Compaction

[Blaithin]

Thistles.

Great tap root. Little to no moisture required.

Don't come here and post about your thistle problem after going this route though.....

[seldomseen]

Sitting here eating lunch while Mother Nature busy deep rips the fields. All it cost me this year is half a crop but the cracks she is making are truly impressive. She must be going down at least 4 feet and some as wide as 3 inches.

[sumdumguy]

Soil Compaction studies at University of Manitoba show dry bean yields reduced by 13 bus/acre. We never saw compaction like this year. Guess drought magnifies the effect in cereals too.

[helmsdale]

Soil Compaction studies at University of Manitoba show dry bean yields reduced by 13 bus/acre. We never saw compaction like this year. Guess drought magnifies the effect in cereals too.

It doesnt necessarily make compaction worse, but its effects are much more evident. When you get consistent rain, your root zone can be quite shallow with little consequence. Certainly not the case when crops need to go searching.

I'd say our drought tolerance has been increased with general amelioration of plow pans that developed here over generations of recreational tillage with dead rods, rod weeders, and one ways.