Light Land Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 if all the stones were to be picked out ol, the field wound be lowered by about 3ft if the srones were not there , it wouldn't drain as well as it does ,the soil would then pan down hard & would then be almost unworkable. This method of destoning complete fields has been tried years ago at a farm near langport , about 12 miles away , now the whole farm is permanent set aside , or mindrilled linseed, as there are no stones ,the fields don't drain, the soil packs hard & is completely unworkable , when wet it clogs up every thing , when dry it's as hard as concrete , i pulled a 12ton set of discs fully weighted on there once & all i ended up doing was making nice straight lines about 5mm deep, just didn't touch it , then after 5 mins of rain i spent more time racing the dics in a left turn circle to try & keep them free & clear, When dry a plough will not draw into the ground & a powerharrow just skips & jumps across the surface, when wet the plough gets down to about 3in deep & just holds the tractor still as you cant get any grip , that stuff was evil we did manage to plant spuds of a fashion in one of the better fields , but when it rained it compacted the soil again & the spuds couldn't grow we couldn't harvest them so were left to rot & just leveled the ridges with a mounted set of discs Thanks for that marcus,I realy enjoyed reading that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Very interesting to read that marcus our heavy land has alot of stones in it as well bar few fields that are just evil to plough so they make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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