moldboard plow somewhat less so. Some crops still require such soil preparation, especially many vegetable crops.
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