[AJD] How deep to plow?

[Robert E. Harris]

:)    ahhhh, plowing.  Sort of.

I decided to kill several birds with one stone, an unconventional stone
but....

1) new garden spot, never before plowed, 125x80. stripped off the sod with
the front end loader after a good rain, like peeling a peach.
2) new JD 1070 compact tractor with backhoe... no experience with a backhoe,
before now that is.
3) the mother of all cow poop piles that needed to be moved/disposed of.

since I don't yet have an appropriate plow for my 1070 I decided to backhoe
the garden spot. This allowed me to break-up the hardpan and go deep, get
LOTS of practice in the operation of a backhoe, dispose of 30 yards of cow
poop and chopped straw and spend the maximum amount of quality alone time
playing. What I was told about backhoes seems correct to me,
practice-practice-practice, and rhythm. put the 3 pt rototiller on it
several times and now it's sleeping until June.
Yes, I know... that might be a bit much nitrogen on the garden spot... in
fact I'm sure you can see it from satellites,
but since the garden won't be planted until late next spring the extension
agent said it was a grand plan. Not sure she is convinced of my sanity but,
oh well.

Bobby





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Dean VP
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:27 PM
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Subject: RE: [AJD] How deep to plow?


Lois:

That is a little deeper than farmers plow. But in the garden if you were
still bringing up black dirt you are probably ok. Typically one only plows
8" to 10" deep but not deeper than the good top soil. Don't want to bring
the bad soil to the top.

In my wife's garden the first time I plowed I probably got 18" deep too. But
there wasn't any good soil. Now after a few turns at plowing, rototilling
and much horse manure it is probably good top soil 18" deep.

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Louis R Godena
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:28 PM
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Subject: [AJD] How deep to plow?

Hi folks;

It's been awhile since I last wrote, so sort of touching base.  Anyway, last
weekend was doing some fall plowing of my garden and an adjacent buckwheat
field (about 2 acres) with a 1926 JD model 41 14" plow and my overhauled 48
B.  I seemed to be listing precariously toward the furrow and, when I
measured how deep that furrow wall was, I discovered it was 18+ inches.
That's sort of deep isn't it, or is it just my imagination?  Anyone
routinely plow deeper than that?

Louis G

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