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Post by the illustrious potentate on Aug 16, 2019 7:00:37 GMT -6
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Post by Allenw on Aug 16, 2019 7:17:02 GMT -6
I trying to no till I haven't fully figured out all the answers. One of the first things I noticed was water absorption, the further you go with it the more absorbtion ability you seem to get.
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Post by chuckie on Aug 16, 2019 7:48:42 GMT -6
A large percentage of the ground in Gibson County is in no till. Leaving the old chopped up crops on top of the soil mulches the ground which holds more moisture. The soil right under the mulch feels like potting soil. The farmers here were not big on it at first, but due to the erosion of our clay soils, the Gov made them do it on certain fields. I have heard them discuss how much it improved the soils here.
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Post by Allenw on Aug 17, 2019 7:04:26 GMT -6
Rye pasture + crabgrass + notill should be a winner. There is a lot of sandy land around here even if not truely notill will have cattle on it almost year round with that combination.
Bare soil will seal off when it rains from the impact of the rain drops, notill with standing residue or better a growing crop will break the impact of the rain before it hits the soil.
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Post by the illustrious potentate on Aug 18, 2019 13:38:56 GMT -6
Rye pasture + crabgrass + notill should be a winner. There is a lot of sandy land around here even if not truely notill will have cattle on it almost year round with that combination. Bare soil will seal off when it rains from the impact of the rain drops, notill with standing residue or better a growing crop will break the impact of the rain before it hits the soil. Preach on. Most of our ground is pretty sandy as well. And I dont think you can beat that combination. I'm not sure we'll ever get all the benefits of that article I posted. But, it sure seems like we get more water retention plus more production from running cattle through the summer on crabgrass right up until we kill it and go back with rye. Started it for purpose of soil erosion. The moisture benefit sure surprised me. Need to do something to get the sandburs under control on a couple places. |
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Post by Allenw on Aug 18, 2019 15:39:23 GMT -6
Sandburs are good forage until they get burs on them. They're good after they drop the burs in the fall too.
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