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| There is an old saying about heavy clay around here "You have 10 minutes this year to work the entire field" Like Gemlake said clay does not like tillage if too wet or too dry. Ive seen people go in and try to rush clay ground only to turn up clods as big as basketballs, and then work the crap out of it trying to get the clods to work out, well they ended up being baseballs, two years later they are still visible in the white dirt. Best practice that I have ever seen is plow the ground in the fall and then plant into the plowed ground or lightly work it. If the ground is anything like ours there are several rules. 1. only work the ground when you can squeeze it in your hand, then touch it and it starts to break apart 2: LIGHT DISKING ONLY 3 DO NOT EVER TRY TO RUSH THE GROUND 4: If you start working a piece of ground, make sure you finish it before you move away. | |
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Farming clay (hilly) damp land
