Posted by Ken Macfarlane on May 14, 2009 at 06:53:20 from (156.34.142.102):
Live in a frosty area with clays that heave all over so I doubt we have much hard pan but the clay certainly becomes hard as rock with only a few passes over it.
We keep fields in hay for a long time between seedings, I've never plowed any of mine, and the previous owner hadn't since 1990 or so, and may have used horses the time before that!
I plowed a bit last fall, getting ready to tackle a field with deep skidder ruts in it, and noticed my tire running in the furrow really packs down the clay. I couldn't pull the plow on land but it got me searching on the net.
I always though the action of the plow caused hardpan but it looks like the tires in the furrow cause a lot. I see they say horse plowing causes even more, to me that means the concentrated weight on hoofs at the bottom of every furrow packs it the worst.
So, do you get plow pan with onland plowing? Is it reduced? I have heard chisel plowing will not build a hardpan (not talking subsoiler/ripper).
Was also reading the rolling of a disc harrow causes compaction a few inches down vs a springtooth not causing it.
I'm mostly interested as my clay drains so poorly it makes me wonder if some areas have a bad pan.
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