[AJD] How deep to plow?

[Robert E. Harris]

:)

Terry,
Even I was surprised that that small a space ( 125x80 ) swallowed up all
that much manure.
After disking and rototilling it in, the soil looks amazing.
No oder at all....

all... should I leave it uncovered for the winter or throw some rye or ?? on
as a cover crop?

Bobby

-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
Terry L. Hrdlicka
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 3:50 AM
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
Subject: Re: [AJD] How deep to plow?


So that's where that smell is coming from!
:)

Terry


Robert E. Harris wrote:
> :)    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
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of
> Dean VP
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:27 PM
> To: 'Antique John Deere mailing list'
> 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
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Louis R Godena
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:28 PM
> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> 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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