Re: Tilling when wet


In a message dated 5/23/01 10:18:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
abtrlife@earthlink.net writes:

<< How wet is too wet to till. I know that if you till when it's too wet
 the dirt will dry to concrete consistency, but at what point is it OK. I
 would imagine the type of soil makes a difference, so the soil I'm
 talking about is southern Ohio red clay (Gallipolis). This is not my
 soil, so I'm not used to working with it.  >>

===>Karen, another expert may be able to tell you a simple test to try, but I 
know that if the soil in Gallipolis is as damp as it is here in Cincinnati, 
which I suspect it is, you shouldn't be tilling this weekend.
Bill Lee

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