Re: Hard Pan
the technical term is subsoiling and it does wonders for the soil, but going
along at 3mph in a massive field can get pretty annoting after a while.
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From: BChris1335@aol.com <BChris1335@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: 25 March 2001 16:46
Subject: Re: Hard Pan
> Thanks for the information.
> My garden area was indeed in farm land until about three years ago. I
>found the hard pan in other areas of the yard when I was planting trees
then,
>so I suspect the plow is the culprit rather than chemicals. The ripper plow
>sounds like a good idea and probably less destructive then the backhoe. I
>know I need to build the soil up with manure, leaves, and what not but that
>is something that will take years and hundreds of yards of material.
>Thanks
>Brian
>
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