Posted by Dave from MN on October 17, 2007 at 19:24:47 from (67.133.91.236):
OK, while digging holes for post. I decided to go in the feilds and make some holes to drop in RR ties for anchors in case I end up running electric fence to graze the cornstocks and ad a bit of mother natures fertilizer. I am sandier soils. The 1st 3"-6" were soft. Then the next 3"-8" where like freaking cement. I am assuming this is the "hard pan". Below this area the soil was soft and easy to excavate, but in some areas was a poor golden sand. Will this hardpan restrict root growth? I really do not want to moldboard plow it that deep for fear of burying the shallow good topsoil in places and displacing with that undesirable soil. I have access to a subsoiler and a big tractor. Would this break it up with out reducing the good topsoil? I would like to do it this fall ASAP, now that I discovered that hard pan, to (in my mind)allow the rain to "get down there for next year". Feilds have been farmed with big articulates and feild culivators for about 15 years. Need some experienced advice on this NRCS would like to see no till, but... whats best?? I'm clueless on this issue.
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