[Market-farming] tractor rotovators
Allan Balliett
aballiett at frontiernet.net
Thu May 21 07:49:33 EDT 2009
You lost me. Who makes the reverse rotating tillers? -Allan in WV
>They work wonderfully. You can shallow incorporate green residue and
>build up humus faster than you can imagine. They do not bring up last
>years weed seeds to bother you.
>
>my two cents, having used them on an off for thirty years (the 'off' is
>when I didn't work the land for a while)
>
>stonecirclefarm tds.net wrote:
>> I am on the verge of moving from a walk behind rototiller to a tractor
>> mounted 3-pt tiller. I am wondering if anyone has experience and/or
>> opinions about the merits of reverse rotation tillers versus
>> forward-rotating tillers. From what I've read, the reverse rotating
>> tines will do in one pass what may take the other two passes...but you
>> likely will be traveling slower. I've also read that the reverse
>> rotating tines are a problem if you have lots of stones (I do not) or
>> heavy soil (mine is a fairly heavy silt loam). The reverse rotating
>> tines produce a looser, fluffier top layer and are more effective at
>> burying residue. I wonder if they are harder on the soil, however, in
>> terms of health and tilth. Thoughts and comments anyone? Thanks.
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Market-farming mailing list
>> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
>> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Market-farming mailing list
>Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming
More information about the Market-farming
mailing list