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  • From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] tilling question
  • Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 13:32:00 -0500

You might want to find out if there’s someone local who can plow it with a moldboard plow and run over it with a disc. Let it rest a couple of weeks then it should till much easier as the native sod will break down during that rest period.

 

BiIl

William H. Shoemaker

Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops

University of Illinois - Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174

630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610

wshoemak AT illinois.edu


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of BarbaraJ
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 12:57 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] tilling question

 

My father wants me to use part of his place.  It is tough native sod grass, Colorado native prairie.  We do not currently have a tiller that can do this work.  He has a 15HP small Kubota tractor and I have a skid steer.  Which is the best way to go?  We can buy a tiller to use on his Kubota with the PTO or I can rent a tiller to put on the Bobcat.  I'm leaning toward just renting a tiller for the Bobcat since I did our horse arena with it last year and was pleased with how well it did.  I only am going to do 1/2 acre, so it doesn't has to be a big tractor.  Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Thank you!

 

Barb

Front Range, Colorado

 

PS: Carla, I'm SO sorry about your flood!!  I do hope you can recover very quickly.  Is it me, or is the weather much more wild this year?




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