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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5790172" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I think many assume I'm exaggerating when I talk about the rock in my plots. My ridge-top plots are nothing but chert rock. That is why the ridges exist. They are solid chert. The below picture was taken in the middle of one of my newer plots. And unbelievably, that plot has been tilled 6-inches deep twice before that picture was taken. Problem is, the small amount of clay "soil" that exists (holds the chert together as concrete) just settles back down around the chert the first hard rain and you're back with a rock field. After all the work of getting a tractor and sturdy tiller to till these plots, I've finally decided that's not the way to go. I'm going back to broadcast seeding and mowing as a planting technique. I'm more limited on seed choices, and germination/growth not as good as a tilled field, but when things get dry, the "throw-and-mow" plots survive while the tilled plots do not, and we have far too many dry spells in summer/fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5790172, member: 17"] I think many assume I'm exaggerating when I talk about the rock in my plots. My ridge-top plots are nothing but chert rock. That is why the ridges exist. They are solid chert. The below picture was taken in the middle of one of my newer plots. And unbelievably, that plot has been tilled 6-inches deep twice before that picture was taken. Problem is, the small amount of clay "soil" that exists (holds the chert together as concrete) just settles back down around the chert the first hard rain and you're back with a rock field. After all the work of getting a tractor and sturdy tiller to till these plots, I've finally decided that's not the way to go. I'm going back to broadcast seeding and mowing as a planting technique. I'm more limited on seed choices, and germination/growth not as good as a tilled field, but when things get dry, the "throw-and-mow" plots survive while the tilled plots do not, and we have far too many dry spells in summer/fall. [/QUOTE]
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