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Best break crop for busting compaction
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7752498" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>^^^ couldn't have said it better</p><p></p><p>Sometimes soils that have been dug and replaced seem to "tank"</p><p></p><p>that is you have a top tank and a bottom tank and nothing connecting them - no percolation, no "pan" as such but it could be ½inch plate</p><p></p><p>basically the plants that grow just confine themselves to whatever active soil they have and stop there, and it limits them.</p><p></p><p>Probably the best course is to use a subsoiler, yes it will possibly slump back to a worse state but it gives roots somewhere to go - I'd probably subsoil a couple of years ahead of time if possible</p><p></p><p>Roots seldom travel looking for anaerobic or toxic environments, and if land is both compacted and regularly fertilised then it usually creates those conditions - like alot of crop ground, it's basically a broadacre hydroponics operation, and it won't change while being fed from the top</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7752498, member: 63856"] ^^^ couldn't have said it better Sometimes soils that have been dug and replaced seem to "tank" that is you have a top tank and a bottom tank and nothing connecting them - no percolation, no "pan" as such but it could be ½inch plate basically the plants that grow just confine themselves to whatever active soil they have and stop there, and it limits them. Probably the best course is to use a subsoiler, yes it will possibly slump back to a worse state but it gives roots somewhere to go - I'd probably subsoil a couple of years ahead of time if possible Roots seldom travel looking for anaerobic or toxic environments, and if land is both compacted and regularly fertilised then it usually creates those conditions - like alot of crop ground, it's basically a broadacre hydroponics operation, and it won't change while being fed from the top [/QUOTE]
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